After the slaughter of idiotic assholes rescue of an Adorable girl that must be protected.
Lucia: We now have three daughters.
Arthur: I am OK with this.
Ambrose: Ooh, another Tar-apprentice!
Gray: Adorably Flustered Grey Noises
Altria: If we need to break kneecaps, can we call you?
Alex: From one big sibling to another, yes, yes you can.
Anna: Is hilariously the only Sane one What did I do in a past life do to deserve being in this Insane family?
Briar mumbles: What didn't you do is a better question.
I'll be honest, I am actually looking forwards to the ghost girl getting a new body.
The fact that she is bound for Diyu of all places based entirely on her race is kinda crappy. I am actually kinda hoping that we can get the whole family to start worshiping the Golden Goddesses. Not only because it would be a nice way to get them a foothold on the planet, but also because going to (the equivalent) of hell because you were born a vampire is kinda sorta really sucky.
That it would probably confuse the goddesses would just be a bit of a plus.
"We are being actively worshiped by vampires. And they are actually serious about it, not just paying lip service."
"We? They are mostly worshiping you Din. They refuse to even say my name."
"I think it's your water aspect Nayru."
"Yeah, probably. That or the law bit."
"Still, they are serious about it. I wonder how we should react?"
"I'm all for it. They fit my style quite nicely."
"I am honestly against it. They aren't exactly good people..."
"Same could be said for most of our worshipers. The Kokiri are not exactly nice. And the Gerudo have been a menace for quite some time."
"They are rather powerful, and they do like to dance. Though it's mostly ballroom stuff, not my favored types. Give me a good blade dance any day."
"Well, nothing ventured I suppose. I wonder how far this will go."
Me: Muse/brain why you want this, and how you got to this with this input?
Muse/brain: Do It. DOOOO ITTTT.
Me: fine, but it will be so cringe.
Muse: I don't care.
Rivers.
Jasmine : Like twins?
Alex(s): Like magic.
Jasmine : Truly? could you guys show me.
Alex(s): Sure. Just rest for a bit and we promise will do a little show for you.
Outside the castle, after some days, Alex(s) retun(s)
Jasmine and the rest of the vampire crew watch.
Alex preparations are done. the trained finish. the new fruits of his research, adventures and treasures realized in a new power.
The two Alex make a 'elaborate' dance in front of the girls, all the vampire watching processes are laughing at that. Jasmine, the newest vampire princess, thought their dance looked like two rivers meeting one another. but she did not know enough English to know what they are singing. but surely is something great.
Alex(s): FUUUUUUU-SIIIIIIIII-ONNNNN.
They sing while doing a elaborate dance. Shadow Alex dispel himself (or not), while a illusion on Alex disappear. Showing that he was now with some very fancy clothes that were hide behind said spell.
Alexander talking with two voices: Magic.
xxx
Like I said this is silly as hell. but the mused really want this for some reason.
edit: grammar.
The dreamwalking parts always make me happy Wheel of Time isn't part of the crossover.
...then I realize that would mean we could meet Hopper.
Edit: Quick'n'dirty
The moment you step into the Dream inside Castle Shuzen, you hear a low growl behind you.
Turning around, you find a large wolf the color of pale gray river stone, grizzled, scarred from many battles. Yet, as aggressive as the sound would have made him appear, the smell was... pretty much the same you got from adults keeping children out of trouble.
Casting the spell to talk to animals, you froze suddenly as a voice appeared in your head. What are you doing here? This is no place for cubs to hunt. Shaking his head, the wolf then introduced himself with pictures of a wolf cub jumping around wildly between longingly looking at soaring birds.
"We hunted here before." Briar replied. "I'm Briar of the Lost Woods of Hyrule, and this is Alex. He is friends with the spirit of this plane."
That softens this particular region for him, I guess. Hopper replied to her before turning to face you. Yet, I heard of you, Young Boar. The dreams of those you are close to are more dangerous than others. Be it in hate, in love or in friendship. You can get sucked in and lose all control in them.
"Do spirits even dream?"
He answered fiercely. They are part dream. You do not want to get stuck in a spirit's dream, especially not an infant place spirit's one. It is almost as bad as a Fae dream.
With that, he made a step, crossing the entire distance in one step, suddenly standing behind you, jaws closing around your neck. Without any pain, you lose contact with the ground - and then wake up.
A moment later, Briar wakes up, giggling at your face. "Have to say." She took a deep breath. "seeing your face like that is almost as fun as seeing you picked up and put away like a meddlesome kitten. Or wolf cub, I guess."
I'm playing the Yakuza series, and an image came into my head.
Rin: What did you do you moronic boar!?
Alex: Ok, I was minding my own business-
Rin: Bullshit!
Alex: I was! I just wanted a limited edition plush toy out of one of those Crane machines as a Christmas present, not my fault that shit went down literally the next day.
Rin: Why didn't Saber or Kaluha drag you away like they were supposed to instead of waiting until the Millennium Tower exploded a literal week after the funeral?
Alex: A sassy little girl looking for her mother was involved, and Saber didn't want to leave a 9 year old child alone with no one beyond a former Yakuza for protection. Didn't help that she couldn't stay too far away from me for to long, and she was afraid that I'd get into more trouble if she left me on my own anyway.
Rin: That, is such a good point, and I hate it. And Kaluha?
Alex: Tojo-Clan in-fighting irritated her Mafia Princess sensibilities, so she chucked me at them.
Rin: ... That makes sense.
*meanwhile in Wales after Ria recovered from that trip.*
Ambrose: Oh Altria, we have a new trainer for you! I believe you met?
Komaki: Oho! We meet again young Dragon! Time to step up your training!
Anna: So that's why Altria looked like she was preparing for her own funeral. And the ominous boss music.
Ambrose: *passes along some candy to the Fairies for said music*
Ria: *Starts cussing out Ambrose and his family line*
*meanwhile with a certain mad dog*
Majima: So this is the home of my newest battle buddy! I wonder what type of place spat out that beautiful Boar and the walking Anime Protagonist!
*he says while looking at a Wecome to Sunnydale sign*
The Mayor: Why do I feel like that one kid in the Simpsons on the burning bus?
Cornelia: I need Booze.
Briar: I got you fam.
*The current whereabouts of the Dragon and his Daughter*
Ishin: Masaki, our new Neighbors are here!
Kiryu: Thank you for inviting us.
Masaki: How polite! Ishin, you should take notes.
*as Goat Chin wails in despair, the kids interact*
Haruka: Hello!
Ichigo: Alex?
Haruka: Mmhmm!
Ichigo then looks at Kiryu with a empathetic expression: You poor bastard.
Yuzu: Ichi-Nee, be nice!
Karin: He's not wrong.
In the depths of the Oneiroi, something stirred.
)The Partner of Power flew, pursued by the Dark One's servant. Power's Shadow leapt to her rescue. Power, and the Partner's Shadow, observed and guided from afar.(
Wisps of Darkness flowed like mist - yet smelled of Blood. They were joined by traces of Malice, resembling light-devouring embers of Crimson Flame. And in the depths of the Dream, as Latent Curse and Dark Memory mixed, the mist began to boil.
)All the while, beyond the borders of his Dream, Power's essence flowed unshielded.(
In the depths of the Oneiroi, a pair of Crimson Eyes began to open.
So, I'm still leery about just running out all willy-nilly, especially in a place like Castle Shuzen. So, consider this a worst-case scenario - Alex's power, uncontained by his dream, flows out into the Oneiroi. As a result, said Power reacts to Dracula's essence, stirring it up, and allowing the embers of Demise's Latent Curse within it to merge with said essence. Result: Nightmare Dracula Boss Fight.
"The basement you and Miss Akasha take Daddy to whenever he's in trouble?" interrupted Kahlua with a confused look.
"That's a different basement." said Gyokuro hastily with a slightly panicked expression.
I was thinking way below these guys, more spite/grudges, steampunk tech, and just a culture that allow and is feed with some stuff. I mean those mountains of thugs fighting a single pre-teen probably have their own stories.
Or just the internet in a world with 'demons, demons and demons' website and Don Kanonji exist.
Still here a Really a bad(ish) omake with some of the yelling that my muse shared with me.
well let me try enter in character here.
They Look at Us Wrongly.
"Little Bro, let me tell you some stories and let you remember the wisdom, will and endurance of our ancestors". Said a muscled and scarred uncle to his little bro.
Both were drinking warm sake while looking at the full moon.
"..." The Younger Yakuza Grudged holding himself left unsaid. But It was enough.
The youngest, barely a adult, already have some battles scars and was pissed because he went to help HIS younger brother and was complete obliterated in a fight. Together with all his 'brothers in arms'. Vs a teenager.
All of these just because his brother tried to maintain the tradition. If someone (or something) look at you wrongly. keep a grudge and try to punch it. it is the book.
"This world is older than any of you know. Little Freaks like that one walked the Earth before any of us exist. So, that one you meet is nothing special, we had found ways to face them" Kind of. they still need too many brothers to fight a single Freak of Nature. Still this allow the elder to cut the talk short so the older Yakuza went to the (metaphoric) throat of the matter.
"...!" the eyes and face of the younger show a expression of constipate concentration. The buzzed brain of the youngest Yakuza focus on the words said by the older of the pair.
"Well, like for everything else in life, each problem you have you can either endure or find ways with the resources that you have. This is like that".
"Che" very wordily said the youngest. While kicking a beer can that was close to where they were sitting.
"Indeed, I will cut the crap like you said, and like you said this is indeed a problem that we faced many time to maintain our history and culture". No one will looks at us wrongly without meeting our fists. No one.
"..." once more calmly replied the youngest. While showing a 'Good shit' cigar for the Elder.
