Prepared to be Jacked Up: Electric Boogaloo (Jack Spicer Cartoon Network Villains Victorious Quest)

[Boohoo the 3rd]

You were Le Mime, and you were no idiot.

Really, for as much as you occasionally jokingly pick on the guy, you are well aware your boss isn't either. If he didn't fully trust Killinger, it was probably for a good reason.

And to be honest? Jack aside, You didn't trust this Smhuck either.

You enter a shady bar known as Cheerful and Red's. The only other people here besides you and Your fellow Jack Pack Member (note to self: get Jack to trademark it! It was a cool name!) was the titular nicknamed Ruby (what a Gem was doing so far from Canada you had no idea) who was rubbing glasses clean and her Spinel sidekick (you were pretty sure they were dating, but you got your ass kicked the last time you asked), Chipper, who was sweeping. You nod at them.

"Hiya Mimey! Yo creepy guy, Le Mime's here!" Chipper chirped.

"Chipper, you really shouldn't call guests creepy." Red deadpanned.

You tuned out their playful bickering and sat next to Dr. Henry Killinger.

"Hello Lemmy." He said.

You immediately choked on your drink.

"Hmmmmm? Oh yes. You go by Le Mime. Apologies." He added after a bit.

You stare. How... How did he know your real name?

"I know great many things." He gave a simple smile. There was something not quite malicious, but definitely not benevolent about it.

"Your boss does not trust me. As I have mentioned, this is for the best. Advice from a stranger, even seemingly good advice, should never be 100% trusted. Young Spicer has potential. I do not wish for it to be wasted."

You nod dumbly.

"...How is Your mother?" He asked suddenly.

You grip your drink tightly.

"She did care Lemmy. By no means enough, and it in no way justifies anything, but she did." He notes. You stare. And for whatever reason, you believe him.

"Do you wish to ask me a question?"

You smirk.

Rewards: You now know Dr. Henry Killinger is 100% trustworthy and really does want to help! Le Mime and Dr. Henry Killinger bonded! Le Mime past hinted at!

 

[Boohoo the 3rd]

You were Jack Spicer and you were certainly interested in this robot.

For a Decades old carnival robot, he was certainly more Complex than expected. Not ridiculously so (even if he wasn't an EVIL BOY GENIUS!), but still.

"Geez, who built this guy? Hmmph..." You mused as you tinkered with Charlie. Suddenly, the Cheerleader-Bots burst in to cheer him on. You yelped even as you kept absentmindedly tinkering.

"Yeesh! You guys really can't just appear out of nowhere! You gotta warn people! I mean, I appreciate the cheers, really, but-" You begin before you realize you had been tinkering on Charlie through that whole lecture.

".... Hello.. Spicer..." He said, looking at you with an eerie sense of recognition.

".... Hoo boy..."

"GO EVIL!"

"Can you not right now?!"

Reward: Gained Charlie the Robot as a Hero Unit! Accidentally gave Charlie an intelligence upgrade explained on his sheet!

 

[Boohoo the 3rd]

You think you had a pretty amazing first week, if you did say so yourself.

Dr. Killinger said that all work and no play .... Uh.... Was bad? You think it was a bit differently worded, but you think you got the gist.

You and your minions don't really have anything to lose by just taking some personal time, right?

Personal Actions (Pick Two Each)

Spoiler: Jack (You)

Hang out with Megan (Your Already mended relationship with Megan gets even better; DC 10)

Hang Out with your Advisors (You get to know your Advisors better, except Killinger, who is unfortunately absent this Turn; DC Auto Success)

Make a Vault for your Shen Gong Wu (make a harder to get to area for your magical weapons; DC 25)

Say Hi to Omi (100% confirm to Omi you have been feeding him; DC to actually do it is Auto Success but DC for Omi to not get super pissed seeing you is 35)

Sell Some Weapons (You sell some old weapons you don't need anymore for cash; DC: 40)

Study with the Monkey Staff (You get better at using your signature Shen Gong Wu; DC: 50)

Spoiler: Jack-Bots

Help Jack

Help Jack

Help Jack

Help Jack but Snark at Him

Lol

Spoiler: Le Mime

Call Your Dad (Le Mime doesn't have much love for his mother but his dad is decent; DC: 29)

Study Mime Magic (improve your mime magic; DC: 55)

Go to Cheerful and Red's (get wasted at the bar and/or assist the two Gems with stuff; DC: Auto Success)

Prank Robo-Jack (you mess with Robo-Jack; DC: auto Success)

Spoiler: Charlie the Robot

Study politics (Charlie becomes more knowledgeable on political stuff; DC: 20)

Study literature (Charlie becomes more knowledgeable on classic literature; DC: 20)

Guard Random Temple Locations (you decide to make sure the temple is safe from intruders; DC: 10)

Study cooking (Charlie becomes more knowledgeable on the culinary arts; DC: 20)

 

[Boohoo the 3rd]

[X] Make a Vault for your Shen Gong Wu (make a harder to get to area for your magical weapons; DC 25)

Rolled a 41; add 12 from Jack's Stewardship; add 26 from the Other Jack-Bots' Stewardship but subtract 5 from Robo-Jack's Snarking

Result: 74

Success!

