There is no interesting way to write Aleister constantly cutting up Alabaster and I'm not interested in constantly writing torture sooo...
Knowledge increased.
- Biology 23%.
When trying to create Cyber's armor, Aleister had two things he was focused on, he wanted to it to be thin... And he wanted ensure her appearance was still appealing to him, so he decided to lean heavily into the 2B theme and cheat using magic.
A black dress, leggings, heels, headband and blindfold, each thinly reinforced with vibranium and there insides filled with dozens of magical symbols Medea had created. As long as Cyber was wearing even a piece, the magic within would make it so her entire body carried the properties of vibranium.
Was he being a bit to focused on visual appearance? Perhaps, but when he could get away with having a sexy henchgirl, you could bet he was going to get away with it.
Automata Mystic Code.
A personal Mystic Code belonging to Cyber, it takes the appearance of a black dress, leggings, heels, headband and blindfold. It is thinly reinforced with vibranium and its insides are filled with dozens of magical symbols created by Medea.
- As long as even one piece is being worn, Cyber's entire body will carry the properties of vibranium.
Aleister was careful as he slowly added not just a personality trait, but a full on personality to FB. With how she had already started developing he had to be careful less he make things unstable.
Making her love him was the easiest thing, FB already had great fondness for her creator and interest in the relationship between a man and woman. Turning that into love for him for him was easy.
Balancing Hakuno's personality and the... Darker changes he wanted to make was a bit more difficult, difficult but not impossible, it had just taken a bit longer then he would've liked.
"How do you feel, FB?". He asked, he wasn't expecting much of a response, the AI would need some time to adjust to her changes after all.
"Good". Was the AI's simple response. Good, she was stable enough to respond, now she just needed a few hours to ready herself and while she was stabilizing herself... He had some hunting to do.
Now Leonardo was the first to admit he wasn't aware of every cape in Brockton Bay, but he had never thought it'd fuck him over so bad, at least it wasn't unrecoverable... Just very painful.
"Awwww, has the pretty boy decided to stop running?". The ABB cape taunted, her crimson lips curled into a cruel smirk. Leonardo had believed the ABB only had two capes simply because they were the most well known, a mistake he'd ensure not to forget. "You've lasted longer then I thought, but nobody can escape my flames".
"Would it really be correct to call them flames, Daji?". He talked mainly to distract the enemy cape as he tried his best to use Flash Air to remove the paralyzing poison in his left leg and arm. "They take the appearance of fire yes, but wouldn't it be better to say they are a type of poison? Or are you intentionally aiming for misdirection".
"Oh you really do run your mouth, a shame with how cute you are... But I simply can't stand men who talk so much". Daji held out her hand and formed an orb of azure flames, while Aleister's mind raced through everything he'd discovered so far.
It started pretty simple, asking Medea to use a scrying spell to find a large amount of ABB members, leading him to a large house and he quickly started dealing with the ABB within (Seemingly they had been planning an attack on the PRT to break out Lung), but was unpleasantly surprise to be warned of danger by his Observation Haki and dodging a wave of azure flames from a kitsune looking woman.
He had barely managed to get her name before they began fighting and she was brutal, lashing out with azure flames that inflicted the feeling of burning without damaging his body, leaving behind a paralyzing poison that made it near impossible to move whatever was hit. But no that wasn't bad enough, apparently she could also drain stamina with her physical touch, but it only worked through her hands, so he could punch her at least.
Of course it got worst and it wasn't even because of powers, but the fact Daji clearly knew how to take advantage of her looks to distract her opponents. One moment he was staring at her chest, the next he had to avoid a wave of fire.
At the very least, besides her fox traits (Which he assumed gave her enhanced senses), she didn't seem to have any other abilities. Which did mean he easily could overwhelm her with Reinforcement if need came be, but he needed to stick to 'Mover-Tinker' abilities if he wanted to keep the Leonardo act up.
"Oh, your looking at me so intensely pretty boy... A shame your on the heroic side, we could've had some fun~". Daji gave another seductive smile, Leonardo felt a tightening in his pants he tried to ignore. "Of course, you COULD abandon the heroes and become my pet~".
"Denied, I am a hero, you may be beautiful but at the end of the day you are a criminal and I will not abandon my duty". While they were talking, he focused on a nearby trash can, perfect. "Now I believe its time you return to the trash where you belong".
"Where I belo-". Daji wasn't able to finish her thoughts as suddenly she found herself hit from above by a metallic projectile, knocking her out.