"Of course I will share will you the ways to punch these guys, so, some Freaks can hit harder from freak martial training, some had a accident and got freak powers from that, some look wrongly at the right or wrong bastard and got lucky the list go on. And it not everything in said list that you should believe". Said the elder.
"..." The youngest move his hands to the elder to continues and put a bottle of 'good shit' sake close to the 'good shit' cigar that he took from warehouse found somewhere by random luck.
"Like the 'teenager vampire princesses' and other variations of those 'princesses' stories. Just not be a ass to some rich brat. The guys that lost to some 'Ohimesama' they invent some bizarre stories" anyone knows they just use their money to pay for freak martial art or some freak treasure "Anyway your freak comes from a city of 'spiritual freaks' ".
"Old Boss, Grand, grand, grand father had a problem with one of those and our group found some ways to scale back in 'spirit punching' " the older guy said.
"You can put some very old metal in your gloves, so long you get that from some older brother, here take some of these coins" One need to be careful with cursed coins after all.
"..." "..." "!" the youngest insisted after putting tickets from a game that he took from someone that look at him wrongly.
putting the tickets on his wallet. The Older man continue. "Well some use ancient tattoo ink methods with really old charcoal, ash and other materials that they said have freak powers".
"..." The younger one look very skeptical at that.
"Yeah you need the right dude for this, but remember those freaks use narrative to get their freak powers. So 'remaining of million old trees or materials that were blessed and used to make said ink counts. If one can bless their videogame one can find blessed ink and alcohol, anyway these are these two are the quickest ways to punch good a Freak of Nature that is in 'spirit punch good' category".
"..." The Youngest visible thought for a moment, the put a teddy bear that he made himself in the hand of the older man.
"Eh, another one for my elderly mother collection? very well. I share the rest now, keep in mind I only know theses methods, tried and true methods, the Boss and the others could know more". said the elder of the two while, carefully, putting the teddy bear elsewhere.
without waiting the elder Yakuza continued "You will notice that the more you fight these guys the better you will be, remember to look wrongly back at them. the longer you can endure theirs eyes. so the longer you can hold back when they look at you with their punchable face the stronger in the long term you will be. Because this, for some reason, make you punch harder". these 'stare offs' make freaks either stronger or weaker too. But that information can make your own 'will' weaker. So he hold that thought.
"anyway continue on, some in the family said that they have see oni and other creatures when they were punched really really hard and thought themselves dead. But, depending of the freak, you will always return from that stronger".
The elder looked right at his younger brother "ask a brother if said freak is in this category before punching".
"Oh, the Old Boss father, our Elder, can share stories about the even more freakish ways to get power, if you want to believe in him that is, he said of all kinds of things. Like use fire to fight ghost, fire with some blessed fuel. dust from blessed material, some weird drawings, some weird rituals. Some animals that can 'punch good' ghost and oni, some alcohol that you can drink or spit at the ghost, oni and ghost oni"
"..." the younger eyes keep growing.
"Hell some temples will help you depend of how much proof there is to the story in question. The weirdest story that the crew said is true is the one of the 'Ghost Yakuza' they said if you have the 'really, really good shit' you can summon the 'Yakuza of the eleven faction' " the oldest need to gather his mind for a moment "or it was 'the Ghost Yakuza of the 79 district?', anyway if you can punch there a way, so keep punching" wisely said the older man.
"..." with the complete agreement of the younger of the two that raised his fist to the moon.
xxxx
If any of the two could see spiritual auras they would see that the coins had a extra shiny when they were touched by the moonlight.
xxxx
Author note: Yeah, like I said bad(ish). Lack Karaoke and they are not weird enough (or funny enough) to be memorable NPCs in a Yakuza game.
Okay, brothers and sisters. The project has almost come to a close, but due to a magnificent last minute offering of the
honorable advisor and idea-sparker of this project Alexander Harris, a few adjustments were needed.
These adjustments were confirmed after getting the consensus of everybody, the speaker gave a sour look(whispering:
including father and mother.), this meeting is to go over the finished design and provide a conclusion to the whole
project.
First, as per agreement, to strengthen the impression that this is a fairy death machine, the machine is fairy shaped.
A 7 limbed machine with a default vertical standing configuration, with a durable torso holding the primary power
source and a secondary power source in the head.
To list, the seven limbs are the head, the right hand, the left hand, the right leg, the left leg, the right wing and
the left wing.
The machine has two modes of command, remote and hands-on. In remote, commands are transferred from these two command
the head and torso respectively. Only the torso command rod will be able to control the body but the head can also act as
an independent entity for scrying and remote attacks.
In hands-on, both the head and torso have command centers and like in remote only the torso console can give commands to
the rest of the body and the head is only for the head.
All centers have an emergency escape function that will jetson the pilot through teleportation or physically outside.
That is the brief overall,now we will go though the functions of each limb one by one in more detail and finally back to
the torso where (cough, cough)the last minute addition is located.
Starting from the hands, both hands have the same functions,other then being more durable in the joints for more
protection from de-limbing, the rocket-punch function is present as the most voted option. Although instead of the
shoot and reel-back in method in the proposal, there will be 2 single-used re-attachable shootable hands on each side,
with the last hand an un-shootable one. All three hands have maximum durability for punching plus warded from normal
chemical and mid magical effects with the permanent hand highly magical resistent.
Yes, yes, I know it sounds disappointing at first but I promise you it gets interesting. To compensate, for each
upper forelimb one wand of catapult and one wand of summon monsters will be installed. Both wands are unlimited use as
long as the primary power source has power. The wand of summon monsters is limited in being only able to summon
wither wall-masters or random hand-shaped monsters with the level of the summon monster spell controlled by the energy
expended per cast. You would not be able to cast if more than a tenth of the total power is needed.
Next are the wrist and legs, attached on the wrist are a gatling gun that shoots magic pulses that will cause
cumulative nausea and a saber that uses water as a cutting medium. The water in the saber has a dispelling effect but
normal water can be used if needs must.
The legs, as per request, has one wand of background music for both, with the music style following the movement and
pose of the legs, it can be turned on or off at will. Also now with the extension function, allows doubling the
length of the upper hindlimbs with explosive kicking force or gentle increment. Grappling toe guns, when you need to pick
something up from the ground, no need to bend down, use your toes! Annnnd allows ground grabbing, 1 for each toe, 5 each
feet for a total of ten toe guns.
Third, wings, silver, collapsable and capable of giving flight with magic, glide without, gives funny reflections
like a funny mirror. An activable enchantment is added to give all who can see their own reflections on the wing body
dysphoria, mis-remembering their own muscle memory, that their body form is that of the reflection. Although the enchantment
is not very strong, the shorter the distance the harder will it be for the target to resist.
((fortitude and will save))
Additionally, a wand of wings of Cover that can be used 5 times per day will be installed.
Fourth, the head, it is capable of independent flight, with multiple sensing enchantments in the eyes that gives feedback
to the command center and control rod user of the also possesses a permanent skull of battering ram and a
tongue of bull's strength.
Finally, the torso, like before, there is the featherfall aura generator that enchants all creatures within 30feet with
featherfall and a special aura of force generator which is modified to use physical force to sketch out the shape of the
wind caused by any form of movement from the machine.
And at last, the wand of wonder, the gift from our great inspirer, located in the center of the torso, by utlizing a special spell
resistent material, effects of the wand were able to be funnelled into a cone shape beam that only hits a very narrow
area with a highly concentrated blast at an extended range.
That said, the machine is protected by an additional wand of spell immunity that triggers every time the wand of wonder is
used. Due to the high power consumption of the both wands, the wand of wonder can only be used ten times at maximum at full power of the machine.
And this is all thanks to our great friend, Alexander Harris, let's give a round of applause to alex.
That concludes my report. So, let's vote for who gets to ride
it first...
Short Omake Idea:
BAM
*BONK*
CRASH
WOOSH
Cordelia Chase Adventurer for hire fun kicks open a pair of large wooden ("hey! It is MAHOGANY!") doors into a foreboding throne room, her contacts had told of a new threat that had risen in britain, not her favored territory but she needed the moneygetting something to push her skills was worth it.
As she strode into the dark room she saw the torches light up just enough for her to not stumble well then it was time for some of the Chase Charm to shine "Listen Up Bozo you saw what I did to your lackeys with just my nails —also Sharks with lasers are so out of touch— you really don't want to see what happens if I shove my pretty feet up your ugly mug!"
her only answer was a menacing chuckle ("Cackle! Not a chuckle!")
that is until the light switch was turned on by Briar revealing her childhood friend Alex in Bond villain getup on a very Comfy Chair with something brown and large in his lap.
"Oh Phooey you spoiled the surprise" Said the now revealed Supervillain, which only illicited fae laughter of plans thwarted, that was her cue.
"Not really 20% of the time if something weird is going on you are probably involved knowing you, though is that a bigcat on your lap?"
Upon pointing at the big furball on his lap the creature unfurled revealing it...
Alex: "I always thought it was a lovely place to visit. Nice and peaceful, good scenery."
Urahara: "I think your perspective may be different from most."
Customs Agent: "How so?"
Urahara: "My companion here's hometown is on the border of Hell. His neighbourhood is a bit rougher than most. Still, Karakura really is a nice place, just not a location most would call 'peaceful.'"
Customs Agent: "What? Really, you're from Hell?"
Alex: "No no. My town is actually ... you could call it contested territory between Earth and a number of Hell Dimensions. So it's not part of any one Hell."
Customes Agent: "... ah."
As the spell finishes, you find yourself standing on a white expanse in a black void. Well, it's good to know the life support spells are working. You had made precautions in case they didn't work, of course, but not suffocating in the vacuum of space for even half a second was always nice.
"Alright," Briar says as she flies off your shoulder, taking on human size, "Time to gather some moon rocks! For magic and profit!"
