Ah, the Greed Market. Last time I was here was… well, forever ago.
"Did you have to leash me to you?" Rom Hack asked, tugging the leash that linked his harness to my own to ensure he didn't wander off, get lost, or get stolen.
Especially get stolen…
"Yes, there will be no questioning this decision." I stated simply.
"Sure sure-" He said.
I then yelped, feeling a pinch that didn't belong there or was made by someone I love and have sex with!
I quickly turned, looking for the pervert who pinched my flanks but saw no one.
"Huh…" Rom hummed.
"Okay, who's the funny bastard that did that?" I growled, looking around carefully for whoever decided to be funny.
"Button?" I turned to Rom. He pointed a hoof up and…
…
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That's a lot of tentacles…
…
…
…
Nope! I've done a lot of kink shit but I draw the line at tentacle molestation unless they're coming out of one of my mates!
I looked at the thing dead in the eyes, as I raised a talon and produced a ball of lava as a threat. "Either you fuck off or there's a tentacle barbeque about to start." I threatened the tentacle monster.
It gave a squeal like some broken violin being strung, then flew off rapidly.
"Well, that's enough for the outside world for one day…" Rom said, trying to walk towards the portal only to get yanked by the leash.
"Nope, we still need to get you your Iron Man suit." I said simply. "And I need you here too so you can choose which one is your favorite."
"I thought we were getting a second skin suit of a synthetic?"
"Yes, but there are most likely a lot of synthetic versions." I said, walking around to find the right shop.
Lot of weapons, armors… Breeders, Slaves, Serfs… kids… ugh. This is why I don't come here…
I mean, I can buy them all still but damn it… do I do the right thing… what is the right thing here help Rom or save them?
"...Buy Rom the stuff he want's and needs…then try and save people…" I thought to myself
I walked with Rom over to some armor shops. I wasn't seeing what I wanted. Damn it. Come on there has to be someplace here that sells…
…
I blinked, seeing the shop that looked like it was full of hollowed out skins…
Uh…
"Okay uh…I was looking for a Second Skin shop not a Skinning Shop…" I groaned.
"Those are Second Skin Suits Button." Rom said. "What did you expect them to look like?"
"I didn't expect them to look like someone literally just stole someone's actual skin…" I said weakly. "I mean, this is the first time I've even seen these thing's but still…"
"Well, let's see if they have any of Synthetics." Rom said, walking ahead some as I followed to keep the leash from yanking him back.
Walking inside felt… like a macabre costume shop of sorts… it didn't help the shopkeeper here seemed to be some king of mechanical zombie with needle fingers.
"Greetings. What can the Skins Desire do for you?" He greeted with a bow.
"That…makes it sound worse…" I thought to myself bitterly. "Hi, yes, I'm looking for a Synthetic second skin for my little brother here.' I said, motioning to Rom.
"Second Skin Suits of a Synthetic? Well what kind are ya looking for lad? Organic passing or all mechanical?" The shopkeeper asked Rom.
"More mechanical preferably… preferably one with either advanced enough enchantments so I don't… feel my organic parts…" Rom said.
"Ah. I might have just the treat for ya." He said, rooting around the piles of… suits until he pulled out a suitcase. He put it down before Rom and upon opening it, seeing a neatly folded patchwork suit, more like some scarecrow suit that a robot.
"Huh, looks more scarecrow than robotic." I admitted.
"Looks can be deceiving." The shopkeeper said. He pulled it up, opening the zipper on the back. Inside looked like some kind of advanced techno… cloth stuff. "Try it on little one."
"Need some help getting it on Rom?" I inquired, already thinking of how much this thing will cost…then remembered I have more than enough money to not give a shit.
"I think I got it." Rom said. Carefully he slipped his hooves in, followed by his head, back hooves. I then watched as the suit seemed to slither over the last of him, the zipper closing itself and vanishing into the skin and once it was, I could hear the sound of small gears turning. Springs and such ticking away under the fabric. Rom moved a hoof, the sound of small hydraulics and some gears clanking happened as he did. "Woah…" He said. His voice sounded like it came from a slightly cracking speaker.
"Some oil for the creak's and a tune up on the speaker, but you look great Rom." I said. "How do you feel?"
"Different. I don't feel my muscles and joints… I can feel the gears and joints and hydraulics moving. It doesn't hurt either."
"Glad to hear that Rom." I said with a smile, lightly putting a talon on his head to see how it felt to ruffle his head.
Weird. I could feel the metal under the sack cover. It was odd.
"Is it to your liking?" The shopkeeper asked.
"Yeah. How much?" Rom asked.
"For you little one, just six grand."
That's… actually very cheap.
"Pretty cheap I will admit." I said, pulling out the amount of Rem needed and handing it to the shopkeep. "Thank you very much." I said with a smile.
"Pleasure. People like your brother there are why I started making Second Skin Suits."
"Oh really?" I inquired. "How so if I may ask? This is…genuinely the first time I've seen or heard of Second Skin suits."
"Many people buy them for many different reasons. From curiosity to a kink to a confidence booster, to wishing they were a race or gender not the one they were born as. While groups like New Foundation and some Greed Merchants can give people what they want, what they need to be happy, too often it's priced out of their reach. Second Skin Suits are a lovely alternative that are cheaper and feel just as authentic." The Shopkeeper said.
Huh. Didn't even consider that.
"Well…that is a good thing all around." I said honestly.
"If you're interested, try some. I have all species, genders, shapes and sizes."
Hmm… well, they could be very fun… plus I have like a shit ton of money.
"Hmm…well, I have more than enough money to last me an eternity, how much for one of everything?" I inquired.
"One of everything? Well if you're buying in bulk that much I can charge you as little as… 62 million for one of each, and I'll throw in something else for the big buyer."
"Done." I said, transferring the money over to the guy as I still had…metric fuck tons of money I got from David and the Mob Farm has been very generous with the Rem.
"Pleasure doing business. Now, for that something else." He said, reaching into his suit pocket and pulling out a business card and handed it to me.
I took it, the name on it read as 'The DNA Colliders Guild' … The heck are they?
"Uh…the hell is the DNA Colliders Guild? Some sorta Hybridization guild or something?" I inquired, as I can only guess due to the 'DNA Collider' bit.
"They're a small but rather effective guild of genetic geniuses. They collect and gather DNA across all species of Armageddon for a personal archive, but their main sources of income are Echo cloning, cloning in general, And Mutation Ability creation."
Wait, they MAKE Mutation Abilities?!