Robo-Jack's sarcastic quips aside (you acknowledge as irritating as said Snarking is, he is still helping while he does it, and honestly you don't want the headache of what will happen if you put an obedience chip in him but he somehow breaks free) you and the Jack-Bots eventually manage to find a lesser used area of the temple and repair it with the addition of a high tech electric vault.

"GO EVIL!" the Cheerleader-Bots Jump.

"Not alot goes on up there huh?" Robo-Jack quipped.

"Speaking from experience?" Charmcaster deadpanned, reading a Magazine nearby.

Even Chameleon-Bot laughed. You weren't aware he had the capability to do that!

Reward: You now have a vault for all your magic supplies; anyone trying to steal them must make a Martial Roll (DC 30) to successfully do so regardless of if anyone is here or not.

[X] Say Hi to Omi (100% confirm to Omi you have been feeding him; DC to actually do it is Auto Success but DC for Omi to not get super pissed seeing you is 35)

Rolled a 79; add 10 from Jack's Diplomacy; add 2 from the Jack-Bots' Diplomacy; add 8 from Unikitty's help

Result: 99

Huge Success!

"Sooooooo... Unikitty was it? Being evil doesn't seem like your forte." You awkwardly state to one of your advisors.

"It pays the bills and feeds my kids." She shrugged cheerily, a mischievous glint in her eye that made it impossible to tell if she was joking. Before you could fully ponder if she was joking, she presses on.

"But anyways Jacked Man-"

"...I am having very mixed feelings on that name."

"-I presume you're here for advice about Omi?"

"...How did you -"

"The doc didn't hire me just for my cute looks, kid. I can tell you two have a bit of history, and honestly, considering his whole thing he has going on right now, the Little guy seems like the sentimental type. Play to that! He doesn't seem like he would be fully on board for evil for evil's sake so spin a yarn about some noble goal you have under it all. Then boom blam Jackie Chan you got him!"

"....You are much more devious than your appearance would imply." You chuckle.

*Still half-cat." Unikitty grins.

With Unikitty's advice in mind, you finally approach Omi with his food face to face.

"Hiya Om, old buddy."

Omi looks a little annoyed, but he doesn't seem super resistant to seeing you either. You take that as a good sign.

"I know you probably ain't thrilled to see Me and all that, but I'm not unhappy to see you. Look cue ball, I actually kind of miss the old times! We always had a good time when it was the two of us.... You believed in me when no one else did. I remember that. I just... Chase kicked me out, Omi. I have no one left from my old life except Le Mime, the Jack-Bots.... And you. I am hoping to make the world a good place for me and those who I consider friends. You can understand that?" You speechify. There were a few ommissions and exaggerations, but ultimately, nothing you just said was an outright lie (another earlier tip from Unikitty).

Omi stared at you for a tense moment.

"....I can grab what you are throwing into the dirt." Omi admits.

"You mean pick up what I am putting down?" You Smirk.

"That too."

You both laugh, the ridiculous aspects of this whole situation hitting you both suddenly.

Maybe this won't be too bad.

Reward: Omi will be much easier to recruit via lowered DC! Omi's 'Spicer, you are a Skullnumb' Trait is lowered to a -2 Malus!

[X] Call Your Dad (Le Mime doesn't have much love for his mother but his dad is decent; DC: 29)

Rolled 60; add 17 from Le Mime's Intrigue

Result: 77

Success!

To be continued in Omake "A Family Mime Once Scorned"

[X] Study Mime Magic (improve your mime magic; DC: 55)

Rolled 47; add 23 from Le Mime's Occult

Result: 70

Success!

Le Mime, before going off to meet his Dad, decides to study his mime Magic.

....Honestly, you had never seen him so focused.

If you had not been advised by Killinger and Unikitty to let him handle it himself, you would have probably sent some Jack-Bots along with him to make certain he was safe. You just had a bad feeling about the idea of Le Mime finding this brush up just to meet a family member necessary...

Le Mime grinned and Tom passed by and found himself stuck In one of Le Mime's invisible boxes, which then shrunk a little, comically squashing him.

You were impressed but pretty sure Tom was going to ask for a raise as commuppeance later.

Reward: Le Mime's Occult Stat raised by +5, becoming 28!