You figured such rare materials would make good reagents, and you could sell them for quite the pretty penny as well, so long as you had the right buyer, at least.
But beyond the desire for obscenely rare and expensive space rocks, there was another reason you came here.
In your adult form, you drop Mind Blank and raise your arms, middle fingers extended.
Jugram Haschwalth set down his pen and started rubbing his wrist. Paperwork was a necessary evil, and managing the logistics of the many souls under his care would not, unfortunately, sort itself out, but he was done for the day, so now he could focus on finding that elusive sorcerer who had ruined everything he had worked these past thousand years for.
As he had done many times before, he called upon the power of the Almighty. Like every other time he had attempted this, he didn't expect to get any results. Unlike every other time he had done this, he actually saw something.
"What..."
Standing upon white earth in a black void was the arcane interloper he had been seeking.
And he was flipping him off.
...
On the moon.
...
He had been right.
He was dealing with a madman.
Avenger Dracula: "Rumours of my death are greatly exagerated"
Akasha: "It still counts since you are a ghost, father"
Alucard: "And there is a reason your Noble Phantasm is ressurection"
Avenger Dracula (Kaiju Mode): "COULD MY CHILDREN AT LEAST HUMOUR MY DRAMATICS FOR ONCE?!"
Alucard/Akasha: "Not likely" "Not at all!"
Teacher: "Is the incantation to go to Mars 'Och Ohem, Och Tay, Wyees Barsoom'?"
Alex: ...?
Teacher: Kids today...
"Anything I can do to help that if and when I bring back the belt again next time?" you inquire further.
"If you happen to face a member of the Five Great Elements School in one or more of the matches leading up to that hopeful day," Lu-sensei replies, "try to be a good sport about it."
"Don't crush them instantly, don't draw things out so long that it seems like I'm toying with them, limit the magic use so it's as close to pure martial arts as can be, and don't be a sore winner?" you venture.
"As you say," your master agrees with a nod.
"Are there any Schools we really don't like?"
"Don't like enough to really rub it in during a very public match?"
"Hmm."
"I've already mentioned the Crane School. If you encounter one of them at the next tournament, beat the breaks off them."
"Can do."
"How'd you reach the conventional peak for hiding your Mana Signature anyway Sensei Harris?"
"Well you see, when I was nine-" "Nine?!" "-I was at a local martial arts convention over by the main School of Five Elements-" "Isn't that in China?" "-and the medical aid station had run out of ice."
"Huh?"
"So I made more!"
"..."
"I got a lollypop and everything, it was great!"
Though now I'm wondering if there aren't any vaguely significant magically active people around for whom we really wanted to hide that from?
"Actually, I don't think he offended any of them quite that seriously," you declare. "It's more like... he was close enough and annoying enough to these other entities that their energies were disturbed, and some of that 'annoyed energy' leaked onto him, but even with three different supernatural entities contributing to it, the built-up power wasn't strong enough on its own to have any kind of obvious impact. It would have gone away on its own, eventually-"
Attendant: "Just to be clear, you're saying he WASN'T cursed by gods, demons, and the spirits of nature, ON TOP of earning the wrath of a witch coven?"
Alex: "No, nothing that severe. It's more, when someone really annoys you, not enough to make you ATTACK them or anything, but enough to give them A Look. Or even a GLARE if you will. Well, if gods and demons and spirits of nature give you an ANNOYED GLARE, that glare can carry more weight than a normal mortal. It can leave a lingering aura that would normally fade on its own, unless the recipient was foolish enough to earn the wrath of a witch coven, and get a minor curse placed upon them."
Attendant: "Young lady, I recommend you count your lucky stars that he revealed his true character now, rather than later, and consider the relationship a bullet dodged. Meanwhile, I'll see if his master, or representatives from his school are here, and have words with them, regarding one of their students annoying and agitating every type of supernatural entity possible, like he was trying to fill some sort of Darwins Bingo Card."
"You went…to buy fish. No, not even buy, to simply pick up. How did a simple errand turn into this?"
"Well, first there were the cats, then magical cat, then the magical girl, then the dark magical girl rival, then the tentacled Outer Realms thing that was looking for followers, then this weird Scottish guy, and, well, long story short, if the next Power Rangers series features more elemental martial arts than usual, it's not my fault. Also, I want to teach this cat Kung Fu."
"I volunteer Master Vincent." You ignore the startled squawk from the old kungfu master your eyes firmly on Lu Sensei's face. It was a joke really but you couldn't resist the chance.
"Okay." Wait you turn to Jia to say it was a joke but it was too late as she had already cast the spell. You would hope that Master Vincent would dodge but it seems he either trusted your knowledge in magic or was too startled at his voluntold predicament to react.
You hold back a wince as the spell impacts him directly in the face. You watch as liquid water starts to leave his form leaving behind a desiccated…!
wait no "What." The words are mirrored by Briar as she watches Master Vincent shrink like a water balloon letting out water. For all intents and purposes it seemed like he was hit by an aging and shrinking spell..
"Ah… I feel a tad thirsty." You couldn't hide your shock as the old man takes out a tea cup out of nowhere and takes a sip his form returning to normal as he visibly inflated.
….
You hear a snicker coming from the masters as you roll your eyes. You'll have to ask him how he did that later. At least you didn't get
*Enlightenment!*
Ow!
"Sister, why do you ears look like that?"
"Ummm, it's- It's training! I am using Wealth of Power and training small but long lasting changes. Definitely."
Off to the side, Issa eyes bleed red with anger and despair.
Altria Quest Negaverse: World Martial Arts Tournament Part 1
As you finished up your matches you felt a sense of dissatisfaction. None of the opponents you had faced where particularly potent or notable in skill, physicality or supernatural ability. You hadn't even needed to use a single bit of mana and your skill at hand to hand combat surpassed your opponents even though your primary means of fighting was with a sword. The strategic part of you was grateful because it would let you save energy for later rounds, but the greater part of you that loved learning how to fight and fighting strong opponents despaired.
You had come to the World Martial Arts Tournament to test your skills and learn among the best your age range had to offer but you hadn't yet faced anyone notable like some of the other competitors had. But thankfully there were people who where strong and skilled in this tournament, she just hadn't faced them yet.
"Feeling dissatisfied with the competition Altria?" Ambrose questions with a teasing smile as he somehow appeared out of nowhere despite the fact he was wearing a searing Hawaiian Shirt that should've made any form of stealth impossible. "Don't worry there are plenty of interesting people who will be fighting now that the wheat has been separated from the chaff. Why if you don't believe me just open your senses" Ambrose says with a smirk.
Knowing better than to question Ambrose's insanity at this point you followed his suggestion and opened your senses to the unseen. There were also a number of different energies from different people, it was a little overwhelming to your sharp but inexperienced senses. You are the most familiar with Mana and Fae Energy from your family and Ambrose's various minions respectively. And a knight you may be but Ambrose's education wasn't just meant to torture you so you knew of other energies and what they should feel like, but the sheer diversity of energies and their potencies was suprising and not something your senses where used to.
If you where detecting what you thought you were correctly then there was mana, Ki, spiritual energy, Youkai, demonic corruption and much more among the crowd of those who had passed the preliminary rounds. This brought you no small amount of joy because it meant that you would be able to face a wide array of powerful opponents with differing skills, which was the whole reason you had even come to the World Tournament in the first place.
You are broken from your observations by the appearance of several officials with a box. they request that the finalists come up for a random draw, to determine the line-up for tomorrow's matches. You join a small crowd of what turns out to be twenty-four other competitors that remain and find that your competition is powerful enough to more than make up for the disappointment you've felt from the preliminaries.
The draw proceeds swiftly, and soon the final brackets have been written on the whiteboard for all the room to see.
The first match is Kurokami Medaka versus Nathan Jones. Kurokami Medaka, a blue haired girl that is extremely powerful, you are uncertain of your chances against her. Nathan Jones is a very effeminate boy that used a very practical style.
Mitsurugi Heishiro, will take on Medaka's blond friend, Hitoyoshi Zenkichi who uses a Savate a form of martial arts that you are familiar with due to it's French roots.
A tall and ragged boy going by the alias of Berserker will by your opponent. He has an edge on you when it comes to raw size and physicality but you are certain you can defeat him.
Two nearly identically-dressed boys named Sabin and Vargas will fight next. A purple haired girl whose name is Ayane will be fighting a Kagekaze Tenma, who has a most unfortunate nose.
A girl named Kasumi will be fighting against another girl named Cordelia who seems to have access to Ki.
Then there will be a match of William Marsh, a tall boy with a green complexion that makes you suspect he has troll blood. Alexander Harris is a tall boy with a powerful build that is practically giving off magical energy in waves, you're not entirely sure if he has more mana than you do which is shocking, he's another opponent you aren't sure if you could win against.
A boy named Connor Hanrahn would be fighting a girl named Amae who had obsidian black skin, white hair and red eyes meaning that she certainly wasn't human. You would assume that she was Fae based off of the ears but your familiarity with the Fae told you she wasn't Fae.
A japanese girl named Taki would be facing what you assume was a red haired girl named Morgiana.
Krillin, a small bald boy with dots on his forehead and lacking a nose wearing an orange gi will be fighting against Liu Kang a wild-haired Chinese boy. They both seem to be Ki users and are familiar with each other based off the high-five they gave each other when their match is confirmed.
A girl named Tatsuki will then fight a wine-eyed girl called Tifa Lockhart.
The last match of the first round will be between a stoic boy called Gorn who is obviously non-human based off the bright jewel in the middle of his forehead. And Lee a golden eyed Japanese boy who gives off a feeling of fire that vaguely reminds you of yourself.
You feel a small smile come to your face when you take the measure of your competition. It looks like the true tournament is going to be a lot of fun.