"Excuse me…you just make Mutation Abilities?" I asked in shock. "Uh…wow…"
"If the power comes from the way the DNA in your cells is structured, yes, they can make it for ya. Not their cheapest service but they have clients all across Armageddon. Even Lust and Violence buy genetic samples from them and their mutation abilities."
"Huh, that is really cool, I should check it out sometime." I said honestly.
I quickly gathered my one of every suit and then walked with Rom to buy/save all the kids, slaves, serfs and breeders this merchant was selling.
Really shouldn't keep them. I am adopting the kids though. More work on my end but I refuse to just… leave them.
[You have earned the Estate Title: Kind Hearted Buyer.
You gain a permanent 10% discount at all Greed Merchants when you buy in bulk and people/children you purchase to save you gain RP and RS points with much faster.]
"RS? I only was told about RP…"
[RS is an abbreviation of Relationship Status…]
Ah.
"Sorry, just had a lot of thing's to think about with all the…buying…" I thought carefully, walking over to the one of the shops to…buy all the Slaves, Serfs, Breeders and children.
I did this at basically every shop that was selling them… there was more than I'd liked…
Alright now-
"Would you be interested in also buying some weaponry?" One of the weapons shops asked.
I then noticed all the other shop owners eyeing me like meat… oh…
Hmm… can I abuse this?
[I'm amazed you're pondering if you can.]
"Well…maybe…" I thought, humming as I tapped my chin in thought. "What should I buy…Rom, do you want anything from this sudden shopping spree I'm about to most likely be forced into?"
"Any and all electronics, tools and machine parts." He said.
"Right, who's the electronics store?" I called out to the shopkeepers…and when I heard them practically begging for me to go to their store first…"So this is how Diamond felt like back home…"
In the end I actually bought everything from each Merchant. I put a dent in the money I have but arguably the stuff I got was way worth it… and best of all, so did Estate.
[New Estate Titles:
Arms Stockpiler: Weapons and Armor merchants are more likely to offer discounts on goods for you. Buying in bulk can net you up to a 50% discount.
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Big Money Spender: You spend cash like water raining in a storm! Merchants are more likely to offer you extra items for free for purchases regardless of size.
—
Notice! Word has spread across the Greed Guild about your large spending habits and everyone is buzzing. You now have a Faction RS meter for the whole of Greed Guild.
Greed Guild
Relationship Status: 104
+1,664 RP!
Each month on a full moon, for keeping your RS with the Greed Guild faction in the positives, half of total RP worth is given!]
Sweet!
"Oh that's going to come in super handy." I thought to myself happily.
"So Button…" Micheal spoke up first. "What even is like… 90% of this stuff?" He asked as the living room was currently flooded in some of the excess stuff I bought.
"Good question." I said. "Let's find out what most of this shit is." I said honestly.
"How much did you spend on… all of this?" Gallon asked as he held up and looked at what looked like a mage's staff made from several different species' skulls and unrelated spinal vertebrates.
"It made a small dent in my solar system's worth of money…or it's probably bigger I don't know." I shrugged. "Plus, we're literally printing money at this point as well as my new Estate titles now give me a rather sizable discount if I buy in bulk." I said honestly.
"Did you have to buy… basically everything?" Tina asked, holding what was a huge wrap of meat from a meat seller. Apparently, it's demon meat.
"Well…I already bought one of every Second Skin Suit cause I wanted to try all that out, then I bought every single Serf, Slave, Breeder and Child I could…and then I just bought everything else cause abuse of my new Discounts was awesome." I said sheepishly.
"Shoppers high?" Micheal asked Gallon.
"Shoppers high." Gallon nodded.
"More like shoppers overdose." Tina added.
"I got a lot of neat things, I got a bit closer with Rom in our familial relationship and I'll forever get a bunch of great discounts from Greed." I huffed.
"Still… this is a lot." Micheal said. "Going through all this is gonna take forever… and most of this is just weird? Like, the heck is this?" Micheal asked, picking up a jar that had some kind of semi glowing… creature, thin and lengthy in liquid.
"Huh… for some reason I feel like I've seen that before…" Gallon hummed.
"Hmm…" I decided to use Scan cause if it was some strange creature in a weird liquid in a jar, I think it would be in the jar for a very particular reason.
[Scan Complete!
Origin of Life
Race: Symbiote]
Well that was… not very helpful…
"Uh…that…says it's the Origin of Life…it's a Symbiote and…fucking how?" I asked in confusion.
"...I'mma open it." Tina said, reaching over to grab the jar from Micheal.
"Don't you do it."
"I'm gonna do it." Tina said with a growing grin.
"This is gonna end badly isn't it?" Micheal asked.
"Possibly." Gallon nodded.
Tina opened the jar, the creature inside rapidly jumped out, slamming and clinging to the ceiling as I saw it unfold and expand. It kinda looked like a-
"Oh fuck I know what this is!" Gallon yelped.
The thing then ran across the ceiling. I tried to catch it. Tina tried. Gallon tried. The three of us ended up on a pile.
It then pounced on Micheal. "Get it off!" Micheal yelled in panic.
"Gallon the hell is this thing!?" I asked quickly, slipping out of the pile and grabbed the thing, hoping to pull it off of Micheal before whatever the hell this thing really was did a thing to the poor guy.
"Ever see Attack on Titan?" Gallon asked.
"Oh fuck its that thing?!" Tina yelped.
I tried to grab it off Micheal… only for it to crawl over to his back… then merge into his back.
"What the fuck was that?!" Micheal asked, arms out wide and wings in panic. "Is it off?!"
"Okay so…stay calm Micheal…it fuzed with you and now you are…the Founder Titan." I said carefully, having watched Attack on Titan as some binge material I found.
"The what?!"
"He never saw Attack on Titan." Gallon said. "He heard it was directed by the guy who directed Highschool of the Dead and refused to watch it."
"Highschool of the Dead was awesome." I huffed.
"But…Titty Gun Mount." Tina added.
"Tina, I'm gay what part of that sentence would I enjoy?!" Micheal yelled.
"Eh, were it not for the very oversaturated fan service, it could have been way better." Gallon shrugged.
"The fanservice is what makes it good though." I said.
"As the resident Horny Master…honestly, yes, the fan service does actually give it more charm given it's a silly Zombie Apocalypse thing." Tina shrugged. "But…I don't know how it'll work in this reality, but look up in your assistant anything revolving 'Titan'...that'll hopefully give you enough of an explanation."
"Alright… so can anyone give me a summary on whatever the heck that thing was?" Micheal asked as he began checking his Assistant and Skill Trees.