Letting out a sigh of relief, he began approaching her with intention to hand her over to the PRT. Sure he'd love to keep her as a test subject, but he needed to build up some good reputation, the only things he had going for him was interfering in one fight and letting the villains get away, plus a few patrols, it just simply wasn't enough.
Quickly transmuting some rope, he quickly began tying up the ABB cape and then began using Displacement to get to the PRT drop off point (He'd been surprised to learn they had one, but it made sense as there were a few heroic capes not aligned with them but still needing to drop off criminals).
He could deal without the paperwork and constant attempts to get him to consider joining the PRT while he was there though.
First original cape! While yea Lung and Oni Lee are strong, I don't think they could control an entire gang and as much territory as they do without at least a few more capes. Daji will get her own profile in characters fully explaining her abilities.
Skills improved.
- Combat 26%
- Observation Haki 11%. 7% chance to be forewarned of attacks
Edit: She now has a character page.
Aleister looked over the half cube he'd created with a grin, it was a slow start even with Medea's help, but slowly they were creating their own Logos React Replica, exactly what he needed to take Rhongmyniad and leave this dimension forever.
Of course, many functions had to be disposed of, he had no interest in creating another AI to currently and keeping a Mystery sustained wasn't a requirement, all he needed was the ability to contain and use Rhongmyniad.
"What to call you, Logos React Replica V2? No no... To long and unnecessary". Aleister took a few seconds to think, what could he name an item designed to hold the Tower at The End of the World?
It struck him like lightning, a fitting name.
"Babel".
Mystic Code... Well not created, but at least started!
- Babel (Unfinished).
Inspired by the Logos React Replica, Babel is a small cube with green electric lines across it. While currently unfinished, once completed it will be able to steal and contain the power of Rhongmyniad.
Its going to take quiet a few upgrades to actually finish Babel as it is, absurdly advanced in both magecraft and technology, even with Medea helping she can only do so much considering she has no knowledge of Logos React.
It happened out of nowhere, Aleister had heard it many times during his life, but it never became less haunting.
VWWAAAAAAAARRRROOOOOOOOM!
Aleister froze in his current project, some small Mystic Code that fell to the floor and smashed. There were two different forms of the Endbringer Alarm and every one feared hearing the second one, the one he was hearing right now, the one announcing an Endbringer attack here, Brockton Bay.
"Aleister?". Medea looked concerned, he'd explained the Endbringers to her a few times, but she had lived in a different world, in a different life. She had never lived in a world where every time those alarms went off, you know a city was getting wiped off the map. "Are you alright...?".
"I-i'll be fine, j-just give me a few moments!". He took a few calming breaths as he began focusing himself. "Set up as many barriers as you possibly can around the basement and move everything important down here, we have around twenty minutes before whichever Endbringer shows up appears, we should be getting a report soon of which one it is-".
"Leviathan, Leviathan, please prepare yourself, all capes report to action". The loud speaker voice echoed across Brockton Bay as Aleister felt relief fill him.
"Okay thats actually... Thats actually great news, the Simurgh and Behemoth would be much worst to deal with... Make sure everything is as water proof as possible, theres a very high chance the workshop will end up underwater by the end of this attack". The master took a few seconds to think, in all honestly an Endbringer attack was also a perfect chance for him to get away with things he usually couldn't and with his magecraft, he could easily escape drowning or get away from Leviathan. If Medea was in danger he could teleport her to him with a Command Seal, FB could create backups of herself, and despite the work put into her, Cyber was rather easily replaceable.
"Alright, here's what we'll do...".
...Welp crap! Endbringer time has arrived and I've decided to do something a bit different here. I will give around 12 to 24 hours for people to put forth suggestions for what to attempt to do during Leviathan's attack and you can suggest actions for not just Aleister, but also Medea, Cyber, and FB. Of course you could just have them all stay in a magically reinforced basement, but since everyone is out fighting Leviathan, its a perfect opportunity to grab or do whatever we want.
The more risky something is (For example, grabbing Armsmaster who's one of many directly fighting Leviathan), less chance it has of succeeding. While the less risky something is (Staying inside the magically reinforced basement) is basically guaranteed safety at the cost of getting nothing done.
There will also be random dice rolls to decide which capes and characters die from canon! Which means yes if we're lucky, every Demi-Servant could get killed. There will be a list at the end of the attack of everyone who died.