Bearserker said:
Altaria feeling dissatisfied by the preliminaries makes sense we didn't even get that much out of them unfortunately, but it seems like we'll be getting more out of the future matches given the people we've seen who have qualified.
Walker said:
Bearserker it's like Ambrose said the preliminaries where to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Vindication said:
I don't recognize all the people who where in the line up but there seems to be some pretty powerful and skilled people just from our read on them.
Dayblade said:
How exactly does Altaria get a read on the various competitors and their strength levels?
JudgeMagical said:
Dayblade: Altaria's Instinct is very potent and can give her a decent idea of if someone is strong or not and how strong they are.
DeviatesBird said:
JudgeMagical: Why did Altaria spend so much time on sensing various energies?
JudgeMagical said:
DeviantBird: Altaria's magical senses aren't very honed and given this is her first time experiencing most of these energies much less in the scale she's experiencing them at her zoning out for a while is to be expected.
Walker said:
There area some pretty interesting people in the running here.
UberKKJ
Here's the list of the various people I recognized from their franchises:
Kurokami Medaka Medaka Box
Nathan Jones, WWA?
Mitsurugi Heishiro, SoulCalibur
Hitoyoshi Zenkichi. Medaka Box
Alexander Harris: Buff the Vampire Slayer : Xander Harris
"Berserker," History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi: Shougo Kitsukawa ?
Sabin Final Fantasy 6
Vargas Final Fantasy 6
Ayane -Dead or Alive
Kagekaze Tenma, ?
Kasumi Dead or Alive
Cordelia, Buffy
William Marsh; Call of Cthulhu Deep one Hybrid ?
Amae DND: possibly a Drow?
Connor Hanrahan Son of Angel From Buffy
Taki - SoulCalibur
Morgiana. Magi
Krillin Dragonball
Liu Kang Mortal Kombat
Tatsuki Bleach
Tifa Lockhart Final Fantasy 7
Gorn Star Trek
UnluckyBreak said:
There where two that really stood out to me from Altaria's narration which are Kurokami Medaka and Alexander Harris. Altaria can't read any magic off of Medaka's aura but her Instinct is telling her that she'd have trouble with her, also from her source material she's all kinds of bullshit given her raw physical stats, skills and possible psychic stuff from being an Abnormal. While Alexander Harris is strong enough to make Altaria remark on his physicality and able to make Altaria question if he has more mana than her. Altaria who is the Reincarnation of King Arthur and has the Red Dragon Factor from Ddraig.
Altria Quest Negaverse: World Martial Arts Tournament Part 2
Altria vs Berserker Prologue
It was finally here, the real beginning of the Under 10s World Martial Arts Tournament. The moment she'd been anticipating ever since she'd heard about the event. Not even learning that swords and armor where not allowed for her age bracket had dampened her excitement for this moment, because for all that she knew Altria Drake was meant to be a Knight a part of her that was foundational to her soul rejoiced at the chance to test herself against some of the best fighters her age the world had to offer.
But it wasn't her time to fight just yet, there would be several fights occurring before her own fight with Berserker. But the fight that would truly catch your interest the most would be the one with that Medaka girl. You instinctively recognized that she was a powerful opponent, watching her fight would be informative and hopefully instructive.
The fight between Medaka and Nathan was swift taking a little over a minute. Nathan was both skilled and physically capable but Medaka was on a whole different level from him. Nathan was only able to last that long because he was really good at taking a hit. In fact he was uncomfortably good at taking a hit to the point where it looked like he enjoyed it, not as a warrior enjoying a fight but in a more indecent manner. Your suspicions where proven to not be unfounded when the Announcer commented on Nathan's masochism, which you unfortunately knew about because of Ambrose and your mother.
Strangely enough once Medaka realized this she stopped attacking him and started hugging him and apologizing instead, which seemed to have a more negative effect on him than the previous attacks Medaka made. But aside from the weirdness of the fight's later half the fight itself was quite entertaining and informative. Medaka was a more skilled hand to hand combatant than yourself if your read of things was correct, which was understandable given that you primarily fought with weapons. In terms of raw physicality you would judge Medaka to be in the same range as you. Which meant you would need to use Mana Burst as an equalizing factor.
The next matach as blessedly far less disturbing. Heishiro and Zenkichi's match lasted for about three minutes. Zenkichi used a style you believed to be Savate which focused on defense and using kicks, while Heihiro was his opposite in style using an strike based style which was a bad match up for Heihrio. Zenkichi kept the lead for most of the match with his style advantage but eventually with time, fatigue and a few injuries he mistimed a kick allowing Heishiro to start a brutal offensive which pushed Zenkichi out of the ring.
It was a thrilling fight between two peer level opponents of near equal skill and physical ability that was wonderful to see. Sure it was a lot more mundane than many fights you have seen but the sheer determination, skill and physicality was entrancing to you in a way no magic would ever be.
But the time to watch other fights had ended, your own battle would now occur. You felt a sense of anticipation as you both entered the area without words keeping your eyes locked on each other the whole time. This is where the real fighting began, each of the remaining contestants had something that set them apart from the average person. You where frankly looking forward to the challenge and opportunity to test your hard earned skills.
One of the most important skills for a knight or any combatant in general was observation, so you made your last second observations of Berserker. He was a very large and unkempt boy who towered over most people in his age range, let alone someone of your stature. He was from what you saw a physical monster on top of his already impressive size, which would make him more able to take a hit and any hits that he landed would be all the more devastating. Thankfully he didn't seem to have any mana or other supernatural ability, but your ability to detect energies other than mana when they where not in use was limited at best. But there was also the title he was going by to consider, the Berserkers of old enhanced their already potent bodies with a rage that defied logic. You would be surprised if Berserker wasn't able to tap into the Rage that made Berserkers legendary in ages long since past.
Berserker would be troublesome to deal with under normal circumstances, but in a fight without a blade or any weapon you were even further disadvantage. You knew that coming to this Tournament would be worth it.
"Fight"
What shall you do O Dragon Knight?
Renod said:
Altria is pretty happy that things seem to be ramping up and she is getting better opponents.
Goy said:
Berserker is a pretty chunky guy and give the fact he likely has access to rage and halving physical damage we can't really afford to hold back here, especially given the fact he has the physical edge on Altria. Thankfully he doesn't seem like he'd be to skilled.
Ramp up to full power mana burst and get into a slugging match with Berserker.
Uber KKJ said:
Just want to say the history lessons are really paying off right now because imagine if Altria didn't know what a Berserker was and then we couldn't use that knowledge without metagaming.
GhostKing 777 said:
Ramp up to full power mana burst and get into a slugging match with Berserker.
We can't really afford to hold back, the mana cost will be annoying but the other people aren't likely to have as deep reserves as Altria who has a Dragon Core.
Lanceanone said:
Ramp up to full power mana burst and get into a slugging match with Berserker.
GhostKing 777 said:
I think that Altria's passive boosting from
Mithril-Knife:
Want to see Berserker's reaction to seeing this little girl kicking his ass. Altria is a draconic murder blender that looks pretty harmless so my mental picture of her tossing Berserker around the ring is pretty hilarious.
Altria vs Berserker Part 1
As soon as the referee sounds you advance towards Berserker as he does the same. You note that Berserker's face changes from a mostly blank unreadable wall to pure concentrated fury.
You get the first punch punch of the exchange. Which connects with his side and see his eyes open with surprise at how hard you hit him but otherwise he somehow appears unaffected. You note the lack of pain with an equal bit of shock, sure he may have a size difference on you but you are absurdly strong for your age and size and your extremely well trained Mana Burst enhances you to a frankly ridiculous degree.
This must be the Rage that the Berserkers of old possessed, you had suspected that Berserker had it but now it was confirmed. His resistance to damage due to his Rage and his natural toughness made him insanely durable. This was going to be a difficult and draining fight, she felt a brief savage grin make it's way onto her face at the joy that brought to her.
Berserker quickly pushed past the momentary surprise and struck at your head clearly going for a knock out blow, the blow was done quickly but with comparably little skill so you where able to block it with your free arm. Berserker's arm met your forearm and it hurt more than you expected it to, Berserker's sheer power was on the level of a of an actual monster which was insanely impressive.
While he was certainly skilled that skill fell far behind his raw power making the blow not as efficient as it could've been. So with your Mana Burst enchanted body you where able to take the blow even if it was a relatively costly in terms of mana.
You came here for two reasons, to test yourself and to have fun fighting your peers. It would've been smarter to immediately go for the ring out, it would've saved you the physical energy and mana to do so, but would've defeated the whole purpose of coming to the World Martial Arts Tournament. So with that in mind you continued with your plan to get into a proper slugging match with Berserker.
So you entered a focused trance as you went blow for blow with Berserker, your might and skill against his as was proper. Your boxing style with aura manipulation against his sheer strength, toughness and Rage. You where getting more hits in because of your greater skill and speed as well has his lacking ability to defend himself but he just wouldn't go down. The exchange wasn't entirely one sided for all that he got less blows in Berserker's raw strength still packed a punch even when put up against her boosted defenses.
Based off how unaffected Berserker is by your attacks it would take a lot of effort to defeat him using your current tactics. Enough effort that it would likely effect your abilities to preform in later fights.
How shall you fight Hatchling?
Bearserker said:
JudgeMagical what is up with the Red Text and references to dragons? And why is the surrender option locked out?
Walker said:
Bearserker It's likely to do with the Dragon Heart Trait.
JudgeMagical:
Bearserker Like Walker guessed it's because of the Dragon Heart Trait which while giving several benefits still has downsides as mentioned in the texts, Dragons aren't the kind of creatures inclined to surrendering and while Altria gets positive benefits from the Trait she'll still get negative ones. Her possessiveness, greed, rage and other traditionally draconic character traits could increase with time.