"So that is…the Origin of Life, a symbiotic creature that can give you the Power of the Titans, in your case it would be if you are physically harmed you transform into some type of Titan, and you also have control over any and all 'Titans', now if that's just on the Titans based on the Origin of Life or any class of Titan I don't know." I explained.
"Right… so basically I get hurt I turn into a giant monster and hulk smash everything?"
"Well, you would be considered a Shifter, so you would have your full faculties but…considering this will be brand new it might hulk out a bit." Tina pointed out. "But after that you are now technically part plant? Kinda…Titan's are weird especially when the generic Titan's are just mindless plant monsters with a hunger for human flesh that uh…had a weird backstory…"
"Time Travel and Cannibalism were some weird things in Attack on Titan…" I said sheepishly.
"Great… the vegetarian has the man eating monster power…" Micheal said weakly.
"Again, you have full faculties, the actual 'man eating monster' part was the mindless bunch that were people who had the Titan powers reject them cause when insane people decided 'let's shove Titan spinal fluid into people and see what happens'...yeah, a lot of weird things happen." I pointed out.
"But the actual creation of Titans…you just make them out of Sans in possibly your own Pocket Dimension." Tina added.
"Uh, what?" Micheal asked.
"He hasn't played Undertale either." Gallon said.
"Okay first, we need you to get to play Undertale." Tina said. "And second…I meant to say 'sand'...but brain got crossed trying to remember nerd things and Sans Undertale…"
"Sans as a Titan."
"Don't you dare…"
"...Papyrus as a Titan."
"Stahp!"
"So what does this thing do to me exactly?" Micheal asked.
"Well, for you, it gives you the power to Create Titans, out of what specifically you'll have to look that up, a Titan form that's based on you specifically…hopefully it's not a giant Bone Centipede."
"WHAT!?"
"Your own personal Pocket Dimension that is also…technically the Crux of your power? And…so due to this reality being weird with Time, I doubt you can send your consciousness through Time to do things." I said. "Control over Titans you create or…maybe Titan class enemies in general I don't know, we'll have to test it out."
"Just when I get used to one thing, something else comes along to drive me towards insanity and drinking…"
"You get used to it." Me and Tina both said from personal pain and experience.
"So what exactly even is that creature?" Micheal asked.
"Genuinely? It's never explained." Gallon said.
"Never explained." I agreed.
"And it both explains and doesn't explain how or why people can turn into Titans or how she was able to create Titans." Tina added.
"Well that's all just dandy…" Micheal sighed, looking back to his skill trees menu. "Alright… let's see what it says here… Huh…"
"What up?" I inquired.
"Well apparently… this counts as an Immortality Ability… but… it has a lot of uses I can use… mind if I take some Skill Points?" Micheal asked me.
"Go ahead, and…yeah I suppose that makes sense, as you would regenerate when you take damage." I brought up.
"Alright… and done… Now let's see if this works…" Micheal said. I raised a brow as he put a hand on my head, his thumb pressing against my head between my eyes.
I felt a spark like Static hit me through my head suddenly.
[Notice! You have been gifted the ability, Titan Shifting. Your Titan will be unique upon transforming and all its abilities will be usable by your Founding Titan/Custodian.]
Holy Shit!
"Huh…that's…that's really cool." I said in surprise.
"What did he do?" Tina asked.
"He gave me Titan Shifting powers." I answered.
"That's sick, can you give the ability to anyone or is it specific?" Tina asked.
"I can give it to anyone, and it links with my Perfect Custodian Ability. Unfortunately, while I can give someone the power to shift into a Titan, it's kind of random what their Titan can do, and will likely be a mix of any natural magic and biological abilities they have… there's a lot more here but I'll look into it later." Micheal stated.
"That's fair." I nodded. "This is brand new and we'll have to do some testing for this."
"Yeah… but right now before I have a mental breakdown…" Micheal said, walking over and grabbing Gallon by the wrist.
"Nap?" Gallon asked.
"Nap." Micheal said as he pulled Gallon along to their room.
Tina chuckled as they left. "So Micheal does nap when he's stressed. Kind of cute." She chuckled.
"Yeah, that is kinda cute." I chuckled. "Now…just gotta sort through the rest of this shit…"
"Buyers remorse now?" Tina asked with a chuckle.
"That depends on how long this'll take and how many cool things I bought." I said honestly.
"True." Tina said, picking up one of the second skin suits. One of what looked to be some form of Centaur species. "So… what's with the whole body skins?"
"Those are called Second Skin Suits, apparently it's some cheaper variant of the Transform potions, where you can look and feel like the thing you're dressed up as." I said. "Got one for Rom to help him feel better…than bought the rest after that."
"Huh… kinky~ Well, this aside all the food stuff you put should go into the kitchen and I guess we should get an armory put into this place for the weapons and armor… and a general store room for the rest… Hmm… Plus all the uh, Serfs, Slaves and Breeders you bought… then the kids. Poor things. I'm gonna check in on them." Tina said.
…
Wait… Fuck! I'm gonna be picking all this up myself aren't I?!
"...Feck…" I thought bitterly, starting to sort through all this shit by myself…
"To to use it, I just… slice my hand or something?" Micheal asked. We were gonna test his new Titan power out and we were in the Planet Room to test this out, fairly far away from the main farms and such.
"Slice it, bite it, as long as it's a bleed like injury." I said, as most of the time I've seen the injury someone is bleeding cause of it.
"Alright…" Micheal said, taking a small pocket knife from his Assistant. "This is… gonna be a thing…" He said. "Anything I should know?"
"The transformation is like… you have to want to do something or have an objective in mind, otherwise it won't activate." Gallon said.
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot about that." Tina said. "Like, you want to lift a boulder or something."
"Alright…" Micheal said. He then made a quick, fast movement across his hand with the knife.
Instantly, Lightning seemed to drop from the sky and the explosion made Tina, Gallon and I back up fast.
Micheal now stood a whole seventy feet tall, his horns were far more pronounced. He had a much more built body frame and his wings were giant, it took me a second to realize he had six of them…
But above all that…
"He's so fluffy!" Tina said cheerfully.
His fur was easily MUCH fluffier.
"Not what I was expecting… but also not complaining." Gallon smiled.
"The Fluff Titan!" I cheered just as happy as Gallon and Tina.
"Wonder if it comes off?" Gallon hummed, walking up to Micheal's now far larger leg, pulling a strand of the hair form his coat and cutting it off.
Surprisingly, it remained.
"Woah. Normally the bodies just… evaporate when anything comes off them." Tina said.
"Yeah, so either that's just a Nokori thing or there's more to it in this reality." I said.
