A/N: Burning the library
Alt Title: More talks and set ups.
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I held a vote in the Discord on whether a certain character should die. And I got an overwhelming yes.
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GideonBlackthorn: Are you kidding? Get that degree! I love long reviews so long as they are positive.
Slowest Turtle: Kitsu will make more moves. Many more in the chapters to come as I progress into actual story.
Nuclear cat: It was/is as cathartic for the readers as it is/was for Kitsu.
cassnova5424: I'm glad you enjoyed!
Also, you worked in a desert? Which one?
Dalan777: Kitsu is hoping they do something stupid. That way she doesn't have to go to them.
Ben Turner1: Thinking back to the girl in the hospital that Kitsu tortured into not suing New Wave, the only reason Kitsu let her go, was because she no longer posed a threat. Alexandria, doesn't get that assurance.
YeTianshi: Talk? Um………
Anyway! Next chapter will have Kitsu past escapades.
Vadrulesall: She had a private plane at the airport waiting for her.
A Dancing Leaf: Yes, Cauldron is dumb. They go through everything, relying solely on Contessa and her shard. Knowing the shards are geared for conflict and meat to incite it, and never once consider that maybe, The Path might also be doing the same thing.
Mangouschase: I write fast.
Dio Genus: Oh, they got the whole email.
Kaykaykaykayan: Who said Kitsu was done with Alexandria
Grimnosh: In Missy's defense, it is her first relationship.
Who's RCB?
Nullblaster: Oh someone's getting waterboarded this chapter.
SonicTundra: Kitsu's ready to make her own place.
RadChaos897: It's been a while indeed, a whole month.
Fanfic's been screwing everyone over. Luckily they're switching over from Godaddy. So hopefully it'll get better.
Mark is currently over the moon happy. To constantly be doubting himself as a father, and have his adopted daughter bitch smack and reject her biological dad for him? Kitsu just cured half his depression.
Kitsu and Missy are taking a little break. Nothing serious, Kitsu just agreed to let Missy cool off for a bit.
I, cannot comment on the Butcher for spoilers.
Gogmazios: Thank you! Now Kitsu just needs to prestige to second base!
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-Thursday, August 20th, South side docks, 2:30am-
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Kitsu POV
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"Pwah! Ha! Ha!" Alexandria gasps as I pull her out of the water.
Getting her here was, admittedly tricky. She's tried to fly away. But my immovable power prevents me from being moved. Fullstop, the only thing that can move me, is gravity.
So, I just had to stay still, activate when she pulled, and wait for her to tire. The first time.
After that I put her in a full nelson and choked her out.
"So uh, whatcha need me here for?" Ginobog asks.
I made a call to Lung. Cashed in the favor for dealing with Dabi.
"In case I need to get rid of evidence." I say, causing Alexandria's eye to widen in fear.
"Shit kid, you're pretty twisted." Rex says as he squats down. "What this bitch do to earn your bite? Shit on your bed, diss yer girl?"
"Kitsu you don't understa- brbrbrb" I dunk her head back into the water.
"She thought she could manipulate me and try to tear me from my family." I say as I see his eyes widen in shock as the bubbles slow.
"Pwah!" Alexandria gasps as I pull her up.
You know, there's a certain irony to waterboarding the super illuminati. You know? Kinda makes me giggle.
"I didn't give you permission to say my name." I look her in the eye as I keep her held by the hair. "Got it? You only get to say ma'am or sir when addressing me."
It's an intimidation and compliance tactic. See if she's capable of being, forcefully persuaded. Or if she's too dumb and stubborn to see I'm being serious.
"Please! You need to see reason!" She says. "Brrbbrbrbrbr."
"Damn, how dumb is this bitch?" Rex asks with a laugh. "Who's she think she is? Alexandria?"
"Yes actually." I say with a smile as I bring her back up.
"What?" Rex chuckles.
I then take a button off of her shirt and hand it to the orange suited terrorist.
"Charge that for me." I tell him.
He shrugs and grabs it, yellow cracks appearing on the button before I take it back and shove it in the woman's mouth as she gasps for air.
I then hold her mouth shut as her eye widens in shock. Before feeling the rumble of the button exploding in her mouth.