[X] Study politics (Charlie becomes more knowledgeable on political stuff; DC: 20)

Rolled 75; add 41 using Charlie's Learning

result: 116

Critical Success!

Charlie had been bugging you for tasks all day so you sent him to spy on a local mayor and to study anything related afterwards on a whim.

You supposed you shouldn't have been surprised to find him practically being an expert politician to the point he was hired as a part-time advisor to said mayor when you remembered to check in on him 3 days later.

....You shouldn't have been but you were.

Reward: Charlie is now a genuinely amazing politician and is trusted by most locals with said profession!

[X] Study literature (Charlie becomes more knowledgeable on classic literature; DC: 20)

Rolled a 38; add 41 using Charlie's Learning

Result: 79

Success!

To be continued in Omake "Stacks of Books Plus Stacks of Cash Plus Stacks the Person Equals ???"

 

[Boohoo the 3rd]

Oh, btw, as you noticed Killinger Is currently both your Learning AND Intrigue Advisor.

As a result, if you would like to hire one of the mentioned Potential Allies as one of those advisor types so Killenger can fully focus on being one or the other, you can.

 

[Boohoo the 3rd]

Question does american have a new vice president yet?
Also can a robot run for vice president?

Click to shrink...

Pffffftttt

I am going to say Nicole does currently have a VP, he/she is just being kept a secret for now. Nicole isn't close enough to them that she would be much more than annoyed if she was forced to replace them.

Btw...

RUMOR BILL BABYYYY lol

Aku

Things are mixed.

The Shapeshifting Master of Darkness claims to have finally captured his second most notorious enemy, the Scotsman, and then claimed to have done one better and gotten THE Samurai Jack! ...It quickly turned out his assassins fucked up and grabbed poser Da Samurai instead, leading to executions and humiliation.

In terms of positives, Aku's (Uber miserable and reluctant) top scientist Extor has rebuilt the Ultra-robots. Though less impressive than before due to Extor (secretly) including a strange bug that makes them glitch when they hear music, until this flaw is widely discovered time will tell what happens but it ain't gonna be Anything good.

The Heylin

Chase Young (jerk) and his lackies aren't doing anything super notable right now. Chase seems content to train and Lord over his power for now.

The Sapphire Dragon + Dr. Kamikazi

Everyone's favorite dangerous Shen Gong Wu, on the other hand, isn't exactly laying dormant.

Accidentally lost and activated somewhere in Japan, the Sapphire Dragon is doing it's usual "turn everyone into sapphire zombies" shtick. It's only fully held back by local B List Mad Scientist Dr. Kamikazi and his Robotboy Army (...By which we mean a simple quartet of them. He was supposed to have an actual army, but his limited understanding of the now stasis locked Robotboy meant each one takes so long to make it would take centuries to make a whole army, so he wisely settled).

Vilgax

Still seething at being trapped on Earth, Vilgax decided to blow off steam by Crushing some local foolish rebellions personally.

....There are no known survivors.

The US Government

After getting some important documents stolen and blatantly spied on unbeknownst to them, the US Government is a bigger laughingstock than usual.

Many high-ranking CIA And Secret Service members were sacked for this blunder with no severance pay, leading to a bit of obvious tension as they seek to find who caused all this.

Argit

Disgraced ScamCo executive Argit has seemingly bounced back and has opened a semi successful chain of pizzeria-casinos called "Papa Argit's Gambletastic Pizza Jamboree". An Asian Branch has recently popped up.

Kids love it, but parents tolerate it at best.

Those damn Animatronics are WEIRD!

Fire & Ice the Book Bandits

A duo of Maryland first year college students (Isabella "Stacks" Alvarado and Kelsey Pokoly) were hired to steal some books by an eccentric Wizard and found a series of Wacky events getting them teleported to China. Taking the names "Fire & Ice" (after characters from a story Kelsey wrote that inadvertently started their romance) they became book thieves to pay the bills.

....The fact they ONLY steal books is ... Not going as well as they expected.

 

[Boohoo the 3rd]

You were Le Mime, and you were nervous.

Now, you hid this, of course. Your father wasn't like your mother, but he abhorred weakness. Such behavior would have made your effort pointless.

You didn't like having to call in favors like this from anyone but Your boss, but you did had to do.

The blonde with blue highlights lass in space armor set you down somewhere in Lord Boxman's territory.

".... Le Mime. Be careful ok, idiot?" She folded her arms and blew some hair from her face.

You knew for someone of Space Beth's disposition that was literally the absolute best way she could communicate concern for anyone besides her lovers (you still found the whole "dating your clone and her husband" shtick odd, but you weren't judging as long as they were happy). You give her a goofy thumbs up and She rolls her eyes and shoos you off.