"Either way, I can finally make a blanket out of his wool fur coat." Gallon said, already cutting more lengths of Micheal's coat. Tina joined in.
Micheal, for his part, was just looking down at the two's actions confused.
"We're harvesting your fur!" I called out, moving over and starting to help out with the fur cutting…also, holy shit this is soft…
"What does he do to his fur to get it this soft?" Tina asked in surprise.
"Most Nokori fur is." Gallon said. "It's a pain in the ass to shower and dry, but the extra fluffy of us thrive in winter."
"Isn't Brazil tropical?" Tina asked.
"Yes but the Leto Forest's magic creates a unique microclimate that tells the Equator to F-off so, it snows in winter in Leto." Gallon explained.
"Sounds like the Everfree Forest." I said honestly.
"Everfree?"
"It's a forest from Equestria, it was right next to Ponyville which had its own Ecosystem, Weather Patterns, it was a giant pain in all the Weather Pegasis ass and it's also a dangerous place if you get lost since it houses a lot of creatures like Timberwolves, Cockatrices, Manticores and other such things."
"Huh, so it is kinda like Hulda, only Hulda was also home to Fae, Dryads, Gods, gorgons, dragons, all kinds of crazy creatures. Also no one who entered it ever left… Guess that included Micheal and I huh?"
"Eh, fair." I shrugged. "But you came to an even better world because of it."
"Maybe, doesn't mean we don't miss our homes though. I'm sure you miss Equis right?"
I sighed. "Yeah…I miss home sometimes…I miss mom especially…"
[Hence why you bang Cream the most.]
"Uh, why are you on your back?" Tina asked.
"Also how did you do a backflip sitting down?" Gallon asked.
"I. Don't. Know." I groaned. "I'm going to murder you." I mentally growled at the stupid pop up message.
"So, is it safe for you to try a Titan Shift while pregnant?" Tina asked me as I sat back up…
… huh, that is a good question…
"Uh…I don't know…"
"Should probably wait until you give birth then." Gallon said.
"But Gallon and I can mess around with Titan powers… once Micheal reverts back…" Tina said.
"True… and uh… oh that is a question how does he revert back?"
"He either does the thing he thought about…or…uh…" I trailed off, before using Scan to see if there was a Time limit on that thing.
[Scan Complete!
Name: Micheal A Lucio
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Race: Nokori (Founding Titan Shifter)
Status: Founding Titan Form.]
Alright, no way to tell from Scan then-
Suddenly, Micheal's mouth burst open in a fast high pressure hiss of steam and the Titan body fell to the ground. From the neck he pulled himself out, gasping for some air. "Holy fucking shit that was weird!" Micheal yelped as he pulled himself out.
"Welcome back, and I guess that is your reaction to becoming the Fluff Titan?"
"I hate how accurate that is…" Micheal sighed. "But no, that wasn't my main reaction… It was a whole… thing while I was like that…" He said, rubbing his head.
"What was it like?" I inquired.
"Weird. My… mind felt like I was in two places. One was, well, in that body, the other was like, in this… world of sand with a well going up into the air. There was a sand statue of you there Button."
"That would be the Titan World, where you have exclusive access to it and you are basically god there." I said. "And only Titans or people of your 'blood' can go if you so allow them."
"Uh huh… right. That makes total sense…"
"At this point we should just show you Attack on Titan." I said honestly. "It would at least explain something…"
"Fine… But you two wanted Titan power too-" Micheal asked, Tina and Gallon already next to him. Tina on hand and knee so he could reach her head. "Alright…" Micheal said, quickly doing what he did earlier for Tina and Gallon. "Well, let's try Tina first. I'm actually curious how she'll look as a Titan."
"Well…it'll be weird to not have nipples or junk for a bit." Tina said, taking a step back as she took a deep breath, and bit into her hand.
The spark of lightning and the explosion of steam happened again, Tina instantly became huge and far more-
"Oh my god!" Gallon yelped.
"I didn't know what to expect… but THAT was not it!" Micheal yelped as well.
Tina looked much how she does normally, larger… her breasts and uh… bits down there were somehow still there and sized to match… Her mouth did open into three parts though and her back had spins poking out where larger Thunder Bugs crawled in and out.
"Uh…normally you're not supposed to have…all the bits…" I said carefully. "The breasts, yes but no nipples but…she has nipples…" I looked in awe as…I might have been drooling a bit…
"She has more than just her nips still!" Gallon yelled.
"That is… I did not need to see this existed, Oh thank god pop up window blocking my view…" Micheal sighed. "Huh… I get info on her Titan form and what she can do… neat."
"And what's the info on our new Milf Mountain?" I inquired.
"... Never say that again… and her Titan form is actually called the Mother Nature Titan." Micheal said. "She can essentially earth bend, controle weather within a thirty mile radius, purify soil and water, controle plantlife, and… uh… huh… This last bit is weird… like, SO weird…"
"What is it?" I inquired. "Cause her being Mother Nature makes a lot of sense…all things considered."
"It says she can eat the corpses of the dead and birth them back to life as her children…"
"... What the actual fuck?" Gallon asked.
"That's…strange but rather cool." I said honestly.
"Right… that explains her uh… bits still being present…" Micheal said. "Can you turn back now Tina?"
Tina nodded, though the small pout that made me guess they wanted to enjoy more of their mountainous body as they focused on reverting back to their form.
In the same hiss if steam and pressure ad Micheal, Tina's titan body collapsed and she popped out of the neck as well. "Woo! Wow that feels cool!" She said, grinning madly.
I chuckled. I then looked and noticed… Micheal's Titan body was still here… and Tina's didn't seem to be reverting away either…
"Uh…okay this is especially weird." I frowned. "Cause those bodies are supposed to disintegrate after you get out of your flesh mechs…"
"Never say 'flesh mech' again." Micheal shuddered.
"That is a bit weird though." Gallon hummed. "I guess the rules are different for this power in this reality…"
"Well, up next is you Gallon." Micheal said.
"Alright, let's see how fluffy Gallon is." I said honestly.
"Well, let's see what I become." Gallon said, heading a big away form us and like Micheal, pulled a pocket knife from his Assistant and made a quick slice across his hand.
The Steam, explosion and lightning happened again- WHAT IN THE HELL!?
"... Uh…" Tina said.
"Gallon?!" Micheal yelped.
Standing before us was Gallon's Titan form, a large quadruped wolf, a tail of sharp spines, huge claws and, a back of branched bone like spines, and what caught us off guard the most… he now had three heads, each with five eyes with large jaws and horns that curled and seemed to be almost crystal-esk in look.