"Swallow." I tell her.
"Hrmm?" She whines.
I dunk her back under.
"Oh fuck!" Rex says as he stands up and backs away, hands on his head as he paces in the shallows. "Fuck! Am I going to live through this? Fuck I'm going to die aren't I?"
"Chill my dude." I wave him off. "She's not that, oh hang on."
I pull her back up, letting her gasp for air before sending her back under.
If she would just keep using her strength to push back against me. I'd run out of energy in like, maybe a few hours.
"She's not that special." I finish what I was saying. "I mean look at me. She's being manhandled by an adorable and fluffy ball of cuteness!"
Rex tilts his head as he looks to me, clearly unimpressed.
"Notice how ya didn't add humble in there." He snides. "Or the fact that you one v one Behemoth! … Fuck! How did I end up here?"
"Probably through a long series of bad choices and trauma." I answer his rhetorical question. "It's how I got here."
I pull Alexandria back up out of the shallow water. Once again gasping for air.
"I'll give you, one chance." I offer her. "Beg, beg me for all the mercy in the world. And I might show you some."
I watch as her eye shakes in fear as she realizes I'm serious.
" Now, ready to have a nice, civil discussion?" I ask as I take my hand away from her mouth.
"You're insane." She gasps. "You're genuinely insane!"
You know what? I'm done here. She just, she can't see the reality of her situation. Rather than just, accept that she has no control here, she keeps trying to deflect or bargain or deny.
"Hmmm." I hum as I look at her. "Perhaps I am insane. After all, I keep trying to be a normal girl and make everyone I care about happy. I've been, mostly playing by the rules. And where has it got me?" I ask the confused and desperate woman. "It's got me to my breaking point, twice. And yet, I keep trying to play nice. So yeah, I am insane. Because I keep doing the same thing, over, and over, and over. Well guess what, Rebecca?"
She doesn't say anything. Her only response being to stare at me in barely restrained fear.
"It's about time I come to my senses." I smile before motioning Rex over while squishing her mouth open. "Charge her bones."
"Uh, kid I can only charge inorganic shit, not-"
"Your Manton limit is solid matter." I point out, causing him to flinch. "Not organic matter. Now charge her skeleton, I want to see just what she can take."
" How do you know that?" He asks, dropping his usual false bravado for once. "Not even Lung knows that."
"Don't question me right now." I say as I look to him with red, slitted eyes. "Do it."
I've thought about this for quite a bit. Her immortality, isn't all or nothing. Otherwise, asphyxiation wouldn't do jack all. But it does.
That's the key.
Rex walks forward and tentatively pokes his hand forward. And I have to use a decent amount of strength to hold Alexandria still for this.
"Nooo! Ooo! Eeeze! On't oo ish! Oo own oow ahsh ah ake!" She begs.
Oxygen deprivation, she can be targeted by natural processes. And, here's the big one. Rex's power, takes solid molecules, and destabilizes them.
In theory, his power should work on her. Because unlike Alexandria's immortality.
Rex's destabilization, is all or nothing. If it's solid, it can blow up.
"Oh I know what's at stake." I say as I watch her cry as the yellow cracks on her teeth expand and glow. "I just don't care. I'll solve your golden problem. And you'll just have to die, knowing you did nothing to actually help. Also, Eidolon's Agent is the one activating the Endbringers sooo, big dumb on you!"
Her eyes widen at that. And I grin at her torment. Taking satisfaction in her suffering after the shit she tried to pull.
"Alright!" Rex says. "Moment I let go, she's got five seconds until her bones are dusted and a nuke goes off."
"Do it." I say as I expand my absorption field to cover her.
Rex takes his hand away.
"What are you doing?" He asks, slightly panicked. "Go! Get her out of here! She's a living nuke!"
"I know." I say right before she blows. All of the kinetic force being pushed out of her mouth as she's still invulnerable.
"Oh fuck!" He cries out, shielding his face as, nothing happens. "What the fuck?"
He peeks back, lowering his arms as he sees me holding a limp noodle of a flesh sack that is the still living Alexandria. Or rather the struggling to stay alive Alexandria. Seeing as she has no bones, and thus is now missing out on the most important aspects of life.