Well. Here goes.

The Plaza Boxman had hated so was long since rotted away, overtaken by Plant growth and rust. There was a memorial there dedicated to one Mr. Eugene Gar.

Hmmmm. The way it's black haired caretaker with the blue jacket, no shoes and Red headband looked at you was weird. His eyes seemed to belie an inner hatred even as he gave a cheerful wave.

"You here to see Lord Boxman?" He asked.

You shake your head no and gesture to a picture of your father.

"Hmmmm. You sure? That dude doesn't wanna be bothered. A Darrell went to interview him for something and he got blown up in seconds."

You choose to not question the usage of "a" Darrell (probably Cloning or something, considering who dropped you off) and nod in confirmation, so the lad gives you directions.

You take a deep breathe and knock.

You have a shot gun pointed at your face.

"Huh. Hi son." A clown (literally) raised an eyebrow at you, looking sickly. You nonchalantly lowered the gun and waved.

"....I keep forgetting the procedure took away your voice." The clown grunted. You felt a pang of irritation at how casually he said that you ignored as he gestured you in.

It was... A pretty nice time all things considered. You listened to him for hours. Memories.

It would have stayed nice if you didn't notice the way he always made an excuse for you to stay and checked his phone.

Finally, you had enough and manged to get the phone.

'Reward Offered for the Head of these Individuals - Chase Young'.

It was him, Jack and the advisors (minus Killinger; Chase was somewhat arrogant but even he had limits to who he would face).

"Don't look all shocked son. I need the money. You provide an easy solution."

You should have seen that coming. Your father was better than your mother, but it didn't mean he was a good man.

It still hurt how little hesitation was there to make some money by selling him out.

His father, seemingly tired of waiting for whoever he hired, got out the shotgun. You covered it with a discreet magic mime box, just enough it would still fire... But backfire with disastrous results.

Funny how the one good thing your parents gave you was the old bastard's demise.

X

For what it's worth, while it annoyed you, you did appreciate deep down Red and Chipper refusing to serve you while you were so clearly upset. You didn't know if you would have stopped even long after still going was dangerous.

You plopped down in the living room. Unikitty seemed to near Instantly pick up on your mood if the way her ears drooped and she didn't greet you was any indication but you didn't particularly care.

You were in this haze for what seemed like hours (you would later learn it had only been 21 minutes thankfully) before Jack finally approached you.

X

You were Jack Spicer and you really regretted not going with Le Mime.

You weren't sure if communication would be easy even if he count speak. The dude seemed out of it.

Seeing Le Mime genuinely upset was unnerving. Even Vlad didn't seem to have the level of cheerful reveling in villainy Le Mime always subtly did.

*....Hey man. Uh.. Rough day?" You awkwardly started, rubbing your neck.

Thankfully, Le Mime seemed more amused than annoyed by the clear understatement.

"....I... Don't know what happened with your old man. And frankly it's none of my business. But... I get the feeling he ain't worth any feelings. Positive or negative." You offer.

Le Mime looks at you with an uncomfortable silence.

X

You were Le Mime and you cracked a smile that seemed to greatly relieve your boss.

Ha! Forget that old traitor.

You were home.

 

[Kingster]

Well, finally have some free time and inspiration to get this done. Hope you guys enjoy it.

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Omake: Even EVIL needs a helping hand! Part 1

"What?! You want me to recruit more people to "advise" me? Pff! Passss!!!" Jack replies with his arms crossed and an annoyed expression on his face. "Let me tell you, it may sound well right now, but first time things get difficult they pretty much ditch me. No more!"

Jack tried to put a tough appearance to the man that mysteriously appeared on his home. The way the supposed "Dr. Killinger" looked at him with those eyes kind of unnerved him, like, he was staring directly at Jack's soul, telling everything about him.

"Look, I suppose you're trying to help me, but if its gonna be the same as with that Hag then I don't wanna!" Jack replied a little petulant. "I got my robots.... and Le Mime I suppose, I don't need more.."

"Mr. Spicer" The masked man cut him off with that monotonous tone. "I get you had... difficult experiences working with others. Its understandable. But if you want to achieve your ambitions, there is a simple fact you need to realize"

"Uhhh" Jack looked at Robo-Jack (Who just shrugged) and Le Mime (Who gave him the "deal with it" expression), not being helpful at all, as expected. Resigned, Jack sighed and turned to the man "Okay, what is it? C'mon man, give me your so called wisdom?"