"Cerberus huh?" I said honestly.
"I'll take the right, Button get's the left, and Micheal get's the middle for petting the big woofer." Tina said readily.
"Okay the notification came in… Gallon's Titan form is called the Hound of Chaos Titan… fitting actually. Huh… that's neat…"
"What other stuff did he get?" I inquired.
"It says here he has a rapid regeneration rate, his Titan form can heal basically any injury it receives. His horns act as Catalysts that can allow him to spellcast with his chaos magic, this amplifies the spells power based on his MP… and his eyes see in day, night, infrared…" Micheal said, as suddenly Gallon fell over with a huge thud. We looked and saw his eyes spinning. "At the cost that all those eyes are putting all their visual input into him at once and since he's never had fifteen eyes before his brain got a bit overwhelmed, giving him dizziness and motion sickness."
"Then we should probably move away so we don't get thrown up on." I said quickly.
"Can he adapt to that?" Tina asked. Gallon already exiting his titan body.
"Yeah, it's just gonna take some time and training." Micheal nodded. "Ten rem says Button's Titan form either flies or makes volcanoes."
"Suckers bet." Tina chuckled.
"Well…I mean I can still try…I forget how this reality works with pregnancies…" I said. "Though now that I think about it, kid's inherit abilities and…well, my kids would be part phoenix either way so there's that." I admitted.
"True… Well, your call in the end Button." Micheal said.
"Well…might as well give it a try." I said, taking a step back. "Let's just hope it works right instead of it just regenerating without a care…" I muttered, taking a deep breath and focusing on this as I cut myself with a talon.
I felt the heat of my Regeneration start, only to suddenly encompass my whole being. In a flash, faster than I perceived I was suddenly towering over Micheal, Gallon and Tina.
"Woah!" Tina said.
"Called it!" Micheal said with a laugh.
"Well damn." Gallon said.
I looked over myself to see what I transformed into, cause if I looked like a giant fucking rainbow chicken I'm not gonna be happy.
I could see I looked akin to a human form… my legs and arms had various small multicolor wings. When I looked behind me, that's when I noticed the biggest difference. My wings. They were dripping white hot magma. Holy crap!
"According to this, you're the Fallen Angel Titan!" Micheal called up.
Oh… Oh I like that name.
"Wish I could talk…" I thought to myself, but deciding to look up what I could do as the 'Fallen Angel Titan'.
"According to this, your magma and fire based powers and magic are all multiplied by a hundred, you can force a volcano to erupt or create a new volcano, you can also pull magma up from the ground and use the rock or metals in it to form a weapon. It also says your regeneration applies to this form as well." I heard Micheal say.
Nice.
I nodded with a smile. "Okay that is really cool." I thought to myself happily.
"We can test combat use later. For now let's head back inside." Micheal said.
I managed to get out of this form. Oddly none of our bodies evaporated… huh. That is still weird.
Okay you… I don't like you but let's try some things…
I glared at the Estate Title options menu. The only one I haven't used yet was Summon Lottery…
"Alright…what does Summon Lottery do?" I mentally wondered.
[Summon Lottery is a Lottery where you will summon a random Utility Summon, or receive a dud. These Utility Summons all do different things and have different purposes their abilities can be used for.]
"Neat." I thought to myself, as I decided to finally use Summon Lottery.
I pushed the button. A summon circle, small but glowed with magic appeared before the lines began turning… god that is a fucking horrible loud noise…
After a while, something popped out of it, landing unceremoniously on the ground with a splat before it picked itself up.
The tiny being before me was what looked like a goblin. Small, no bigger than my hoof with a worn brown hat, leather boots, pants and a belt holding all kinds of tools and a backpack. "Gob Gob! (Greetings Master!)"
Huh? Weird… I heard it say… 'Gob Gob' but I understood the meaning…
"Hello there." I said to the tiny goblin. "What's your name?"
"Gob Gob! (Goblin Gob!)" He said, then handed me a sheet of paper from his backpack too me. I gently took it and opened it.
[Goblin Gob has Three special abilities.
Craftsman Constructs: Goblin Gob can create, repair and maintain any weapon, armor regardless of level of technology or magic used normally to create or repair them.
Element Immunity: Goblin Gob has absolute immunity to elemental and magical elements, allowing him to safely use and hold all kinds of materials.
Architects Blueprints: Goblin Gob can not only learn to read all kinds of blueprints and commit them to memory. This includes building architecture and construction. He can build anything.]
"That's awesome." I said with a warm smile.
Hmm… I should test his skills out. Start simple…
"Now, what to get you to create that's simple…" I hummed. "Well…I suppose you can create a sword." I said, pulling out some of the material's for said weapon creation. "And I can supply the fire if you need."
He shook his head, walking over to the two ingots of iron and some wood and jewels I had. He looked at all the stuff then nodded, pulling out a small handsaw and a hammer from his belt and rapidly got to work- Woah!
I blinked and there was a beautifully made short sword, a wood hand grip and the gemstones decorated the base and hilt of the blade on both sides.
That was… FAST!
"Uh…wow, that was both fast and…really cool." I said in surprise.
He nodded as I picked up the sword and used Scan on it.
[Scan Complete!
Name: Elegant Short Sword
Att: 24
Def: 13
Mag: 0
Value: 120 Rem]
Cool.
"This is a really cool sword Gob." I said with a smile.
He smirked proudly.
With Gob, our team and this family finally has a Master Craftsman.
"Can't wait to see what other great things you'll create…cause its probably going to be some nonsense if you talk to Rom and his bright mind."
Hmm… Well, I have a lot of RP now so… I can spend some more to try for another good summon. Even if I get a dud, I can afford it.
"Well, might as well give it another spin." I thought to myself as I clicked on Summon Lottery again.
Again that magic matrix appeared… and again that dumb noise began playing… agh. What the heck?
After a moment, another little creature popped out of the thing. They rolled onto the ground. They were a small teacup pink, wearing a suit top and top hat. The back of their suit held a money sign on it, and their back had a small hole in it, and their belly button was a cork…
Heh. Piggy bank.
"Oink oink! (Greetings partner.)" The little pig said.
"Howdy." I nodded. "What's your name my new friend?"
"Oink oink oink. (Gunther. Gunther the Banker)" He said, pulling his top hat off and handing me another slip of paper.
[Gunther the Banker is a summon that less focuses on physical labor and more on monetary gain and uses.
Gunther has several special skills.
Savings Account: Gunther can save RP and Rem or any form of currency and increase the amount at a compound interest rate of 10% per month.