Renod said:
Focus on focus on knocking Berserker out of the Ring.
Knocking him out of the ring would be a lot easier than knocking him out. Rage is one hell of a drug and Altria's damage is reduced from using unarmed which is then even further reduced by Rage which reduces physical damage by half, we don't know if he can do that but damage reduction is potent. Plus this wastes less energy.
Ghost King 777 said:
Focus on focus on knocking Berserker out of the Ring.
We have to think about the later fights, we are after all aiming to win this tournament.
Dayblade said:
Continue on trading blows with Berserker
I want to grind those stat bonuses and from a narrative standpoint I think Altria would prefer fighting like this over going for a ringout.
Uber KKJ said:
JudgeMagical: How did Artoria deal with the Dragon Heart Trait's negative side effects and how could Altria do the same?
Walker said:
Focus on focus on knocking Berserker out of the Ring.
Altria got her fun out of this fight, knocking him out of the ring is the quickest way to end it. I'm a bit worried about him possibly getting in a lucky hit as well since while we've been able to take his hits he hasn't really conected a really solid shot yet. Mana Burst defense boosts and endurance and defensive techniques are really high but Berserker is really huge and strong which will be a factor.
Lanceanone said:
Focus on focus on knocking Berserker out of the Ring.
JudgeMagical said:
Uber KKJ Artoria mostly dealt with it through a various other traits related to Knighthood and Kingship as well as the Cool skill and her general will power. Basically she kept it under lock and key but still used it when she needed to, Atoria was hardcore and willing to burn her own villages for an edge after all. As for how Altria can deal with it mainly leveling up the Knight's Code Trait and Cool skills will be useful, thankfully you are surround by Knights and Ambrose has really helped out in training Altria's self control.
Mithril-Knife:
Continue on trading blows with Berserker
I think this would boost her Knight's Code trait which will be useful.
Mithril-Knife said:
JudgeMagical how does Rage function here? And is learning to deal with it useful for Altria?
JudgeMagical said:
Mithril-Knife most people who have Rage have it as a Trait, kinda like Knight's Code for Altria. It boosts a person's damage, strength and durability at the cost of well getting consumed by rage, the benefits and risks increase as time goes on. Having Rage isn't exactly super rare given that this is a Death World and people react accordingly but people who can channel it aka: picking up the Barbarian Class are much rarer.
There are various methods to channeling, enhancing and dealing with rage. Berserker was using the traditional viking methods which included spiritual/religious rites that taught Berserker how to channel his rage to strengthen himself, plus he learned several skills to deal with his Rage. But even then he was more of a power than control type with his Rage which screwed him over in the fight against Altria.
Altria developing skills to deal with Rage would help with some of the Dragon Heart downsides mainly Draconic Bloodlust/Wrath and other stuff genrally mostly because it would revolve around training her mind which is already what she would be doing generally to get control of it.
Altria vs Berserker Part 2
Altria knew that it would be best for her to push Berserker out of the Ring on her first attempt. This because once Berserker became aware of her strategy he would start being wary of getting knocked out of the ring which would make doing it harder. He couldn't have gotten this far if he was incompetent at strategy and fighting.
The best means to get Berserker out of the Ring on the first time would be to do it when he overextended so she could get the most out of her attempt to knock him out of the Ring. It's the most efficient method to preserve the most energy possible for latter matches. The only question is what method would she do to pull it off?
Berserker wasn't at his mental best right now from his appearance, his Rage bolstered his body but blinded his mind. Tricking him wouldn't be too tricky to pull off, while some would say that tricks where unfitting for a Knight, some people where stupid enough to say anything, trickery was a perfectly valid tool for combat and even if you weren't willing to use it doesn't mean others weren't going to use it against you.
So she would feign weakness after getting hit, fall back and use him overextending to hit him out of the ring. She believed raw physical power to do it because of her mana and the skill to be able to pull it off. The main risk was Berserker seeing through her plan and preparing for it which would make the process more difficult than just knocking him out of the ring by surprise, but given that he was taken by his Rage the risk was greatly reduced.
She fished her thoughts on her strategy in a flash and waited for an opportunity to execute her plan. The chance came when Berserker landed a strong blow and she immediately started to fall back to bait him into overextending. And just as he started to attack she started up her Mana Burst to her full capacity to the point where she felt the world blur by her.
Her fist connected with Berserker's stomach with all the power she could bring to bear. My final charge set him flying into the air in an arc of five feet into the air and 10 feet away all the way out of the ring. And with that she had won the match.
You hear the chatter of the announcers debating wherever or not the blow counted as excessive force but you keep your eyes on Berserker. From what you've seen of his durability he'd be able to walk that blow off, and given that he was in the depths of his Rage he likely wasn't going to gracefully accept his loss.
The Announcer states her victory but nearly gets smooshed to the ground as Berserker rushes for the Ring with all reason gone from his eyes. You had of course already prepared for this and where in a defensive stance, you continued to dodge and strike back while waiting for the various officials to restrain Berserker and they swiftly arrive to do so.
With that her first victory in the proper Under 10 World Tournament is achieved, more challenging and satisfying than the qualifies if somewhat soured by the opponent's lack of manners but nevertheless an experience that she had enjoyed and learned from.
Walker said:
JudgeMagical Why didn't we vote on how Altria would deal with Berserker?
JudgeMagical:
W it's mostly because of Knight's Code and Manners making it so Altria wanted to let the hosts deal with the breach in decorum and Altria's motivation to conserve energy which while not explicitly voted was still an argument and thus a factor.
Bearserker said:
Talk to the officials about Berserker's post match attack
I'd like to figure out what will happen to Berserker due to his poor sportsmanship.
Renod said:
View other fights for entrainment and scouting purposes
Seeing the competition could give rank ups in skills and give us the opportunity to better plan against future opponents.
Ghost King 777 said:
View other fights for entrainment and scouting purposes
I want to scout out the opposition.
Dayblade said:
Talk to the officials about Berserker's post match attack
Would scouting out the opposition be considered dishonorable?
Uber KKJ said:
Talk to the officials about Berserker's post match attack
View other fights for entrainment and scouting purposes
Walker said:
Talk to the officials about Berserker's post match attack
View other fights for entrainment and scouting purposes
DayBlade It wouldn't be considered dishonorable since everyone is bound to be doing it and it's something they are deliberately showing, doing stuff like background checks would be dishonorable though.
Lanceanone said:
Talk to the officials about Berserker's post match attack
View other fights for entrainment and scouting purposes
JudgeMagical said:
DayBlade Practicality isn't always dishonorable, knights and their chivalry after all had to deal with the reality of warfare and conflict.
Mithril-Knife:
Talk to the officials about Berserker's post match attack
View other fights for entrainment and scouting purposes
A large part of Altria's build comes from her Tactics, planning and battle awareness which lets her understand, predict and dismantle an opponent which lets her punch above her weight level. So giving up on more observation is giving up an actual edge she can use.
Alex: i learned the king midas trick! *immediately turns bust of sir Francis into gold*
Altria: ...Mine! *proceeds to lock him in a tower*
Kahlua: isn't the princess the one that is supposed to be kidnapped by the dragon?
Young Alex: The Reborn Evil: Caster
True Name: Alexander Harris (Child)
Species: Servant, Human, King, Demon
Servant Class: Caster
Alternate Classes: Saber, Avenger, Foreigner
Gender: Male
Source: Xander Quest
Country of Origin: United States of America
Alignment: Neutral Good
Attribute: Sky
Species: Counts as a King and Demon due to Ganondorf and his past Life is most effective while he's a kid. This is kid Alex the Servant who's defined by being Ganondorf's reincarnation and being born upon the Hellmouth. All are effected but kid Alex is effected the most.
Alternate Classes: Saber is Alex's martial classes, the Alex who fights in the various Martial Arts tournaments, who learns Ki, and is able to used the Blessed Blade. Avenger is the Alex who is the most effected by the and Corruption of Sunnydale. Foreigner because his soul comes from Hyrule and he's brought many Hylian influences to Earth.
Attribute: Heaven because Alex's status as Ganondorf's reincarnation gives him a connection to the Triforce and the Curse of Demise a Demon God. Earth was also an option due to Ganondorf's whole Demonic Sorcerer King thing.
Parameters
Strength: E (Plus) (Plus) (Plus)
Endurance: E (Plus) (Plus) (Plus)
Agility: E (Plus) (Plus) (Plus)
Mana: A
Luck: D
Noble Phantasm: C
Strength, Endurance, Agility: Powerful Build, magic items from gear, speed training all allow him to punch above where he should be at a cost but he's still a child and a Caster.
Mana: Alex's mana levels are frankly insane and off the charts. Even as a human his various power levels have been noted to be extremely powerful and he has access to multiple energy sources. Boosted by his legend and the fact that he's a Caster in other classes would be a B rank.
Luck: Alex's luck is extremely weird he has the horrible luck of being born as a Demon King reincarnation, dealing with the Curse, and living on a Hellmouth. But has frankly dealt with it extremely well and gathered an insane amount of power while avoiding personal tragedy.
NP: Power and the Curse would be the two main qualifiers for Noble Phantasms.
BACKGROUND
Alexander Harris was a child born to evil, with the soul of a Demon King and Dark Sorcerer that has spread misery and pain for millennia. And to make matters even worse he was born upon a Hellmouth, an area where demonic forces leaked through upon the Earth tainting everything it touched. Against all the odds Alex maintained his morals, sanity and identity even while dealing with the ramifications of his birth and place of residence. Alex over the years grew in ability in a variety of areas. He first major encounter with the supernatural was with the Fairy Briar who aided him in his learning of magic and goal of surviving the Hellmouth. Alex later joined the School of Five Elements Dojo in Sunnydale and learned martial arts under Lu Tze a Master Marital Artist and multiple time winner of the World Martial Arts Tournament.