Like, structure, and stability. I mean, she's such a flop right now, she doesn't have a leg to stand on!
"Oh god is that, I'm gonna be sick!" Rex says as he turns around and hurls into the water.
"Yeah I just wanted to see if that would work." I say as I begin folding the now spineless woman into a ball.
I don't need Alexandria alive to get the message across. I just thought that if I could, I can at least say I tried. I've no doubt Cauldron will find out that I'm the one who killed her. And they'll either A, try to deal with me. In which case bring it the fuck on!
Or B, leave me the fuck alone as they stumble their way through a genocide, partially of their own creation.
"Aw, aaha! Oh I'm going to need so much therapy." Rex switches between nervous laughter and cringing at all the squishing sounds. "Aw god! Oh! Is, is she still alive?"
"Not for long." I say as I begin syphoning energy and freezing her. Same way I did Stormfront.
"Oh, oh god I'm going to need so much therapy after this." He says as he dry heaves.
"You already said that." I say before asking. "Can you blow up ice?"
Only this time, she won't break. Even though she's officially brain dead, from having her brain frozen.
"Yeah?" He says desperately.
And thus, no evidence was ever left behind. To the entire world, Alexandria disappeared a week ago right before Chief Director Costa-Brown went to Brockton Bay. And Rebecca Costa-Brown disappeared after wandering away from Brockton's airport.
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-Downtown East, ABB Hideout, 3am-
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Rex "Ginobog" Sloan POV
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Trudging into the base's kitchen, I don't even acknowledge the others as I head for the fridge. Intent on killing every brain cell associated with tonight.
"Ginobog." The boss man says as I pass him. "Look at me when I'm speaking to you!"
"In a minute." I say as I open the fridge and grab a beer. Though, the moment I do, I get slammed into the wall by the fridge.
" What did you say to me?" He says with his hand on my throat.
"In, a, minute!" I rasp as I pop the cap off of the beer on the fridge door and bring it up to down it as best I can.
Though, boss man doesn't like my tone it seems. As he tosses me to the side and into a table.
I saved my beer though!
"You do not speak to your Daimyo that way boy." Lung says as he marches up and places a foot on my thigh. "Such disrespect has a price!"
"You wanna know what went down at the docks." I chuckle out as I take a swig.
He was gonna get this way no matter what. I'm just, speeding this up and getting it the fuck over with.
"I do." He says as he presses down.
"Not happen'n captain." I chuckle as I down the beer.
"You dare deny me?" He says in a low voice as my leg goes numb. "I've killed men for less."
"Yeah, and it'd be a heaven to hell distance's better, than what that damned twerp will do to me if I talk." I laugh at the absurdity of it all. "Think you can shove my arm up my ass and make it come out my throat? And use your powers to make sure I survive the experience!? Because that's what she promised me."
Lung stares me down at that. Not giving any ground on the matter, he puts more weight on my leg, snapping some of the table I'm on.
"Ack!" I hiss in pain as he leans over and glares down at me.
"Just, tell me, what happened." He growls. "Be vague, if you must."
Best deal I'm gonna get.
"Killed someone." I groan. "No evidence, but, ooooh people'll know! We, she made me kill someone big."
"Someone from the city?" He asks as he stops applying pressure.
"No, not really." I groan in pain. "Out of town guest, here on business. Gone on a permanent vacation to visit their ancestors. That's it."
He stares down at me, applying a little more weight. Before letting up after seeing that I ain't talking.
"Next time you disrespect." He says with a glare. "I roast your balls on my hibachi, and make you eat it."
"Heh." I laugh out of stress as I let my head fall to the floor. "Start'n ta sound like the fox."
I miss the fight pits.
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-Friday, August 20th, North Docks station, 9am-
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Firebreather POV
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Waking up to the ringing of my phone. I groan as I look over and see the I.D. as unknown. And let it ring.
If it's important, they'll call again.
"Who was that?" Crystal asks as she rubs my chest.
"Unknown caller." I yawn, turning over and resting my chin on her head.
"Hmm, can you hand me my meds before I forget?" She asks.
"Sure thing." I say as I turn over to my back and grab the orange bottle off the nightstand.
