It's been a few days since Jeremy was vanquished and I have been debating on whether to tell my sisters the truth. I walk into the kitchen and find Prue making some coffee. They were okay with Cole being a demon so me being a third should be fine right?
"...lon"
"Talon" Prue gently shoves me, bringing my focus back. I shake my head
"Did you say something?"
"I did. Are you doing okay? You weren't responding to your name."
"I'm fine just thinking about something."
I look at Prue and I can tell that she doesn't believe me but she doesn't press it any further.
When the coffee maker dings and she pours herself a cup. I have to tell them the truth. I have seen what happens when you keep things from people and they find out later too many times, especially something as big and important as this.
"Is Piper and Phoebe still here? I want to talk to everyone."
"I didn't hear either of them leave but check just in case."
I nod and walk upstairs to Piper's room. I knock on her door and she opens it slightly, just enough for her head to peek out.
"Hey Piper, I need to talk to everyone downstairs."
"Oh I'll be down in a moment. Just let me finish getting dressed." Her head disappears behind the door as she shuts it. I walk over to Phoebe's room and her door swings open right before I could even knock. She jumps a little in fright. I tell her the same thing as Piper and she comes downstairs with me. Prue hands both of us a cup of coffee and we sit down at the table. Piper comes down the stairs soon after and sits down.
There's no going back after this. I stand up and take a deep breath.
"I am a Tribrid. Part witch, part whitelighter, and…" I hesitate, "Part Demon." I finish, looking down. I feel someone tilt my head back up to face them. Phoebe moves her hand away from my face and holds my hand.
"Talon, we aren't afraid of you. We have known you our whole lives and you even almost died trying to help us against Jeremy who was evil." I'm shocked that Prue was the one to speak up. She puts her hand on top of Phoebe and mine.
"You're our brother and nothing can change that." Piper says and puts her hand on top as well.
"Thank you I was worried you all would hate me." I admit.
"We could never hate you." Phoebe says before she changes the topic. "What is a White Lighter? I saw the word appear while skimming through the Book."
"A white lighter is a witch's guardian angel. They normally follow the family helping out when they are needed. They can choose to reveal themselves or not." I answer
"So where is our white lighter?" She asks
"I don't know, maybe they just haven't revealed themselves." I suggest.
"Well we have you and that's all we need." Piper says as she walks over and hugs me. Phoebe drags Prue over and joins in on the hugs. Prue separates and looks at us.
"I think we shouldn't use our powers in public. As we've seen with Jeremy, we don't know who is out to get us." Prue says
Me and Piper agreed but Phoebe kinda just shook her head. I don't call her out on it and glance over at the clock. "It's 8:30. You and Prue should start getting ready for work."
"I quit my job. So I'm going to look for one." Prue stands up and begins walking the stairs. Piper follows behind her late for her job. Me and Phoebe just sit at the table. Phoebe watches her sisters run up the stairs and once they are out of view she turns to me. "So what can you do?" She asks
"So far, I can heal people and I orb." I answer
"Orb?" She questions. I hold my hand out and she takes it. I pull her close to me and orb us up to her room and she stumbles upon landing. "Oh that was weird as hell. Don't ever do that again without warning"
"You'll get used to it. I have a feeling we'll be using this mode of transportation often." I tell her.
She shudders a little before looking back at me. "Well I'm going to head to Quake with Piper. Do you want to come?"
I shake my head. "I've got something I need to work on but call me if you need me."
"Alright, see you later Talon." She responds and walks out of the room. I need to get stronger and soon. With what I know is coming their way they'll need all the help they can get.
Quest created!
Training Montage
Get to level 25 by the end of the week
Reward: 5k Exp, Gacha Ticket
There's a gacha system? With my trash luck I'm going to get like 5 rocks or something. Ignoring that thought, I explore what options I have.
Dungeons:
Zombie Dungeon
Why am I not surprised? Of course I start the most basic dungeon ever. Suppressing a sigh I tap the dungeon and a portal opens up in the living room. I step into and the world dissolves around me and condenses until everything looks post-apocalyptic. Taking a peek out the front door I see a zombie stumbling on the street. I watch it to see which way it's going when a screen pops up.
Skill Acquired: Observe
Displays information about a target
I immediately use it to see what I'm dealing with.