Alexander trained under Lu Tze and proved himself a talented student by quickly learning the Five Elements Style and unlocking his ki. This prompted Lu to get Alexander to go the the Under 10 World Martial Arts Tournament. Alexander went to the Tournament and had several adventures while in on that trip and ended up winning the whole Tournament. He gained much from the trip both friends, enemies, skills, experience and the understanding that for all of his strength he need more power to survive in the world.
Over the next years Alexander attended several notable events such as the birthday of Shuzen Kahlua, Halloween at Shuzen Castle and his own birthday. Alexander also went on several adventures in the intervening years doing things such as curing a Kistune of madness, smothering the resurrection of a God King in it's cradle and conquering a Fae Realm. Throughout it all Alexander Harris continued to grow at an absurd rate in a variety of disciplines.
Young Alexander Harris is Heroic Spirit that represents who he was as a person in between his first and second appearances of the World Marital Arts Tournament.
CLASS SKILLS
Item Construction : C
(A Potent Craftsman who is skilled in magical crafting and has the ability to craft a wide variety of magic items of various potency. But is limited by his inexperience with mundane crafting, the fact that at this age he'd only started to craft items of power, and had relatively little access to reagents.)
Territory Creation : B (Plus)
(Capable of Crafting Demiplanes and Workshops of potency. Rulership of the Memorian Fae Realm increases the potency of this skill.)
PERSONAL SKILLS
Affection of the Golden Goddesses : B (Plus)
(Alexander Harris is the Reincarnation of Ganondorf the Chosen One of Din the Goddess of Power and one third of a Divine Trinity of sisters. Alexander has since catching their attention quickly rose in Farore and Nayru's regard, though he remains most favored by the Goddess Din and has been named her Chosen One.)
Divinity: D
(Alexander Harris is the Reincarnation of Ganondorf the Chosen One of Din the Goddess of Power and one third of a Divine Trinity of sisters. Alexander has since catching their attention quickly rose in Farore and Nayru's regard, though he remains most favored by the Goddess Din and has been named her Chosen One.)
Charisma of the Reborn Demon King: C-
(A powerful charisma that is effective due to his self confidence and ability to interact with an extremely wide variety of entities with a high level of skill. Lacking experience in leadership and youth lower the charisma from where it could be, but in it's niche of personal relationships there are few entities who would not feel at least slightly drawn to him.)
Clairvoyance (Power) : EX
(Alexander Harris is renowned for his absurd senses. Able to see and hear things that no other can, highly trained senses are several varieties have all culminated into this skill. A combination of the Mind's Eye, Mystic Eyes, Revelation a Clairvoyance skills that is then empowered by Alexander's connection to the Golden Power of Din. No mortal should possess such insight into the world but Alexander Harris does.)
Hylian Magic : A
(A level of skill beyond the limits of mortal magic users in the fields of Gerudo Witchcraft, Hylian Sorcerer and the Clerical Magic of Din. Limited only due to age, a lack of experience and a limited spell arsenal of beyond mortal spells. But is more than skilled enough to be qualify to become an Archmage on raw magic skill and power alone.)
NOBLE PHANTASM
(Born To Malice)
Ranking: (C)
Classification: Anti-Army
(The Soul of Alexander Harris and Ganondorf are both born of the malice and hatred of a dying god. Alexander's talent with dark magic and curses is such that it defies logic even by his own standards. This Noble Phantasm manifests as a wave a Malice that Alexander can emit from himself and then wield.)
(Golden Power)
Ranking: (C)
Classification: Anti-Unit (Self)
(By combining all his energies Alexander taps into the remnants of the Triforce of Power within his Soul. And so a mortal wields the Power of a Divine Being but such a thing is not done easily or without a cost. Alexander's lack of experience with the Golden Power as well as lack of the Triforce of Power severally weakens this Noble Phantasm's ranking.)
I'm honestly curious just what sort of items will end up being located in the Vault. I imagine that there's going to be tons of Magic tea pots sets that warm tea just to the right temperature… a few weapons because obviously that's something to collect.
Also probably a few obvious additions of Chinese traditional items like a few magic lanterns, Would also be surprised if there aren't a few Pill furnaces tucked away somewhere in there. It brings to mind Alex asking about them and the masters replying about them…
You look around the room. Moving past the rows of weapons as a particular set of items catches your eyes.
"What are these things?" The tiny jar like vessels radiate elemental magic of the Fire variety. The masters turn to you as they share a look.
"Oh those are very old traditional pill furnaces even if we have no alchemists amongst us it is wise to have some on hand for any who have an interest in the practice." Master Vincent replies.
You don't ask why no one in the school has taken up the practice as you point to an object on the same shelf as the pill furnaces. It didn't read of magic yet it had an odd look to it, Wait is that a….
"Oh that, that's just a regular toaster oven nothing magical to it." Ah…. You don't even bother to hide your befuddlement even as you can sense Lu face palming behind you. As you both can't help but wonder why someone would put a regular mundane toaster in their magic item vault.
"Well I was gifted this lovely cat themed toaster oven and this was the only room with a spare electrical outlet." Ah… that explains things… wait no it doesn't
"Makes perfect sense." No it doesn't Briar no it doesn't.
OC: couldn't help it.
What immediately came to mind:
"Uhhhh, Alex, what are you doing with that?" Brair asked while backing away.
"I just thought I haven't been treating you and Swordy the same, so thought I'd make an effort to correct that."
"That nice and all, but what are you gonna do with that Sword Polish…"
"Don't worrry Brair, you'll be shiny and ready to be swung 1,000 times in a jiffy."
"No, Alex. AWAY! NOT MY HAIR. NOT THE WINGS!"
It would be funny if Willow got:
Finally, after what felt like forever, the list of possible Patrons was ready for Willow to read!
A******** L****** H***** / Ganondorf, Demon King of Evil
"What?! I thought it was supposed exclude demons! And why is it edited out like a government document? Stupid Hellmouth. Now I have to do it all again."
A Father-Son Talk
Ichigo held the wooden practice sword in his hands; it felt heavier than when he first got it, and the increase in weight wasn't because of the training he just underwent. But Ichigo knew why the sword felt heavier in his hands now; it was the same reason he had asked his dad to increase his training beyond what they had initially established for his sword training. Ichigo Kurosaki had come to understand that the world he lived in was not safe, not for the common man, not for himself, and most importantly, not for his family.
Really, Ichigo should've understood this a long time ago, when he didn't know, but it should've been far sooner than his recent understanding of it. Maybe he should've understood when he saw his first ghost, or unknowingly heard a hollow for the first time, or at the World Martial Arts Tournament when he learned that demons, magic, and ninjas existed, or maybe even when he first got his practice sword. Ichigo has known that the world is a dangerous place for a long time, but he's only just truly understood it.
"Thinking heavy thoughts, son?" His father, Isshin, says it with a wry grin and a sadness that tinges his grin and eyes.
His father was a happy-go-lucky idiot who was actually smart when he could be bothered. The man who comforted him when he first started to understand what the haunting screams he regularly heard were The man who was Shinigami was a psychopomp who oversees the cycle of life, death, and reincarnation. And not just any Shinigami, but a noble one and a captain of their divisions to boot. There was also the fact that he was centuries old yet still acted as young as Ichigo.
"The world we live in is a dangerous place, isn't it? Not just for people with supernatural abilities or heritage but for everyone. It's not just the Hollows; there's also other evil spirits, demons, and monsters. And sometimes the most dangerous things are people."
Ichigo had known Hollows was a thing even before he knew what they were. His parents taught him it was dangerous to go out in Karakura at night, and he could hear the noises they made. He was smart enough to draw his own conclusions. At the World Martial Arts Tournament, he was introduced to other monsters, demons, and things that go bump in the night. And this most recent mess with Quincy had taught him that people were perhaps the most dangerous monsters of all. If it weren't for Alex, then Ichigo himself, his mother, siblings, and countless other innocent Quincy would've had their souls used as batteries by an ancient tyrant that was being aided by an army literally hidden in the shadows.
"Unfortunately, you're right about that, Ichigo. Part of the reason your mother and I didn't teach you and your siblings more about the supernatural was because we didn't want you to deal with the weight of understanding that fact." Isshin says it tiredly while looking Ichigo right in the eyes.
His father looked old and worn down in a way Ichigo had never seen from his usually childish and energetic father. It wasn't a physical thing, but it was a weight that was shown through his posture and eyes. But what really showed the sheer tiredness and age of his father was his spiritual aura. His father's spiritual energy had started to come back ever since Alex's birthday.
Normally, it felt like a small ember that, with time, was slowly growing as if it were a fead kindling. It wasn't a harsh or dark fire; it was hard to put into words, but it felt like a campfire that reminded Ichgio of home. Wild but still a flame meant to help people and carrying a sense of containment to it. But in this moment, it carried a sense of bitter tiredness that it never did before. Gone was the ember that carried the fire of man; there was only a primordial fire that would burn anything in its path.
Ichigo, for the first time, understood what his father being a Shinigami meant. Kurosaki Isshin was not a human being; he was a creature that had witnessed the birth and deaths of generations. A man who had ferried souls to the underworld and purified monsters that consumed the souls of the innocent. His father wasn't just a man with superpowers; he was a creature with a lifespan measured in centuries rather than years. And he had lived a life full of violence and danger for centuries in a dangerous world, and Kurosaki Isshin was tired of it all.
"I think you can understand my reasoning for that choice." His dad says he has a knowing look.
"I didn't initially, but then I just have to think about what I'm going to feel when Karin and Yuzu start to understand what happened and what the world is like." Ichigo states. His practice sword had never felt heavier in his hands, even though he had time to rest from the practice session.