"You need help. People you can actually depend on." Dr. Killinger said as he crossed his arms behind his back and started to get closer to Jack, startling the Evil Genius (Even though he won't admit it). He came over and put a hand on Jack's shoulder. "You have a huge ambition young man, but that means you will have to make the greatest effort to achieve it. No being, doesn0t mater who is it, can do everything truly alone, you need people who can council you, who can give you their experience and guide you when you are lost or in need of support, who can back you up, not just robots or minions, but true allies. That, Jack Spicer, will be the first step to guide you towards the path of greatness." Killinger said that, with a tone that couldnt0 hide the passion of his word. Not only Jack but also Robo-Jack and even Le Mime listened to him, entrapped by his words.

Jack didn't know what to think. At first glance he though Dr. Killinger would be like Wuya or Chase, telling him sweet words and just using him, but the tone and ... truthfulness of Dr. Killinger was kind of getting to him. He really was different from the Hag or Chase.

"Wow... You're good" Jack said with a smirk. Dr. Killinger gave what seemed like a little smile, but disappeared too soon to truly tell.

"Fine, you convinced me. So who are we recruiting, what other Baddies you got in store for me, Jack Spicer?!" He said with and EVIL smile.

"No, for this, you yourself must recruit your new advisors. Only that way you-" "What???!!! Whyyyyyyy???!!!" Jack cut off Dr. Killinger as he was explaining.

"As you know, in life you must learn to grasp all opportunities. Some may come to you, but others you must find them yourself, go out of your comfort zone, to seek what you truly want. Maybe I could point you to some people, but you must learn to learn to look on your own. Take the initiative Mr. Spicer." The masked man continued, making Jack reconsider.

"Fine, I can totally do that!" He said while raising his arms. "Just have to look for people who can give me tips right? Consider it done!" Jack exclaimed as he went towards his bedroom with a determined expression.

As he left, Dr. Killinger only nodded at Jack, there truly was a chance to help this young man seize his potential just yet.

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A few hours later, Jack could be seen on his bedroom, tapping furiously on his computer. Jack spent the last few hours making ads to publish, asking for experts on particular areas who were willing to work full time or even part time to him. He made sure to not make obvious it was Jack Himself doing the hiring, didn't want Chase to find out what he was doing, even If the ancient warrior would not care at all.

"Well, this ought to be enough" Commented Jack as he published the last Ad. "Now... to wait I suppose" He said with an annoyed expression on his face, hoping this wasn't a bust.

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A few days later Jack received his first applicant. Jack.... didn't know what to them of him.

"So Thomas...Cat, right?" He said dubiously at the cat who was currently seating on the other side of the table, with a professional briefcase, looking confident.

Jack couldn't believe it, the cat... just showed on his door, all professional surprisingly, gave him a card and waited until he let him inside.

"Thomas "Tom" Cat, professional Mice catcher... and Jack of all trades?" Jack looked at Tom, who only nodded with a smile on his face. "Let me get this straight, so in exchange of working for me, you want a new home?" That got him another nod from the cat.

"Look pal, I don't wanna be annoying but I'm not a charity case here" Jack said exasperated. "I need someone who can help me here with my plans!!! I need.. I don't know! A weapons expert! Or something like that!" He finished with his hands on his face,

At that Tom smiled evilly and opened his briefcase, taking some things out. Jack removed his hands from his face and looked up at Tom and... stared. In a few seconds, the cat had gotten out a collection of deadly weapons, that there were no way could fit inside a briefcase so small, as well as several folders, filled with several plans and blueprints for many situations. Jack was... kind of surprised at what some of the plans showed. The EVIL Genius looked at Tom on a new light.

"Well, what do you now? Those must have been some mean mice to have THESE kind of plans" Jack commented, a big smile growing on his face. He dropped the papers and extended a hand towards Tom. "Welcome to the Team, Tom."

Tom had an Evil Smile, responding to the handshake. This was the beginning of a beautiful and valuable partnership, Jack could tell.

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Sooooo here is it! Wanted to make an omake of how Jack recruited all his advisors to be honest, and I did it! Not much to said aside from that.

Hope I can get the rest out soon, this seemed like a good point for me to stop right now. Hopefully I could get Jack and Killinger voice right. Don't have too much experience with writing to be honest.




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[Boohoo the 3rd]

Spoiler: Hero Assignments

You can only assign one hero unit to an action unless they're Jack

[][Jack] As the boss, you can assign Jack to two actions per turn, and you can assign one additional unit to help him on either action.
-[] Assign Jack.
-[] Assign Jack.

[][Jack-Bots] Assign Jack-Bots to an Action
-[] Assign Jack-Bots

[][Le Mime] Assign Le Mime to an action.
-[] Assign Le Mime

-[][Charlie the Robot] Assign Charlie the Robot to An action
-[] Assign Charlie

Spoiler: Advisors

As Mentioned, you can only ask one Advisor for assistance on an Action per turn for the first 6 Turns
-[] Ask Killinger?
-[] Ask Don?
-[] Ask Unikitty?
- [] Ask Tom?
-[] Ask Charmcaster?
-[] Ask None?