Zombie Lv.2
HP: 75
I was expecting more but this is just as good. I summon a fireball in my hand and toss it at him. It did more than I expected because sneak attack was applied. The ball melts a little bit of his face off. He turns to me and begins limping towards me. I quickly throw another Fireball. It hits his chest and burns it very badly. Rotting flesh already smells disgusting and adding fire to that was a terrible idea. He reaches out to grab me and I throw another fireball at him. He grabs my shoulder and pushes me down, falling onto me. He bites me in the shoulder and I shove him off of me and throw another fireball at him. I slow my breathing and stand up. Looking at where his body should be, a book sits in his place. I pick it up and a prompt appears. I don't even think about it before I press yes. I'm sure if someone saw me right they would be super concerned since my eye was twitching like crazy. It wasn't painful but it felt like someone copy pasted instructions onto my brain.
Skill Learned
Holy Spear (Active) Lv. 1
Fires a spear of holy energy dealing 27 damage. Costs: 97 MP.
Four zombies creep towards me and luckily for me they are in a straight line. I cast a holy spear at them. The spear spawns into being next to me and shoots itself like a harpoon gun. It does over half their health in one shot. I quickly shot another and all four dropped dead. I find another zombie and shoot it with the spear, taking it down with one hit. A thing I found out about the dungeon is that the mobs don't scale with you. A zombie bites my shoulder from behind. It hurts for a few seconds and I check my health to see a decent chunk is gone. I quickly shoot a spear through his chest when a siren blares out of nowhere. The ground starts to shake and zombies start digging out of the ground through the concrete. The mass of zombies combine to form one giant zombie. I try to exit the dungeon but a prompt tells me that I can't. While he's forming I take a look at how fair I progressed my new skill.
Holy Spear Lv. 12
Fires a Spear of holy energy dealing 340 damage. Costs: 375 MP. For each additional spear shot MP cost doubles.
I can work with it. Closing my screen, the giant fully forms.
Mini-Boss Summoned: Giant Zombie
I use Observe and it shows me something new.
Giant Zombie Lv.?
Health- 4200
Great I can't see its level but I can see its health and that's a win in my book. I'd rather not let him get a chance to do anything so let's make it count. The second I see it take a step, I pour as much of my mana into Holy Spear and two spears spawn next to me. The giant still doesn't see me and I launch the spears at it's chest. It drops to one knee and roars in pain. The bar goes from full to close to a fourth in one shot. It roars again and starts stomping down the street towards me. I don't have a lot of mana left. I quickly run into a building and wait for my mana to recover. My mana doesn't even have a chance to recover before I see the roof of the building get ripped off. I get picked up and tossed down to the asphalt. I get up and throw two more spears at him. The spears tear through its side and a bunch of zombies fall out. It punches me and I get sent flying into a ruined building. I climb out of the wreckage. Even with parts of its body missing it still stomps towards me. I shoot another spear and it goes straight through its throat. It tries to screech but can't and slowly falls down to the ground. "You know what they say the bigger they are, the harder they fall." The body digitizes and a chest appears in its place. I open it and find a watch and a ring that increases magical damage. I put them on and I exit the portal. I check my watch and see It's 2 in the morning. I sigh and flop on the couch. It wouldn't have taken so long if it wasn't for the damned mini boss. I close my eyes for some much needed sleep.
For reaching 100 INT you have gained the Mana Manipulator perk
Allows the user better control over their magic. All MP cost are reduced by 5%
Closing the screen I walk into the kitchen and see Piper cooking breakfast.
"Hey Piper, what are you making?" I ask her
"Just some eggs. You hungry?" She says
Right as I'm about to answer, Prue walks through the door and heads straight upstairs to the shower. Piper finishes cooking as the phone rings. I go to pick it up and it's Andy on the other line. He's asking if Prue's there and I tell him she isn't. He grunts and hangs up the phone.
"Who was it Talon?" She calls out from the kitchen.
"It was Andy looking for Prue." I tell her. "What are you watching by the way?" On the TV is a documentary of the Salem Witch Trials.
"Nothing." Right as they started talking about the witches burning at the stake, she turns the tv off. "Just a show."
"Piper, if you're worried about being a witch that's evil, don't be. I'm literally part demon and you all think I'm good. So do the same for yourself." I say
"Thanks Talon. I needed to hear that." She admits
I walk over to her and hug her "Of course what are brothers for?"
+10 Affection with Piper
Piper's affection is now 50 or above
Perk added
Inspirational- Increases affection gain of insecure people by 20%
I stop hugging Piper and stare at the screen in confusion. Since when did I have a reputation system? Looking through my menu I find an update log. Reputation got added this morning. I know Piper doubts herself a little bit but damn. I'm going to help her get her confidence early. I close my menu and see Prue walking towards the kitchen.
"Morning everyone." She says
"Morning." Piper and I respond.