It was something Ichigo dreaded; the innocence of his sisters, ruined by that knowledge, was something that was inevitable and horrible. Ichigo himself hadn't even seen any of the darker aspects of the world directly because his parents shielded him from them. But he still felt himself changing due to his understanding that the world was a far more dangerous and dark place than he ever could've imagined and that learning how to defend himself and his family was a necessity.
"I grew up knowing about how horrible the supernatural can be; it came with the territory of being a Shinigami after all. It was expected to learn at least some degree of self-defense because the world is a dangerous place." Isshin states thoughtfully. "I let myself hope that you and your sisters wouldn't ever need to deal with monsters due to the world being a dark place or due to being the children of your mother and me." Isshin says it as if he's mocking himself.
That was the saddest thing about the training they were doing together—it wasn't out of passion for combat but instead out of necessity. Ichigo deeply loved the martial arts and fighting, even if he wasn't nearly as passionate about it as Tatsuki or Alex. His newfound love wasn't motivated by passion but instead by a feeling of fear and helplessness. Ichigo, throughout the whole mess with the evil king that was trying to return from the dead, couldn't do anything.
Ichigo, in the grand scheme of things, was weak. He didn't have the years of experience and training that his parents had or the few years of obsessive training that Alex had. But Ichigo knew he had potential and motivation; his potential in the spiritual arts was, by all accounts, frankly absurd, and he knew that he needed to become stronger to protect his family from a dangerous world. But a part of him understood his father's sadness; just imagining the thought of Karin or Yuzu one day feeling the same as he feels right now fills him with a feeling of dread.
"I think that us learning to defend ourselves would've been a good idea regardless of whether we were born your children or not. From what Alex has mentioned, the supernatural doesn't really paint a pretty picture." Ichigo states consolingly. "You've shielded us all to the point where we haven't seen what he's seen in regards to the supernatural."
"Alex's situation isn't exactly normal. You know how Karakura is basically ghost-central? Sunnydale is basically that, but much greater, and for demons. Growing up in a place like that with as much magical potential as Alex has couldn't have been pleasant." Isshin says it awkwardly. "Demons are some of the worst creatures out there, and while I haven't run into them nearly as much as I have Hollows, I've seen them do some absolutely vile things. They're evil in a way that's hard to put into words without seeing it." Isshin says it with a grimace.
Ichigo knew that Sunnydale was a dangerous place given his parents's reactions to the place and what Alex mentioned about the place. But he didn't really understand just how bad it was. His dad, as a Shinigami Captain, has countless years of experience fighting hollows, which are ghosts that literally eat people's souls. A place that was bad enough to make his dad grimace must've been a very dangerous place.
"I think you can understand why such a place would've resulted in Alex being like he is today. He needed to be strong and smart just to survive living in such a place. Being strong and looking to become stronger is perfectly okay; hell, it's even a good thing, but the degree to which he does it isn't exactly healthy for a kid." Isshin says it sadly.
"Yeah, Alex's life is too stressful and chaotic for my tastes." Ichigo says it with a deadpan.
"Part of the reason I'm training you at the pace I am is so you don't get burnout and still have time to be a kid." Isshin explains. "Anyway enough dilly dallying; you've gotten your rest; it's time to start your training again. Give me one hundred overhead swings." Isshin barks out.
And with that, Ichigo and Isshin restart the training, with Ichigo learning how to properly swing his sword and Isshin adding in criticism and advice on how to properly hold and swing his blade.
"We're gonna destroy the Gate after it's done."
"…have I mentioned I'm gonna have a Demiplane up and running soonish? Can I have it instead? You've got to have a manual to take it apart and put it together safely, right? Right?"
"Sorry lad, we already put the self destruct code in and sealed it. After it's next use it gonna fall apart like a giant jenga tower at a frat party."
"What."
"What."
"At least let me take the magic baths! I'll do it myself!"
"You fool, it's tied directly to the Gate. It'll be destroyed too."
"What."
"What."
Explosions would have been nice.
"And what exactly were you talking about with the Undead leaders?"
"About how big a boom this place will make once they go on to Pluto's realm and the security features go off."
"What."
"Don't worry, turns out the answer is not at all. Disappointing, kinda."
"What do you mean disappointing!?"
"Delayed Fire Ball Blasts throughout the whole base, or at least strategically placed Disintegrations to make the building collapse in a certain order and destroy key items or areas. I wish it was something like that at least. Sigh."
"Did you just say 'sigh'?! We're standing inside this building and you wanted it primed to be destroyed at the drop of a hat!"
"I mean, it just sorta feels right for a base to fall to pieces or disappear with the owners. Maybe dragged into Pluto Realm or something?"
"Where are you getting this twisted kind of logic? Were you some dark lord in a past life?! That's ridiculous!"
Honestly that seems business as usual for hyrule lol but thank you for the inspiration for an omake.
Excerpt from the writings of a paranoid nyaru priest:
Its been over 3333 days since my first divination that the demon king has been reborn signifying the end of decades of relative peace. The other brothers and sisters called me mad and obsessed over my daily divination confirming that the demon king was gone, but they should heed the old saying to be forewarned is to be forearmed! Nor could they understand the daily comfort it used to bring truly knowing the dark blight upon the kingdom was gone. Though that comfort may be long gone each day as I get confirmation the demon king still lives I take refuge in the fact I can plan and prepare laying hidden caches of items to help the resistance when he inevitably appears to blight the land once more.
Though I fear the last year has brought more worry as I can no longer get any response to my divinations and the upper echelons of the priesthood have refused my 108th requests to seek the goddesses wisdom directly via ritual communication after the confirmation that there was no imminent danger of The dark lord invading the kingdom for at least decades. While that may satisfy most I know that it is merely the Goddesses taking pity on those of lesser mental fortitude as they did not promise no invasions at all.
But alas I have discovered a weakness to the dark lords dark protections against Nayru's light of wisdom. I have started to divine groups of monsters to see if any have been employed recently in assisting the dark lord plans and after hundreds of replies of no besides their usual monstrous nature I have had my first yes and of course it was from a ravenous pack of moblins!
I of course scried their location and found a group discussing having received dark visions in their sleep of claiming death mountain for their dark master and its new second in command a never before heard of menace! The tinyKnuckle! I of course immediately send it to the clergy responsible for communication near the lost woods. Alas the fools there dismissed my claims stating every monster nearby dreams of claiming this and that for the dark lord and to cease sending daily letters of warning of a nonexistant threat and that there is no such thing as a tinyknuckle! Utter madness but if they wish to risk it all and ignore my reasonable warnings then so be it!
You think wonderful head pats are Embarrassing to me? Fool!
You frown. Then as the Gate closes you smile, turning into a grin as you walk over towards 'Walt'.
Altria's smug dragon human grin falters as she realizes her tactical error.
"Alexander."
You don't pause, and reach her quickly.
"Alexander, don't-!"
Your hand lands on the disguised hair and begin a gentle pat that continues for some time until the red, embarrass face finally stops shaking. You doubt you're anywhere near Trill's Mastery, but you have had a little sister for years.
"There, there. No need to be jealous anymor-"
"I was not-!"
"Sure you weren't." You smirk at her with at least the intensity she was showing you earlier. Then you turn away to deal with the Gates remains.
Chloe was enraptured. Of course the magic helped. But the smell coming off of the mortal in front of her was particularly enticing to eat.
Of course, that was made more difficult, and less likely to happen, given she was probably in front of the Independance Day Killer.
He smelled slightly different. Like he was older, and missing that vaguely absent smell. But that just meant he had a spell to make him appear differently. She'd never forget the terror of that night. But she wasn't scared now. Mostly because of the aforementioned magic. But she had let it affect her. Let alone that it likely would have smashed through her defenses.
He was her ticket out of Bloodrat hood. She was willing to do anything to stop being bottom rung of the hierarchy of idiots like her sire. Being the servant, or even slave of someone competent was infinitely more preferable. To the point where she was willing to give up her Name to him if he wanted it, so long as he ensured she was at least fed.
But then, given how he was so indiscriminate during Independance Day, she'd have to offer herself, instead of waiting for him to ask... Oh Well, not like there was a better way to get stronger.
The fact of the matter is that Link tends to show up out of nowhere, talk little, and have few if any witnesses to his deeds, which would give him credibility issues in eras where he can't flash the Triforce around (which would be a rather tasteless act), or after he's put the Master Sword back in its pedestal. Zelda is essentially leveraging her royal reputation (and the divine one behind that) to support Link and sell the narrative.
Link: "I would never use my status as a legendary hero for personal gain. Not unless the situation was truly dire..."
Zelda: "Unless it was really funny you mean?"
Link: "Of course. Unless it was too funny not to!"
I was questioning if din would have created radioactive materials.
They are somewhat... half baked?
"Why am I making these again?"
"Well, in about forty to nine hundred thousand years some of the races I'm crafting might be able to use them to create a bomb from those materials big enough to-"
"I'M IN!"
Sounds like blasphemy, you mean...
"Yeah, it's tempting, for both moral reasons and, well, I really want to burninate the local corpse-rat population. But when I break this enemy, I intend for them to stay broken. Which means allies, servants, and resources to both make sure they don't just move back in the moment I stop paying personal attention, and that I can fill the power vacuum to prevent something worse settling in."
Okay, I guess that's fair. And maybe not that blasphemous.
"If it makes you feel better, when the time comes, there will be fire. Lots of fire."
Hehehe~ They do burn real good, don't they.
Asamu Hayashi give you a strange look at the notion. "I don't care about possible socio-cultural implications. You make me a basement man cave and I am sworn to your cause. Space in my house is at an all time premium."
"A-hem."