Turns out, Crystal has something called nymphomania. And, after looking it up, it explains, a lot. And she takes meds to suppress it.
"Here." I say as I hand her the bottle.
"Thanks babe." She says as she pops it open and just, downs two pills before handing it back to me.
I still don't know how she does that. And I eat coal!
I go to say something, but get cut off by the phone ringing again.
Going over, I see it's the same number. Sighing, I pick up the phone and tap the answer button with a knuckle.
Claws and touch screen don't do well together.
"Hello?" I ask.
"Dragon boy!" I hear the excitable voice of Kitsu.
"Kitsu." I say as Crystal opens her eyes and raises a brow. "What's up?"
"I got some stuff being delivered to the station, can you bring it to the Rig?" She asks.
"Can I do it later?" I ask, still drowsy and hoping to sleep in.
"Um, sooner the better?" She asks. "I'll make it worth your while!"
"Not interested." I say.
"I won't tell everyone about what happened at Crystal's graduation party." My eyes shoot open at that.
"W-what are you talking about?" I ask nervously.
"The dragon claiming the princess." She says as my heart stops.
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"W-what time?" I ask.
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Kitsu POV
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'Hook that into there, put that there.' I list off as I read back and forth from the instructions Erik sent me.
I got the hardware equipment delivered to the north ferry station. Not like RadioShack does mid bay deliveries to the Rig. I just had to kind of blackmail Firebreather with what he and Crystal were up to during her graduation.
Not that it was genuine, everyone already knew.
"And, yellow plug, to the yellow receiver." I say out loud before blinking and reading that a second time. "Well duh!"
Erik bought this stuff for me. What with all that's been happening, I didn't feel like pushing my luck with mom and asking her to buy me a whole gaming PC setup. Even if it's with my money. I, didn't think I'd be able to convince her.
I intend to pay him back! Just, with my revenues. It shouldn't take too long. I'm a cute irl fox girl with a cute voice who can sing! The only thing that might hinder me is that I'm real and not 2D.
"And, plug in!" I say excitedly as I do so. And I realize two important things.
One, I don't have a chair, or desk. I set up the PC, on the ground. Two, I, need the wifi password.
So, currently sitting here, contemplating where I went wrong. I can only think of one thing to say in my situation.
"Dang it!"
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-1pm-
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"It's open!" I answer the knock on my door as I set up my social media accounts.
Before, I only had PHO, now I have a Facebook, Gmail, Youtube, Microsoft, Steam, and as much as I cringe at it. A twitter account. No instagram, that either isn't a thing, or is yet to be a thing. Same with twitch.
I thought about doing Vines, but remembered how short lived that was.
"Hey kiddo!" Dad says as he opens my door, only to pause as he sees me on the floor, wires everywhere as I figure this stuff out. "What's uh, what's all this?"
"I'mma be a star!" I say excitedly as I throw my hands up.
"Uh, huh." He says dubiously as he looks around at the mess. "Um, are we talking literally? Because it looks like you're about to light yourself up."
" No." I scoff at him. "I'm gonna be an internet celebrity!"
He, clearly doesn't get it. Which, I don't blame him. He already had kids before the internet was really a thing.
"Um, sure thing kiddo." He says as he walks forward and steps around the wires. "I just wanted to see if you wanted to talk."
"About what?" I ask as I go back to figuring some of this stuff out.
I've been texting Erik nonstop, but the bastard is ghosting me!
Or he's doing something else. Probably that.
"About you retiring." He says as he sits next to me. "Your mother told me you finally came out and said it."
"You're talking like you already knew I wanted to." I say as I figure out OBS on my own.
Is it hardware, or software? I don't know. Erik just said I need it, but I didn't find anything like it in the packages Firebreather dropped off.
"I did." He says plainly.
I stop my actions and slowly turn to him.
"Since when?" I ask in disbelief.
"For a while now." He says as he puts a hand on my head for scratches. "I just figured you'd say something when you were ready. Your mother is currently talking to Amy about the hospital as well."
Oh, that's a change.
"How come?" I ask as I lean into his hand.
"Because I told her how Amy doesn't like the hospital." He says, causing me to perk up.