Safety Deposit Box: Gunther can hold valuable items for safe keeping as long as the item has a value of over 1 million. This helps prevent thieves with skills that can steal from Assistant Inventory.
Investment: Gunther can send money to merchants and shops to increase their stock and inventory and gain a return on invested money up to 30% interest on the investment.
Valuable Detection: Detects items of rare or valuable nature in the area.]
"Okay, that's really cool." I thought to myself happily. "Welcome to the team Gunther."
They gave a nod.
Alright, let's go again.
I pushed the button. The annoying grinding noise started up again. Agh, this is the only downside to this so far…
After a moment, another one popped out.
I blinked, looking at the small large one eyed worm. They were a black and gray color with large red eyes.
They looked up at me and blinked. "Pai Pai. (Hi there master!)"
"Hello there, what is your name?" I asked, finding the voice a bit cute for the one eyed worm.
"Pai. (Pai.)" The worm said, then spat out a soggy bit of paper… ew…
I picked it up, unfolding it and reading what this one, Pai, was all about.
[Pai the Recycler.
Pai is a unique Utility Summon in that she can break down any and all materials into their base components to be used as crafting materials.
Biomass Conversion: Pai can eat plant or animal matter and convert this into Plant Matter Biomass and Animal Biomass, both used in a multitude of healing items and other craftable items.
Matter Conversion: Pai can eat and digest various items from dirt to junk items and convert them into their base materials, such as refined ores and even usable concrete and such.
Analysis Tummy: Pai can eat weapons, armor and anything and can create a usable blueprint of the item, complete with materials needed.]
Woah… that last one, it's a perfect pair for Goblin Gob!
"Oh you are going to be great friends with Goblin Gob." I said with a smile.
Alright, Gob, Pai and Gunther. This is great. Hmm… what else can I get with my RP?
"Hmm…I don't think I looked at the shop…" I thought to myself as I looked at the RP shop.
Hmm… This shop seems to sell everything but the RP cost is pricey… still, there's a lot of stuff here. Gonna revisit this once I have more RP.
"Right…and the other's are buying skill points, stat boosts and…hmm…" I thought, looking through the other options.
There's not much I can do at the moment… for now I suppose I should focus on my family relationships.
Hmm… who should I spend time with… Actually, I haven't seen Dalila in a while. Knowing how shy she is…
"Let's hope Delilah is doing well." I thought to myself as I headed off to find her.
I headed to her room, listening as I didn't hear anything. Knowing her, if I knock she might faint… poor girl. Alright, let's do this.
I opened the door, surprised I saw her at her desk playing a game.
[Dalila
Relationship Status: 2
Her shyness has put her into a bad place socially.]
"Delila?" I asked softly, hoping she won't freak out with my words.
She didn't seem to hear me. I realized she has some wireless earbuds in. Crap. Okay there has to be a way for me to help her with confidence… I can't Symbiote into her… rather not risk that while pregnant, plus it would be rather wrong… Maybe I can make a new Symbiote for her? But Cheat did that last time… Hmm… maybe…
There might be an item enchantment that can help her…
"Fear resist maybe?"
I should check. What is her Fear Resist at… Wow… I uh… did not know Resist stats could be in the negatives…
How the fuck does that even happen?
WAIT! I can use RP to increase another's stats!
"Oh yeah, I know exactly what to do." I thought readily as I started to dump my RP into getting Delilah's fear resist up.
Alright… At negative ten that's… let's put it to twenty five so that's thirty five RP spent.
Once I selected apply, I backed out of the menus and tapped Dalila on the shoulder.
She flinched, turning and taking the earbuds out. "Dad? You scared me… huh… something feels… off…" She said.
"You are no longer in the negatives when it comes to fear resist." I said honestly.
"What? How? Also… how?"
"I have a nifty title that lets me use points to increase someone's stats."
"Wow… I uh… huh…" She said, looking at her arms and hands. "Weird… normally I'd be passed out already…"
"That's because your Fear Resistance isn't at negative ten anymore." I shrugged. "You have positive twenty five now, how does it feel?"
"Uh… weird… I don't feel so… nervous. Or… worried…"
[Dalila is not used to not feeling no fear, anxiety or worry. She is unsure how to process this lack of fear.]
"Here…" I said, raising my hand. "Try and hold my hand." I said softly, something that we've tried working on for a long time but couldn't.
She nodded, raising hers and then she took it. "Wow… That was basically no effort…"
"Any good introduction starts with good eye contact and a firm handshake." I chuckled warmly at my silly attempt at a 'first meeting' joke.
"... That was… uh… okay?"
"Sorry, just an old phrase that I tried to make into a joke." I said honestly, lightly squeezing her hand. "But…I'm glad to know that it all worked and you aren't scared anymore."
"I guess at a Fear Resist of twenty five, not much outside some monsters could make me scared."
"Yeah, that is fair." I nodded. "Now, what things do you want to do with your new found courage?"
"Uh, not sure… go for a walk maybe?"
"Sure, a walk sounds good." I said with a smile.
"Okay… where should we go? I've never really… been outside before."
"How about the park? It's a nice simple area to walk around in." I said honestly.
"That sounds alright." She said, quickly turning her game and computer off before slithering next to me as we went outside.
I couldn't help but smile, as I…helped my daughter finally be able to face the world without being scared, even though she seemed a bit uncomfortable and unsure it still felt great to see her walking alongside me without fear or worry. "And…even though you're not scared, just tell me if you're uncomfortable with anything alright?"
"Alright dad." She said, giving me a nod as we left the house.
[Delila's day outside without her crippling fear was her best day ever.
+10 Relationship Status with Delila.
+160 RP Rewarded.
Earned the Estate Title, Father To My Daughters.]
"Oh? And what does that title do?" I mentally inquired, looking up what 'Father To My Daughters' did.
[Father To My Daughters: Your daughters are more likely to open up to you about personal issues and problems when you ask if they have any. A successful conversation grants bonus RP.]
"Awesome." I thought to myself, glad to know that'll help make things easier with my daughters.
Well, I helped one of my daughters… now to help one of my sons. Time to check on Leaf.
I quickly headed to Leaf's room, finding him at his desk reading.
"Hey Leaf." I said.
"Hey dad." He said, looking up and over to me.
[Leaf
Relationship Status: 7
He probably gets his sports skills from his mom.]
Ah, there's the sassiness. Been a while…
"How you doing today?"
"Doing good. Practice has been good."
"That's good to hear." I nodded. "What else have you been up to?"