"Basement man cave / basement women giant walk in closet."
Alex shrugs. "As long as it not solid stone under your house, you get an in-the-know structural engineer to sign off on it, and you understand you'll have to take it from being a dirt hole to that."
"If he'd had this much spiritual potential as a child, and wasn't the chief's son, it might have been worth training him to bring it out," the shaman says. "Not as my own successor, no, but to oversee one of the outlying lodges, a ship, or one of the lesser sacred sites on our land? He'd definitely have been capable of that by now. But as someone whose most likely future lay in following his father's footsteps and becoming a hunter, a warrior, and a future leader, not to mention a father himself?" Tiriaq shakes his head. "Too much effort, for too little reward."
"And now?" you ask.
"And now he's a grown man who actually has all of those responsibilities," Tiriaq replies. "He does well enough balancing them not to neglect any one, but he does have to balance them. Adding serious spiritual training on top of that would just throw everything off and hurt Hakoda, his family, and the rest of the Tribe by extension. Best to leave it alone until he's had enough of being in charge to hand it off to Sokka or whoever else thinks they want the job. He wouldn't be the first chief to move on to becoming a shaman, though it has been a while..."
Alex: "I'm .. not sure I understand. You're saying you DON'T intend to burn the candle at both ends to acquire supernatural knowledge and power?"
*Alex tilts his head like a confused Labrador.*
Alex: "Why?"
OOC: Clearly, the answer is to make them fight for the honor of being Alex's Biggest Problem.
Curse of Demise: I rather this world, and every single advantage and power in it, be destroyed than let a single unclaimed scrap of my Bearer's efforts ultimately advantage, or disadvatange, anyone other than me.
Shao Khan: I rather your Bearer, and all the wonderful potential he represents, be destroyed than have anything try to deny me!
CoD: Many-times born soul outgrowth, rip this would be Outsider King out of his realm, and this once, just this once, will I not color your soul nor attempt to set your mind to the terrible purpose that you will ultimately serve!
Shao Khan: Sorcerer child, stand aside and, just this once, will I unmake this god curse without demanding your knees touch the floor, nor the fealty that I so rightly deserve!
Alexander: Wow, it's genuinely hard to decide to which one of those I want to say "no" the most.
With that settled, you have lessons to attend to.
…
Many, many lessons…
"Who knew the Path of Power involved so much learning?"
Shouldn't it be the Path of Knowledge? Or Path of Wisd-
No. "No." No.
Rude!
"Ahh yes. Ganondaddy."
"Yoruichi, What the fuck?!"
"Am I wrong?"
"...I mean, I am a centuries old man, and somehow he makes me question my sexuality."
"...They're not wrong, Ol' Pigskin was undeservingly sexy before he turned himself into Ganon out of shear Rage."
"One thing we can all agree on, Ganondorf did have an appeal before getting himself permanently stuck as Ganon."
"Please don't remind me, it just give me a headache remembering having to use Din's Overly designed stick to remind our people that just because Ganondorf is Attractive doesn't mean he should be pursued in any romantic or intimate capacity."
"Overly- I'll have you know my bonking Club has been very useful in keeping idiots in line!"
"And yelling Bonk when we hit someone is hilarious."
"That too!"
"...Idiots, the both of you."
See? I am The Best!
That's not what he said!
Sure I am, I am the most Powerful and the most Charismatic of us. now, excuse me little sisters but I have to tell my priests to spread word *cackle*
*Groan* she is going to end up causing another religious schism does she remember what ganondorf getting her seal of approval caused?
Probably not but we can take her! right ammy?!
*Bark!*
Definitely, but at what cost?
Rassum frassum...
Wait, can Briar stop Alex from casting a touch range spell through her?
Future Briar and cute guy: *kiss*
Future Alex: *casts shocking grasp*
Future Briar: "Dang it Alex! I really liked him!"
Cute guy: *twitches on the floor*
Link The Hero Of Courage: Saber
True Name: Link (Child)
Species: Servant, Human, King
Servant Class: Caster
Alternate Classes: Rider, Archer, Assassin, Berserker, Shielder, Ruler
Gender: Male
Source: Legend of Zelda
Country of Origin: Hyrule
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Attribute: Star
Species: Counts as a King due to the occasional King Link
Alternate Classes: Link fits into the martial classes naturally, has Assassin and Berserker because he's a feral thing like that, Shielder due to his prolific use of the Shielder. and his whole defender of people thing, Ruler for the occasional King Link. Saber is his main class though.
Attribute: Star because Link's whole thing is overcoming adversity and evil for humanity.
Parameters
Strength: B (Plus) (Plus) (Plus)
Endurance: B (Plus) (Plus) (Plus)
Agility: A (Plus) (Plus) (Plus)
Mana: C (Plus) (Plus) (Plus)
Luck: B (Plus)
Noble Phantasm: A (Plus)
Strength, Endurance, Agility: Link is a warrior but he's primarily focused on agility when it comes to his raw physical stats, also he's pretty close to Lancelot so I chose similar stats.
Mana: Link isn't a spellcaster on mana monster but he's trained it to a decent level and uses magic items a lot.
Luck: Link's whole thing is overcoming adversity sure he's usually born in pretty horrible times and not every Link wins but he has a good track record.
NP: Link has access to a lot of gear, has various feats and legends and has the Triforce of Courage/
BACKGROUND
The Legend of Zelda Games
CLASS SKILLS
Riding : A
(Capable of Riding pretty much anything in existence due to his wide variety of rides across various lifetimes and is very experienced in all of them.)
Magic Resistance : A (Plus) (Plus) (Plus)
(Regularly fights various creatures of magical power and defeats Ganondorf an Archmage of fantastical power, also given a huge bonus to magic that can be resisted through Will due to innate nature and Triforce of Power.)
PERSONAL SKILLS
Affection of the Golden Goddesses : B (Plus) (Plus) (Plus)
(Link is the Chosen of the Goddess of Courage and has in several lifetimes proven himself to be capable of using the whole Triforce.)
Divinity: C
(The Chosen of the Golden Goddess of Courage and is close to the mortal incarnation of a deity.)
Intimidation : B (Plus) (Plus) (Plus)
(The natural intmidation one feels in the presence of an apex predator enhanced by the effects of the Triforce of Courage)
Knight of Hyrule: A (Plus) (Plus) (Plus)
(Mastery of the Skills of the Knights of Hyrule as well as the ability to use the large arsenal of tools and weapons he has gained and mastered over his lives)
NOBLE PHANTASM
(The Reborn Hero)
Ranking: (A)
Classification: Anti-Self
(The Heroes Dies and Shall be Reborn. Similar in function to Nine Lives but the Servant dies and respawns near it's Master at the cost of a large mana cost and the Servant being debuffed by two ranks with a rank being regained after 12 hours.)
(Triforce of Courage)
Ranking: (A)
Classification: Anti-Unit (Self)
(He bears the Triforce of Courage which boosts the wielder's spirit, souls and willpower. Due to his nature as a Heroic Spirit his nature as a Spirit and Existence is reinforced causing all stats besides Mana and Luck to receive three pluses and for those two stats to get a single plus.)
(The Master Sword)
Ranking: (A (Plus))
(The Sword of the Hero formerly the weapon of the Goddes Hylian and used to seal the corpse of the Demon King Demise. Crafted and empowered to counter evil and curses to an absurd degree it is a holy sword that is able to equal the Swords of the Round even when not facing it's favored foe. Most of the time it's true power sleeps due to it's Weapon Spirit Fi hibernating.)
That sounds straight out of a LN, lol.
"I Was Tired of Getting Killed by the Hero and Decided to Be Reborn a Nice Guy for a Change But My New World is Even Crazier Than the One I Failed to Rule" sounds about right for the Alex LN.
...hey, shouldn't Alex have gotten some Spider pluses in the Trial-no, the Deelers weren't sapient, were they...
OOC: Mainly for the pun title, as I don't really have any issue with the time dilation. We get quality writing up to three times daily we get to have input on, and is worth rereading. Three cheers for Judge Mental. Let us look into an alternate timeline where it could have been much worsebad. I've seen some fics actually think it's a good idea to linger in the toddler phase...
-Pacing Issues-
Alex climbs by hand up the side of the couch until he is upright. he moves along the couch, hand over hand, and manages the whole length!
Gained Cruising E
Alex takes one step away from the couch and falls onto his hands.
Alex climbs up the side of the cabinets to the upright position and cruises along the wall. He then steps away once!
!
Twice!
!
before falling to a crawl again. Dang, he thought he had it, too.
Gained Walking F-
Gained Cruising E (Plus) (Plus)
Alex stands up against the couch, walks for
!
! "Tony, come quick!"
three strides, then raises his hands in triumph...and falls back onto his diaper. Progress!
Gained Walking F
Cruising: E. You can, along a couch, cabinetry, or other surface with toddler-level handholds manage to stay upright and step along. No longer for a bruising cruise you!
Walking: F. Stand proud! You can walk! ...but, baby sighs. "Yes, technically Alex could make all of our clothes with magic and it'd probably be okay-"
Briar sighs. "Yes, technically Alex could make all of our clothes with magic and it'd probably be okay-"
"I would gladly, it'd save you money-"
"- BUT, I do NOT want a nine year old making my underwear-"
"-oh come on, just buy new ones and I'll make a template-"
"-because that getting into too weird territory for me. I'll just buy my own. And if I'm gonna do that while out shopping why not get a whole outfit? Plus, I was fine on my own before Alex, becoming completely dependent on him for everything isn't something I wanna do."
"-ok, yeah. That fine. But if you do ever want me to make anything for you let me know."
"Thank you, and I will. But sometimes, a girl likes to get herself something from her own demon rat murderous escapades, instead of it being handed to her."