"Did she not already know?" I ask as I look up to him in confusion.
"Your mother has a habit of, not seeing what she doesn't want to see." Dad says with a smirk. "And when she's confronted with what she doesn't like, tends to have one of two responses. Deal with it as fast and efficiently as possible, or drown herself in work until the problem goes away."
And Amy hating her hero work, isn't something that can be ignored. There are too many examples of capes having mental breakdowns from stress. As much as the PRT tries to hide it.
Heck, Shego got tired of being seen as the token girl on her team and snapped. Mr. Incredible has put three civilians in the hospital when he was in hiding. Wade told me about that one. And there are more, just none I can think of off the top of my head.
I do know Mom is terrified of one of us turning into a Shego.
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-Meanwhile, Mark & Carol's room-
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Carol "Brandish" Dallon POV
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"I'm, fine." Amy says evasively.
"Amy, I understand not wanting to talk about it." I try and reassure her. "But, I just want to understand."
"There's nothing to understand." Amy says dismissively as she crosses her arms and leans against the wall. "Mark is just overthinking. I'm fine and you don't need to worry about me."
"But I am." I say genuinely. "Just, look me in the eye and tell me. Tell me you don't hate going to the hospital and healing."
Amy looks to me with a slight glare, one I'm used to receiving from her. And, she looks away before shrugging.
"This is stupid." She says as she pushes off the wall and heads for the door.
"Amy please." I say as I get up and grab her by the shoulder, causing her to flinch and look to me with wide eyes. "Just, tell me why? I promise I won't be mad at you. I just, I want to understand you."
"Now?" She says as I see something snap in her eyes. " Now you want to understand me? To get to know me? Now? After a decade of, of, of disregard!?"
'Calm yourself Carol.' I tell myself as I feel my temper flare at her tone. 'You made a promise, you keep it.'
Not only that, I, can't say anything. She's, not wrong.
"I, I'm trying to be better okay?" I say after a few breaths to calm myself. "So please, meet me half way."
She takes a deep breath while glaring. And then, she starts.
"You want to know why?" She says as she shrugs my hand off her shoulder. "Why I go to the hospital every fucking day? For free and heal jackasses, drug addicts, and contenders for dumbest Darwin award since butt rocket victims? Now you want to know?"
Her shoulders are shaking as she starts huffing, heaving heavy breaths as she glares at me. And that, breaks my heart. And, I don't know why.
"You want my feelings? Fine! I hate the place." She says. "I hate the people there! I hate the doctors and nurses, I hate the patients. I hate being looked up to as some sort of revolution in medicine, and with every person I heal, I hate it all just a little bit more."
"Then why keep going?" I ask, fearful of the answer.
"Because of you!" She says, pointing a finger at me, her voice trembling as tears prick her eyes. "It's, all because of you! I go to the hospital to escape you! I go to the hospital hoping you'll notice me!"
And there it is. What I feared. I, didn't want to admit it to myself, but I knew it.
I was hoping Amy put in so many hours at the hospital because she likes it. Likes using her powers and healing people.
And, hearing that she didn't like the hospital. I was hoping it was, maybe because of some cute girl that's always there. And she was trying to impress her or something.
Teen stuff.
"Why?" Is all I can muster the strength to say.
"Because I want you to love me!" She says as she starts crying as she goes red in the face. "You're my mother! And yet, I don't even feel like I'm your daughter. I feel like I'm someone you were convinced or bribed into letting stay in your house! I go to the hospital because it's the only place you won't ask twice about me going to! And it's the only place I can go where you might be proud of me for going!"
I stay silent as I let her rant. Not that I have anything to say. I, have too much whirling in my mind to really talk anyway.
"I just, I want you to love me." She says with a crack in her voice. "And, and I, I don't get it! I save more people a day than I can count! And you never even smile at me. Yet Vicky can stop speeding truck or, get an A on her test and she's praised up and down the boardwalk! Kitsu! She's been here less than a year and she's more your daughter than I've been in ten years! I just, I, hate all of it! I hate the hospital, I hate the people, I hate Kitsu and I hate you! And I hate myself for hating everything."
She's fully crying at this point. And, in this moment, this moment of vulnerability. I, I can't see why I ever thought her to be like The Marquis.