Spoiler: Martial Actions (Pick One)

[] Raid Aku's Prisons: Sure, he's a scary demon guy with an army of murderous robots but... hey, maybe some do-gooding idiot got themselves caught by him and would be very happy to work with their rescuer? (DC: 55/85) (Reward: Possibility that you rescue a hero unit that Aku captured.)

[] Raid Vilgax's Prisons: Sure, that creepy alien guy is tough... but, that just means that any of his prisoners, human or alien, are also pretty tough. (DC: 50/80) (Reward: Possibility that you rescue a hero unit that Vilgax captured.)

[] Take Over the Nearby Town: You are well aware a random Chinese town isn't exactly the most valuable territory, but everyone has to start somewhere, ya know? (DC: 55) (Reward: You gain mayorship of the town nearest to the Temple)

[] Steal Random Artifacts From Museums: You never know where a Shen Gong Wu is going to be stuck in a museum. Send some thugs out to steal whatever they can. (DC: All rolls get you something, though actual Shen Gong Wu require higher rolls.) (Rewards: Possible Shen Gong Wu. Other ancient artifacts you can... hang up on the walls? Sell?)

[] Attack A Faction: You're going to be the biggest bad guy in the world, so you'll need to teach these other guys just what their place is. (DC: Variable) (Reward: Chosen faction weakened.)

-[] What faction do you attack? You must spy on other factions before you get a guess on how high an assault DC is for them.

[] Attack A Hero/Villain: Some of these small fries could do a decent job, if they worked for you. But some people are just too stubborn, and can become problems later. So, you'll need to rough them up a bit. (DC: Variable) (Reward: Targeted unit may be wounded for a number of turns or captured. Cannot use this on faction leaders.)

-[] Choose who to attack. DC is dependent on their combined Martial and Intrigue stats.

Spoiler: Diplomacy Actions (Pick One)

[] Awkward Family Reunion: It will be awkward, but you suppose asking your parents for one last thing before you permanently are out of their hair can't go that bad... Right? (DC: 60) (Reward: Your relationship with your parents ends on a positive note; They give you some money to send you off)

[] Not Awkward Family Reunion!: Your Grandma always supported you. You're not sure if she was actually a Villain herself or if she's just a little senile, but apparently she's sick, and you feel it necessary to be there for her... Just in case... (Auto Success) (Reward: You visit your Grandmother; she'll be grateful and give you a reward dependent on the Roll you get)

[] An Eye for an Eye, a Claw for a Claw and a Sword for a Sword: Turns out that while they didn't like you enough to risk coming with you, Cyclops, Katnappe and Tubbimura do still consider you a friend and are willing to talk when they have the free time. You're a little hurt by their continued loyalty to Chase, but damn it, they're your friends! (DC: 25) (Reward: Make ties with your three old Heylin buddies; they will assist in subtle or not so subtle ways when they can risk it depending on the Roll)

[] Cats, Cats, They're Cats!: Apparently Tom ran with an Alleycat Gang before settling down as your advisor. They still respect him quite a bit and are willing to assist you just by your connection to him, on the caveat you wow them. (DC: 45) (Reward: Get an alley cat spy Network)

[] Great Scott, Peridot!: Apparently sometime between Week 1 and now Former co-ruler Peridot pushed back against some order or other from her boss and was punished with execution, but managed to escape. Not considered worth the effort of tracking down, the fallen ruler is offering services to others who could disrupt Gem business out of spite. Spite is something you can use! (DC; 50) (reward: established ties with ex-King Peridot. She will provide you with the occasional weapon or other Useful tool/invention if you make a good impression!)

Spoiler: Stewardship Actions (Pick One)

Currently owned locations:
- Xaiolin Temple (Four upgrades left.)
-Jellystone Ruins (Four Upgrades Left)

[] Buy Cheerful and Red's: that strange little bar Le Mime loves is apparently not as profitable as his business implied.... As in, anti Gem sentiment means he is their ONLY customer. They need cash basically and are selling the place. (DC: 30) (Reward: Gain ownership of the bar Cheerful and Red's. Said Ruby and Spinel duo will join as part of Le Mime's Stat block via joining up with him as thanks for his continued service.)

[] Build A Basic Lab: So, while you are smart enough to make things without a lab... it wouldn't hurt to actually build one. (DC: 50) (New research action available. Takes up one upgrade space.)

[] Burn It Down: There's not much room to expand the temple itself in any direction besides up and down. But, if you could carve out a few of the nearby mountains, and have the Jack-Bots chop down that forest over there, you'd have a lot more room to work with. Of course, doing that will make it harder to hide out in the temple. (DC: 10/20/30/40/50/60/70/80/90/95) (Reward: More space is opened up for the temple. Chances that someone discovers that you've been altering the landscape. Other things. ???)