"Mostly just been keeping up with some studies. Wondering if I can sign up for swimming lessons to join a swim team. With it being winter all sports are indoor ones."
"Eh, that's fair." I shrugged. "Still sucks that there's no Snow…"
"True. Well, there's snow in the Planet Room at least." He shrugged.
"Yes, and I'm glad that there's some snow after so long…"
"Were there any winter sports on Equis?"
"Ice Skating, Snowball Fights, Winter Hoofball." I shrugged.
"Huh. I'd ask to play but uh… you're not sports ready."
[Looking rounder than a beach ball.]
"Shush you." I mentally huffed. "Well, we can still have some fun in the snow if it's not sporty."
"Hmm… Well there is one sport we can do that's not very physical."
"What's the sport?" I inquired.
"Ice fishing."
"Huh…haven't actually gone fishing to be honest." I admitted.
"Then let's go." He said, getting up and slithering along next to me to the Planet Room.
I nodded, following after Leaf to do some Ice Fishing.
[Your late night fishing fun with Leaf gave your son great memories of the day.
The fish also made a tasty meal for you both since you missed dinner.
+3 Relationship Status with Leaf.
+48 RP Rewarded.
You have earned the Estate Title, Father To My Sons.]
"Let me guess, it does the same thing but with my sons?" I mentally wondered as I double checked it.
[Duh.]
"Right…so far, things have been successful." I thought readily.
I yawned, heading to bed.
The next morning I woke up, yawning and stretching as I saw I was in Jackie's arms.
[Jackie
Relationship Status: 2,499
What did you expect she's programmed to love and be obsessed with you?]
"Maybe…a little less egregious?" I thought to myself. "Morning Jackie."
She blinked, giving me a smile as she kissed me. "Good morning Master."
[+1 Relationship Status with Jackie.
Breeder Programming detected! No RP Rewarded.]
… huh.
"Really? Just doing anything increases the RS?" I thought in confusion. "How are you doing this morning?"
"I am well. Are you doing well Master? Would you like a morning servicing before getting up?"
"I am doing well." I said, lightly nuzzling her. "But…" I tried to think of the last time I did it with Jackie and…if it was a little too long for her.
Yikes… well, she doesn't look in bad sorts. There's so many of them I handle a day it's… yikes… maybe I should invest in abilities to negate sleep… That would help me a lot actually… Both with work stuff and family stuff.
"How long has it been since you last…serviced me?"
"Two days." She said.
Alright, not that long then.
"Hmm…" I hummed, wondering if I should or if I should just get up for work…again.
I gently pulled Jackie in and… crap this got a lot harder with the babies on my end…
After that morning fun, I was in the office again. This time with Gallon.
"I'll never get how Micheal was more the office worker, but back home I'm the one who was in an office most of the time." Gallon chuckled.
"Eh." I shrugged. "Just one of those thing's that happens I suppose."
"True." Gallon sighed, sipping his coffee. "Really need to hire some people. Oh, they finally have a new portal system set up to a new Zone."
"Oh really? Where's the portal lead to?"
"A place called Demonic Invasion. Basically the zone of the Doom franchise. I plan on taking a trip there with Tina and Micheal."
"I'd really like to go there as well." I said readily. "Cause seeing another Zone after the longest time would do me some good."
"True, but you are also pregnant… then again the whole area the portal is set up in is guarded by both a barrier and a huge ass wall worth of our new Titan Shifting abilities."
"Awesome." I said with a smile. "Sounds like a great safe place to visit."
"Seems so. I guess we should plan a trip there with the group. Plus, killing demons would be a nice change from killing zombies."
"Oh yeah, it would be a really nice change." I admitted.
"Be so cool if I got a crucible." Gallon chuckled. "Ah, all my nerd fantasies come to life… oh shit I have like the perfect gift idea for Micheal now." He said with a grin.
"Sounds fun." I said with a smile. "I can't wait to go there so I can commit some monster murder that isn't just another Zombie."
"We should see what kind of stuff this town has for sale. Probably have all kinds of slayer gear. At minimum a lot of high tech stuff."
"That or there's a 'Slayers Guild' or something that just boosted the town's defenses to make everyone safer." I suggested. "Though…now that I think about it…" I said, bringing up my Assistant's logs to see something about that Demon Meat…cause now that I know we're going to a Demon section, maybe that place was where they got all that meat.
"Well, whatever the case, looks like we can have a day out soon. Anything in particular you want to do while we're there?"
"Meet the locals, do some monster murder while I still can…just kinda do stuff so I'm not more stuck behind this desk." I admitted.
"Should probably use some ranged weapons while we're there… you're uh, melee combat might be… risky in your current state."
"Which is why I've been getting better with my magic and magma control…also Symbiote powers that I naturally have cause that's fun." I added.
"Isn't Symbiote mostly still melee based? Also, wouldn't demons be fireproof?"
"Depends on the Demon, and you forget." I brought up a hand and formed one of the Chaos Blades that was…once one of my Symbiotes. "These are ranged weapons, and given they are also a part of me," I made it lightly pulse with lava as it looked like molten veins in the weapon.
"Try throwing it."
I shrugged, sitting up and pulling back- oof my bladder!
I immediately sat back down…
[Pfft! Hahahaha!]
"Okay, fuck this, I'm doing some Motherhood skill tree stuff." I frowned. "And you, shut up." I thought angrily.
Let's see here…
Uh, no, no, no, no, not what I need… I'll save that for later, I'll save that for Tina… and this one for Philomena… um… shit why can't I find what I'm looking for? Should not be this difficult…
"Holy hell, isn't there anything in here that'll help me with what I want?" I grumbled.
"Looking for something to accelerate your pregnancy?"
"Either that or something that could make fighting easier." I huffed. "Cause all I'm seeing is 'less cramps', 'easier sleep', 'produce better breast milk' and all this stuff…"
"Right… well, if you follow porn logic, odds are there's either a potion or spell to help you there."
Huh… I'm definitely looking into that…
Of course the potions I want are sold by Lust…
I huffed, back at the Greed Market as I didn't find any potion shops my last shopping spree. This Market had a potions shop all made and sold by Lust… great…
"No." I thought with a frown. "My standards aren't low enough to literally pay these chucklefucks that are causing a lot of the problems." I shook my head.
[Didn't you literally buy all their Slaves, Serfs and Breeders last time you came to a Greed Market?]
"Because it's better than some chucklefucks that want to use and abuse them! Or do you want me to get Yuri to finally give you a mute button?" I mentally growled.
[You assume he can touch me.]
"I'm sure he can with enough time." I mentally huffed.