So, as she stands there crying. I watch as she covers her eyes and falls against the wall. Sliding down on shaky legs as she cries into her hands.
"Amy, I, I'm sorry." I say as I kneel down and hug her.
"You, you never, why?" She cries. "Why? Why am I not enough?"
I don't even know myself.
"You're more than enough." I say as I comfort my daughter. "I'm, I'm sorry I never saw that. I'm sorry I made you feel unloved."
"I'm, I'm a horrible person." She cries. "You're right to not love me."
"Don't say that." I say as I stroke her hair. "You're a good person, better than most of us."
Better than me, clearly.
"I hate everyone, so much!" She cries into my chest. "How am I not a bad person?"
"Because you haven't done anything wrong." I say softly.
"Yet." She chokes out. "At this rate, it's only a matter of time. I, I, I don't even know!"
Neither do I.
"It's okay." I say softly.
How did I fuck up so bad, and for so long? Why didn't anyone call me on my bullshit?
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-Meanwhile, Kitsu's room-
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Kitsu POV
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"Why are there five yellow wires!?" I cry out to the heavens.
"This one looks more orange to me." Dad says, picking one up.
"We are not getting into this old man!" I point to him before going to my, Vicky's, phone that I'm borrowing. "And why won't Erik answer me!?"
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-Sunday, Cafeteria, August 22nd, The Rig, 9am-
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Carol "Brandish" Dallon POV
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Another day, another problem. Amy has decided to stop going to the hospital for a bit, see if it makes her happier. And Kitsu, somehow managed to get a whole PC system into the building, unnoticed. And I had to remind her that she's grounded. And that means no games for a week.
Other than that, I'm left with the fact that, of my three daughters. All with powers, only one wants to continue what I thought would be a family business.
I, only really have myself to blame. For one of them that is, if I had just gotten my head out of my ass, maybe Amy wouldn't be locked in her room crying and feeling like she's a bad person.
Add on to that, I still need to find a house! And I haven't told Sarah or anyone else about Kitsu and Amy wanting to step away from heroics.
And that's not even mentioning getting the kids back into school!
"And this house just opened up at downtown east. Right next to the south ferry station." Sarah says as she passes me the laptop.
It's a nice house. Two story, garage, five bedroom, two bathroom, dining, living, kitchen and attic. Yard is bout ten feet smaller than the old one. But other than that, it'd be perfect if it wasn't twenty thousand out of my price range.
"No, this one's too much." I say tiredly. "It's too close to the edge of my budget."
"By how much?" Kitsu says as she just, pops up next to me. Peeking over the edge of the table as she hangs off of it. Her legs pulled up as she uses her tail to kick back and forth.
"What the, do you just lurk around?" I ask the little girl as she swings.
"Sometimes." She says with a shrug. "It's fun to walk around and have people just, not see you."
'Note to self, have a discussion on possible eavesdropping and voyeurism later.' I mentally check off.
"We'll be having a talk about that later." I say as I take my pencil and point it at her.
"Bah!" She groans before standing up, only to throw her top half on the table. "Is it a serious talk? I'm serioused out."
"Too bad." I say as I go back to the computer.
"Argh!" She groans. "Also you never said the thing from before."
"What thing?" I ask.
"The thing about the money." She says as she stands up straight, only to start swinging on the table ledge again.
Sarah's words ring in my mind. How Kitsu is loaded with cash. Also doesn't help that she's right across me and nodding to the girl.
But, I just can't do it. Part of it is pride, the other part is me not wanting to take advantage of her. She's been through a lot, and she's done enough as is for now. Buying a house should not be a thirteen year old's concern.
"It's nothing." I say as I turn back to the laptop.
"Carol is just looking for homes and is worried about the price." Sarah says.
'The little rat!' I can't help but feel my blood boil.
She, knows my stance on all of this! I've been trying to keep this from Kitsu because I know she'll want to help.
"If it's money, then-" Kitsu starts.
"No, save your money." I cut her off immediately.
"Let me assist you woman!" She demands, kicking the floor.
"Kitsu go bug your father." I say as I turn back to the laptop.