[] Defenses: Sure, you may have quite a few
Jack-Bot defenses in place already... but you can never be too prepared.) (DC: 20/40/60/80/90) (Reward: Additional defenses built for the temple. How good they are and how much space they take up is dependent on the roll.)

[] Break Room: Robo-Jack keeps whining he wants a break room and you want him to shut up. Win win! (DC: 15) (Reward: You make a break room for your minions. They will be grateful and may work a little harder depending on how good it is from the Roll)

[] Build Up Jellystone Ruins: Now that you have an abandoned town, making it livable probably isn't bad. (DC: 45) (Reward: Jellystone is made more stable and can be more safely added to)

Spoiler: Intrigue Actions (Pick One)

[] Search For Shen Gong Wu: Now, where can you find more of them? (DC: 60/70/80) (Reward: Sheng Gong Wu discovered.)

[] Spy On A Faction: You need to know more about your enemies. (DC: Variable.) (Reward: Info about things happening with other groups and countries.)

-[] US. (DC: 50/95) (DC increased due to last time)
-[] Chase Young and his band of jerks. (DC: ???)
-[] Vilgax (DC: 80)
-[] Aku (DC: 130)
-[] Endsville (DC: 99)
-[] Chris and his half of Canada. (DC: 70)
-[] Jasper and her half of Canada. (DC: 140)

[] Search For More Potential Employees: You need a LOT more help. (DC: Variable.) (Reward: New characters added to the soon to be made "Potential Allies" threadmark.)

[] Search For Magical People: Really, the only ones that can help you with magic stuff are Le Mime and Charmcaster right now. You should change that. (DC: Variable.) (Rewards: Magical units added to the "Potential Allies" threadmark.)

[] Search For Heroes: Sure, they may be self righteous, but they'll probably be willing to help you fight the big guys around you. (DC: Variable.) (Rewards: Heroic units added to the "Potential Allies" threadmark.)

[] Search For Villains: Right now, it's a pretty good time to be a bad guy. But, there's also quite a few smaller groups and loners out there that keep getting crushed by the guys who currently rule most of the world. Maybe they'll be interested in a partnership? (DC: Variable) (Reward: Villain units added to the "Potential Allies" threadmark.)

[] Welcome to the Jack Pack: You like your current team but more help wouldn't hurt. (DC: Variable) (Reward: Actually Recruit someone in the Potential Allies Threadmark)
-Omi (DC: 20)
-Huckleberry Hound (DC: 10)
-Alleycat Gang (DC: 35)

Spoiler: Occult Actions (Pick One)

[] Study Le Mime's Magic (Le Mime must be assigned): You don't actually know how Le Mime's Magic works. (DC: 80?) (Rewards: ???)

[] Teach The Occult (Must assign one hero unit Occult +15 and one with Occult under 15): So, not everyone knows or believes that magic and the like exist. Including some of your minions. That really needs to change. (DC: Variable.) (Reward: The hero with the lower Occult stat has their Occult stat trained/raised.)

[] Hang with Charmcaster: Charmcaster hates putting in more than the bare minimum with you, but she is willing to attempt a magical hang out off hours. She doesn't admit it, but you think she just wants friends. (DC: 75) (reward: You and Charmcaster have a shockingly good time and she teaches you a little magic she didn't have to)

[] Sugar, Spice and Nothing Nice: You keep hearing from some townfolks a mysterious red and white creature dressed rather dapper came from up north and keeps bewitching people who wander too close into the woods. You don't know if you 100% believe they aren't exaggerating, but no one picks on Potential citizens but you! (DC: Auto Success) (Reward: ???)

Spoiler: Research Actions (Pick One)

[] All that Glitters is Gold: Chameleon-Bot stole blueprints to making a gold machine on the way out of the Heylin. You really need to give that guy some quality oil or something. (DC: 75) (Reward: You make a machine that turns stuff into gold)

[] Take Out the Garbage and the Trash: You hate chores! They're lame! (DC: 30) (Reward: You make a speciality Jack-Bot that does chores you don't want to. Though if you treat him badly, that could have potential consequences...)