[Sure, sure. So if you aren't gonna buy the potions you need from Lust then who? There aren't exactly many others who sell them and that's probably intentional on Lust's part.]
"I suppose I can just accelerate the my Pregnancy to get it over with sooner like what Tina does…would make this easier and less of a pain…" I thought bitterly as I did like the feeling of carrying children but…sadly life had other plans for me that I can't just ignore.
[Isn't Tina a Den Mother though. You'd basically have to turn yourself into an Equis Den Mother to get the same access of abilities as her.]
"Well…I suppose that's how she can still fight while being pregnant…" I thought to myself. "Eh, I suppose I can think of becoming one sooner or later."
[Ah yes because that's what you need, a reason to be outside the house more when you shouldn't be…]
"Not my fault thing's are happening that need my fucking attention." I mentally growled, walking away from the Lust shop. "Not my fault the world keeps turning and shit keeps happening when I'm trying to take a break!" I mentally shouted at the dumbass title, cause while I'm glad I did get Estate I still have to wonder why in Mother's name I even got the stupid thing.
[If this is you trying to take a break… that's rather upsetting…]
"Why do I even fucking bother…" I mentally growled, just walking at this point cause everything just keeps going on, the world moving past me as I'm trying to play catch up now…ugh…
… Why did I bother? Everything since my ten year leave of absence just led to so much… pain. For me, my mates, my kids… I barely have a sense of normalcy with them…
"I want to spend time with my family…I want to spend time with my friends…but everytime I try, lo and fucking behold, something needs to come up and ruin it, like the Majoirty for instance." I mentally rambled to myself, as the one thing…the one fucking thing I was always scared of happening…happened, and there was not a damn thing I could do about it…even when I was there, I couldn't do jack shit to that pompous green cunt…
I want to keep my family safe… I want to be with my family… but I can't do both…
… Do I have to choose?
…I can't…I can't just fucking choose…it's not fair…none of this is fucking fair, but why should I expect fairness in this hellhole that takes and takes and takes and only gives back just some semblance of reprieve if you play along with it's fucking game, with Dark Gray's fucking game! Cause nothing is more important than the Family's fucking entertainment…as I'm struggling with so much…with everything…I spread my wings and flew off to somewhere as…as I couldn't just go back home now…I…why does everything have to always go wrong when I'm trying to make things right!?
I landed on a high up skyscraper and just… cried… why can't I make things right… why did I pick a battle that was so rigged against me?!
"It's not fair…" I cried. "It's not fair…none of this is fair…" I clenched my fists as I tried to reign in my sadness, my rage, as I…I was still pregnant…I still needed to birth my children that…that will only know this world, this sick twisted prison, this fucking game for THE FUCKING FAMILY!
"It was never supposed to be fair." I looked up, seeing Tiara sitting on the edge in front of me. "That was the whole point."
"And here's another thing that's not fucking fair…" I said carefully. "And yeah…the whole point for this not being fair is for The Family to have a good laugh while they're shoveling popcorn in their mouths…"
"I know. But the game is the way it is for a reason. Not for entertainment. Well, it is for Dark Gray, but the game itself is just trial one of many."
"Yes, yes, I have to hunt down specific 'chess pieces' of Dark Gray and murder them, that's just step one on this giant fucking shit cake." I rolled my eyes. "And I fucking doubt that it's only Dark Gray enjoying all this pain and suffering cause The Family is probably filled with a bunch of fucking SadoMasachists…"
Tiara sighed. "Why do you keep doing this to yourself Button? The stress? The fear? You have everything to lose by challenging the game yet you play it anyway? Why? To be special? To help your loved ones? You need to choose right now Button… what matters more to you, being there for your family, or playing the game to protect them?"
"The Majority seemed rather adamant to point out I don't have a choice." I growled. "Remember, this is a game, none of this matters when it's all played up for laughs by some demented fuck head that needs an excuse to be set free…I have everything to lose…and I can lose it all whenever Dark Gray pleases, just give some small order while Im trying to relax and spend time with family, or just hanging out with Gallon, Tina and Michael…"
"True, and yet knowing that you declare war on him."
"Someone had to, even if he gets a kick out of it, someone needs to stare him straight in the eye and call him a bitch." I huffed. "Only way to win is by making his 'Retaliation' impossible, making him so excited to lose only for his final victory to slip out of his grasp as I laugh."
"And you think I'll let you do that?" Tiara asked as I suddenly felt a chill in her words.
"You're trying to make enough excuses to abandon me so yes." I said, feeling my heart clench up at saying those words as I…I just constantly feel hurt that Tiara just…just believes she needs to abandon me…"Ever since you became a Time Walker…even though I know you still love me…" I clenched my fists as more tears started to fall down as I tried to yet again reign in my stupid emotions…
"All to save you. Dummy." She said, putting a hoof to my chin and making me look up to her hidden cloaked face.
"I know…" I said sadly. "I know…some dumb Time Walker bullshit I'll never know…I'm sorry…"
"I'm sorry I can't tell you everything… but I will say this… if you want to walk this path against Dark Gray, then your family will be left behind… it's why I'm doing this. I'd rather be the one alone and leave you all behind than you walk the path you were trying to take. All before you knew you'd make the choice, I took it from you."
"Because of course I have to choose between being with my family and fighting the fucker that want's to take away my family…"
"Not anymore you do. Just leave Dark Gray to me. You deserve to be with our family… please. Don't let all I've done be meaningless because you're stubborn… alright?"
"Only problem is…is that really my choice to make?" I asked weakly. "Or is that something Dark Gray and this world will make for me? Will I have to sacrifice my own well being to make sure you won't get murdered cause the Time Walkers 'oath' is just a bunch of bull-"
"Button." Tiara spoke up, cutting me off. "Do you love me?"
"Yes." I stated immediately.
"Then trust me. You will have to battle, but not against Dark Gray directly. Maybe a piece or two of his, but I will worry about the larger issues and will let you know, ahead of time, when you will be needed. Until then, please… live your life. Love your family, have fun with your friends… for me."
"I'll…I'll try…" I said carefully.
"Thank you." She said, leaning forwards. I felt her lips meet mine for the first time in so long. As quick as she gave it, she parted our lips. "Because if you don't. I will know, and I'd rather not use my failsafe plan on you." She added before vanishing in a blink…
Failsafe?
"I'm…concerned about this sudden 'failsafe'..." I muttered. "Ick…this bites…"
Still… oddly, I feel like a weight has been lifted off me… alright Tiara… I'll live, but I'll be ready for when you tell me. For now… I'm going home, and spending time with my family.