"Oh by the way Andy called while you were in the shower." I tell her
"Bad date?" Piper winces.
"Oh not at all. It was great. Dinner, movie, sex." She mumbles the last part but it's loud enough for both of us to hear.
Piper light taps Prue on her arm. "On the first date? You sleaze." She says jokingly.
"It wasn't exactly our first date Piper." She deadpans
"High school doesn't count. It was the last decade. Now spill." Prue walks away from us and into the living room. "Ooh, that bad huh?" I chime in.
"No, it was good. Great even but I wanted to take things slow. I shouldn't have happened, that's all."
Phoebe comes down the steps. "What shouldn't have happened?" She asks
"Prue slept with Andy." Piper tells her. Phoebe's eyes widen.
Prue hits Piper on her arm. "Well thanks a lot mouth."
Phoebe gaps. "You were going to tell her but not me. Family meeting." We all walk into the solarium and take a seat.
"Speaking of last night, what time do you get home?" Prue asks Phoebe
"I must still be on New York time." She tries to explain.
"Actually, that would make it later." Prue states
"It might have something to do with Alec." Piper informs
"Who's Alec?" I ask
"Some hottie she hit on in the bar." She says
"Excuse me, he hit on me. Remember the whole vision thing." Phoebe admits
"Vision thing? Please tell me you didn't use your powers." She stares at her. Phoebe doesn't say anything and Prue looks at Piper and me.
"Don't put us in the middle" Piper says
"I'm not. You were born in the middle." She replies
"Prue you have to remember that we all can't control our powers but Phoebe even more so. Once she touches an object she'll get a premonition whether she wants one or not. That's the problem with passive powers, they're always on." I say
+10 affection with Phoebe
Phoebe's affection is now 50 or above
Perk added
Wild Child- Increases affection gain of rebellious people by 20%
Prue just shakes her head. "Just be careful. Andy told me that someone is abducting women." She informs us.
"What do you mean?" Piper questions
"I mean warlocks aren't the only evil we have to look out for." She responds, getting up and leaving the Solarium. Something about that sounds familiar but I can't remember it.
"Where are you going?" I ask her
"I got an interview today and I can't be late." She says. Right, Buckland's. I forgot about Rex and Hannah. It's been a long time since they were villians.
Piper gets up and starts walking towards the door. "I'm going to work. Are you guys coming with me?" Piper asks
Me and Phoebe look at each other and I shrug. "Sure why not."
It doesn't take long for us to get there and Piper heads to the back. We take a seat next to a guy. Phoebe hands him a menu and he thanks her. Phoebe stares at him before something clicks. "Excuse me, are you Stefan?" I immediately tense up. I guess the next bad is ready to show up. God it's only been a day or two.
The man looks up at her. "Yes. I am. Do we know each other?"
"No we don't, I'm just a really big fan. I love your photography style." She admits
"It's nice to meet a fan. Especially one as gorgeous as you."
She blushes a little bit. "Oh I don't think your girlfriend will like that."
He whispers something to her and that's enough for me. He writes something down on a napkin and slides it to her. "You should model for me sometime." He gets up and walks out of the restaurant. I sit in the seat he just got up from.
"Phoebe don't go anywhere near him." I tell her
"Why not? He's cute and don't you think it's too late to do the big brother act now?" She quips
"It's never too late to be the big brother." I quip back, "but I got a bad feeling from him. Like a magical bad feeling." I lie.
"What should we do about it?" She asks me
"Give me the address and I'll go scope out the situation and come get you all if needed."
Piper comes out of the back and walks to us. "What situation?"
"I think I might have just found our evil to fight." I tell her
She groans. "We just fought one like yesterday, come on."
"That's what I said but protectors of the innocent and all that." I grab the napkin and walk outside into an alleyway that leads behind the restaurant. I find the address on a map and orb there. It's a shifty warehouse that looks abandoned. Makes sense as to why he would use it.
I can't let him know that I'm here. I wrap my magic around my body and think about disappearing.
Skill Acquired: Cloak
Reduces your presence by 1% Cost: 500 Mana per second.
Hell yeah. I didn't think that would work. I love my whitelighter side, she's always helpful. I activate cloak and open the door. I hear someone talking but can't fully hear what they're saying. I turn the corner as I hear screams and see Stefan taking the lady's youth. That's all I needed. I orb back to the alleyway behind the restaurant and walk inside the restaurant . I don't see Piper so I flag down one of the kitchen staff. I ask them where Piper is and they tell me that she went to make a delivery. I thank her and head back into the alley. Back to the dungeon while waiting for everyone one.
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