Ignoring her is, admittedly a gamble. She'll either get bored and go bug someone else. Or, she'll find a way to escalate.
I'm going through the listings, trying to find a house I can use. But with the insurance on our last house dragging their feet in the mud, I have a very limited window. I don't want to spend anymore time here than I need to, last thing I need is the PRT thinking I owe them. But the listings are just-
"Sarah can I borrow your phone." Kitsu says as I pause on the house Sarah had just shown me.
"Sure thing sweetie." Sarah says as she gives her phone to the girl.
Probably going to look up videos or some-
"Heads up recorded line, calling in that favor for the busted, um, concert north of Winslow." Kitsu starts talking. "Anyway, near the south ferry station, can you get the listing for the house that just went up for sale down to half? No traces, Jim's Coastal Reala- oh that's one of yours? Perfect, tell Rex I'm not paying for the therapy and tell Alice to get bent thanks bye!" She says quickly before setting the phone down.
"Kitsu what did you just do!?" I ask as I look to the girl with wide eyes as she immediately starts running away.
"You never said I couldn't, you can't be mad at me!" She says as she bolts out of the cafeteria. Zipping past people and tables as she barrels out the door.
I contemplate getting up and chasing after her. Before realizing that it's a fight I'll never win. For one, superspeed, two, invisibility, three, super senses.
"Haaa, Jesus Christ." I sigh as I put my head in my hands.
"She seems lively." Sarah says.
"I don't want to hear anything from you." I say as I close the laptop and slide it back over to her before packing up my papers.
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Bonus
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Things Kitsu is not allowed to do on the Rig.
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Crawl through the air ducts.
Crawl through the vents.
Pick locks.
Impersonate staff.
Steal clothes.
Steal sheets.
Steal.
Borrow without express permission
Use illusions to impersonate staff.
Use illusions to create a fiction identity that may be perceived as a member of staff.
Handle firearms.
Handle chemicals not meant for consumption.
Enter Piggot's office without her in the room. Piggot counts as staff.
Set fires. This includes herself. (Side note, if Kitsu is found to be on fire, leave her be.)
Enter the kitchen.
Enter the armory.
Enter any tinker workshop without written permission from the occupier of the workshop.
Forge written permission for anything.
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Notice to all Rig personnel.
It has come to my attention that the more bored Kitsu becomes. The more, erratic and prone to extremes she becomes. As such, since we cannot evict her until she performs something drastic and life threatening. It is recommended that should she be found trying to alleviate her boredom through, less than desirable means. Certain steps are to be followed to avoid escalation.
1, do not ignore her. Especially if she is trying to get your attention. Being ignored seems to only cause her to feel the need to act out more.
2, If she is doing something that may prove, detrimental to the health and security of staff, attempt to contact one of four individuals. Miss Militia, Vista, Mark Dallon, or Carol Dallon. If it is a very serious matter, inform Kitsu that you are about to contact Carol Dallon if she does not stop her actions. This usually works.
Under no circumstances are you to try and contact Armsmaster over anything Kitsu related. Any staff member found violating this specific subset of directions will be put on a week long station of janitorial duty for Lyra's dogs.
3, try to divert her behavior. She is a child and prefers to act as such. Convince her to do something else. Whether it be through a challenge, or through offering to play with her. Give her your phone and put on YouTube if you need to.
4, do not, under any circumstances tell her she's cannot do something without immediately following it with telling her you'll inform her mother. She will take it as a challenge.
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I know this may seem demeaning and beneath you. But may I remind all of you, that this girl, no matter how cute and unassuming, defeated Behemoth in one hit. And also bypassed seven security measures because she was bored and wanted to play paintball.
Keep that in mind.
Signed, Director Emily Piggot.
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A/N
Cauldron really fucked up.
Kitsu is done fucking around. She's done being fucked with. She's done being reactive.
This is the start of Kitsu's clean up arc. She's done playing games.
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Amy, sort of snapped with everything going on. And with the knowledge from Kitsu now weighing on her. It's a rude and rough awakening, but a needed one.
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Next chapter! Kitsu's new home!
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Gimme all da comments!
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Find me in newb's-grotto at the discord!
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Link to the discord: discord. gg/DarkWolfShiro