[] Give Me an E-V-I-L!: the Cheerleader-Bots are... Not bright. But they aren't exactly doomed to be that way. (DC: 85) (Reward: the Cheerleader-Bots are made Smarter)

[] Smart House: You may have been watching too many old movies... Sounds Useful anyways! (DC: 25) (Reward: Make an AI that watches over the house and handles security systems. On a Bare Success or Regular Success it will have a notable wacky character flaw, the Success being a less notable one, on a Critical Success the Character flaw will still happen but the AI will grow out of it quicker and will also connect itself to the Jack-Bots, forming a psuedo hive mind that increases efficiency)

[] A Hidden Gem: Those bartender Gems seem nice and appreciate you are willing to hear them out about a sale, and they send you some old Gem Tech to sweeten the deal. Of course, Alien technology ain't exactly easy to crack, even for you.... (DC: 90) (reward: Get a Gem Disruptor and a Robonoid, which needless to say can both be very useful if you ever come into Conflict with Gems)

WOOOO let's go team! Can't wait to see what everyone votes for heh

 

[Boohoo the 3rd]

Well.. here we go again...

[X] Raid Vilgax's Prisons

32 + 42 + 8

82 (success)

You had to admit, you were reluctant about the duo of Charlie and Unikitty. Not as reluctant as if you just met them, but still.

But as per usual, they pulled through. Unikitty sweet-talked the guards while any she didn't get to surrender were handled by Charlie.

Later, you had to admit, the haul was great.

(....Yuu wisely reminded yourself to not refer to them as that out loud)

Charlie had actually freed a few prisoners. Most just wanted to get out of Dodge, which you didn't exactly blame them for.

In fact only two stayed.

The warty greenish guy screaming about something called "Pakmar" didn't seem overly useful, but who knows?

But The red four armed princess with the cool helmet though? Perfect!

"Are you the owner of my rescuer?" She said Seriously.

"Er, yeah, kind of. Why?"

"My husband to be!"

You stare blankly.

"CHARLIEEEEEEEEE!"

Reward: gained Looma Red Wind from Ben 10: Omniverse as a Hero Unit (and a Bride to be because of alien customs).

....Pakmar from Ben 10: Omniverse is here too. He is added to Jack's Stewardship block as +5.

[X] Not Awkward Family Reunion!

76

Your grandmother never liked hospitals. She said they always reminded her of sad times and stopped her from living life to the fullest.

Everyone respected her wishes (if only because hell no was dad stepping in with his mother) but sometimes you wondered if that was the best choice.

As you entered the room, it was nice to see how happy Grandma Spicer looked to see you, even with the exhaustion and the tubes.

"Ha! Jack! You finally stuck it to Chase I hear."

"Pffffftttt. He fired me."

"Bahhh. Never appreciated you anyways. How goes the new empire? I hear Chase put a hit on ya."

You noticed how proud she sounded.

"... that's BAD, grandma."

"Nah. Just means he's scared of your potential."

You were sure he was just being a Petty Asshole, but it was a nice thought.

"Hey Jack. Take this."

You gasped. A new heli-pak! You hadn't admitted it but yours got destroyed running from Chase.

"Thank you Grandma. For everything."

Dead silence.

".... Grandma?"

More silence...

Reward: you get a new heli-pak.

Your Grandma left this realm on a happy note.

[X] Defenses

66 + 26

92 (success)

Even your dumbest Jack-Bots seem to pick up on your bad mood when you return from the hospital. Even Robo-Jack doesn't snark.

The whole group gives it their all to build defenses. There's a moat, a missile launcher, there's a turret!

They really went all out.

Reward: successfully set up a ton of defenses.

[X] Welcome to the Jack Pack
-Huckleberry Hound

35 + 17

52 (success)

You were Le Mime and you decided to take initiative here. He realized that alot of you.... Really weren't people Lovers.

So after wracking his brain for people who could fill that slot... He hears annoying singing and goes to smack the person quiet.

"Oh; hello there!" The blue dog waved. You blink. Huh. Didn't Jack know this guy?

You snap your fingers, startling him and he is soon in a burlap sack.

",...Dude we have been over this." Jack informed you.

"You want me this badly? I accept and am quite flattered!" Huck smiled.

".... IS EVERYONE HERE INSANE??!" Jack shouted.

Reward: You gain Huckleberry Hound as a Hero Unit!

[X] Sugar, Spice and Nothing Nice

88 + 26

114

You have a bad feeling about this but you go into the woods. You're not an idiot and have seen movies so you decide to make Pakmar and Huck prove themselves (your... Bride... Looma scares you way too much... Damn it Charlie, couldn't you have saved her without defeating her in combat?!) By keeping an eye out with Chameleon-Bot.

You don't find much... At least nothing your mortal mind can comprehend...

When you come to, you have a message in your head.

"apologies sir! With my liege Princess Bubblegum missing, so too goes my moral compass! Sorry!
-love PepButs!"

....Uh oh.

To be Continued in Adventure "Ooo How I Love(?) Candy"


[X] Smart House

61 + 41

102 (critical success)

To be Continued in Omake "My Teenage House Life!"