Aleister had never actually hired anyone before, and it was... Well. He'd chosen the worst time to do it, he'd put an ad online that he was looking to commission some art for F/GO... And he'd received far to many offers for him to get through himself.
Leviathan's attack had left dozens homeless, the PRT and relief services could only do so much for so many, and they certainly couldn't restore all the lost money. He began messaging a few of them, sending them some sketches and design notes for various Servants and NPC's, that was the good thing about commission people online, he didn't have to introduce them to the non existent staff.
Although he was a bit annoyed that a few demanded extra pay for him to completely own whatever art was drawn, but he had lots to spare and was going to make even more when F/GO was next updated.
So, apparently LOTS of people are out of a job at the moment, Aleister has money, they don't care to question anything.
Aleister looked over Vista, who was currently laid out across a sofa in the Workshop (He really needed to get a new house, Medea had mentioned she could transport the entire Workshop to a new location if needed). He'd spent the past hour carefully brainwashing her, ensuring her second personality was stable.
Iris Dawn would believe she was a child separated from her parents during the Endbringer attack, and that 'Mister Crowley' had decided to take her in until Brockton Bay had calmed down enough for the police to try reuniting her with her parents. During the time she had 'spent' with him, he had proven himself a trusted authority figure who only wanted what was best for her, someone she would respect and appreciate.
He had also altered her common sense a bit, she'd view her subordinate and servitude to him as completely normal. He had originally thought of trying to go for a fatherly role, but his parents would have question of him suddenly adopting a child, even if it was after Leviathan's attack... And honestly? He just didn't want to fill that role.
For now, he'd keep Vis- Iris asleep, in case he wanted to make any more modifications to her. Vista's appearance was already known among the PRT, so he'd need to handle that quickly too. Maybe make her fully into an Artoria clone, pretend she was the younger sister of Okita? Gray or Saber Lily could certainly pass for it...
Child has been brainwashed!... Wait, why am I cheering about that? Oh yea, we're the bad guy here.
"I've seen a lot of ruined places, but this one... What could've happened to produce such a horrible place?". Okita asked as she and Aleister walked through the streets of Brockton Bay, a lot of people were trying to pretend things were normal, shops were open, kids walked about...
But it was all covered in an aura he could only call despair, nobody was smiling, clothes were dirtied, and he could see dozens of homeless between each alleyway. He turned to look and Okita, who looked beautiful as ever in the clothes Medea had prepared her.
"They've given up hope for a long time, Leviathan was just the final knife". Aleister had seen it dozens of times, people just... Giving up, he'd had at least three classmates during high school die from overdosing, six from suicide, and he couldn't even remember how many just stopped coming in one day. Times like this really made him respect those few who stayed strong, such as his mother and father.
"To be thrown down so many times they've completely and utterly lost hope...". The Assassin frowned, she'd suffered a lot during her own life but even she had never seen such despair. "I'm starting to see why you would go so far if the rest of the world is like this...".
"Some places are better, others are even worst. We recently suffered an Endbringer attack, so we're seeing the worst Brockton Bay has to offer... Like that". The master looked disgusted as he saw a very public mugging from some ABB, but had to quickly move his hand to stop Okita, who was seconds away from summoning her katana. "Not in your public identity, later, once Medea's finished preparing your gear, then your free to hunt...".
"Understood...". The Assassin glared at the ABB grunts as the two walked away, she hated it but she understood her master's reasoning and agreed with it.
Bond formed.
Okita Souji: 1.
Okita's seeing some proof Aleister does have his reasoning for what he's doing and the bay at least needs it it.
For those wondering about the 'gear' bit, well Okita can't go out in her normal outfit and if you have a Caster from the Ages of Gods, there is no reason for her not to create some mask or something that pulls some Sailor Moon shit so nobody realizes Okita and whatever name her cape identity is given are the same person.
Can't think of a good training exercise, so take an upgrade to Flash Air instead.
- Flash Air (Allows the user to swap small to large sized items about, even able to use the air around them to swap items about. Can swap energy and liquids now, can also be used precisely).
Aleister had discovered a few things about Robotization, mainly that it cost a LOT of energy, that increased massively with each person being converted. He had been hoping to turn every single non parahuman into a... Well, he was going to call them Robian's, but he supposed it was just robots.
With that knowledge, he selected four former Merchants, each having been pre-checked for a Corona Pollentia and finding it lacking. He didn't want to waste potential capes after all (Note to self, look into inducing artificial Triggers soon).
Now with test subjects, he tossed the four Merchants into the chamber and what came out was four humanoid robots. Originally the Robotizer would also add a bunch of menacing spikes and other things just generally designed to make the converted look meaner, but he had decided to go with making them look as humanoid as possible.
Of course, they'd never pass as a proper human without some artificial skin coverings, but it was a nice start. Add in the fact each... You know what he'd still call them Robian's, was a war machine straight from the start.
Eggman was played for a goof a lot of the time, but if you weren't named 'Sonic' or were one of his friends, even the lowest form of Robian's and Badniks were dangerous war machines. He doubted they'd last against suffiecently powerful capes, but some of the weaker ones and ordinary people weren't an issue.
Humans converted into Robians.
4.
So I wanted to remind people about the competition I did a while back, for those who've been able to guess a Demi-Servant, they got to ask me for an omake in any of my quests or stories. I figured since a few people haven't gotten back to me on that, I'd remind them.
The remaining omake winners are: YCG, Lost3rt, CosmicTopHat, and Wiser Guy.
The only remaining Demi-Servant is Rider, who has been revealed to be Dinah, but the Servant hasn't been figured out and is still available to win. If you have already guessed a Demi-Servant correctly, you cannot win another.