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The Guild of Gamers: The High Roller by The Dark Wolf Shiro
Books » Worm Rated: M, English, Supernatural & Humor, Tattletale, Words: 55k+, Favs: 2k+, Follows: 2k+, Published: Feb 2, 2024 Updated: Dec 26, 2024
510Chapter 5: The Merchant
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my original characters and works; all other characters and worlds belong to their respective owners. I'm just playing with them.
Betad by Beans, Priapus, Marethyu, Mike God of Lore Malcolm Tent, and Old man of the mountain
The Guild of Gamers: The High Roller
Chapter 05: The Merchant
– Alice Satsuki –
Walking into her boss's office, she gave him a proud smirk as he turned to her.
"Hey, boss. I have the grenade you wanted," Alice said, making him smile at her proudly.
"Right on time, I knew I could count on you, Alice," Sebastian said, gently taking the offered weapon. He didn't ask to make sure that it would do what he had asked. He knew she was good enough to be reliable.
They'd found a fun little exploit: When they used Replication, the clone had everything the original had, including items. As long as she made a single bomb, they could replicate to make more. For a consumable tinker like her, it was a massive power boost, even if she could only make a new clone once a day. She just had to kill the clone to make a new one.
Of course, she was also supplying Oni Lee, the mad suicide bomber himself, with her bombs now, so he could do the same. Oni Lee with her bombs and Replication? He'd gone from an annoying follower of Lung to a true monster.
"It'll take out that annoying pale bastard; resetting won't save him," Alice promised, boasting about her bomb. Alabaster was in for a bad time, but he was a neo-nazi, so who gave a shit? "Anyone else you want me to make a bomb for? I can counter anyone with enough time."
She hated how eager to please she'd become, but Sebastian was amazing. The boons he gave her made such a massive difference. She needed more.
"One, actually. I imagine this will be a longer-term project, but I want a test run before we start working on anti-Endbringer weapons. I'd like you to make something capable of killing Crawler. Lisa has located the Nine and has been studying them, so work with her," Sebastian ordered, making her grin. "She can get you any parts you need from Toybox as well."
It was time for her true debut. No one would be able to say she wasn't an amazing Tinker when her creations had ended someone that powerful.
"I'm on it; I won't let you down," Alice promised, zeal in her tone as she started to plan how to kill someone seen as nearly unkillable. Some part of her wondered why he didn't want to target the Siberian first, but she knew that he knew more than he was telling, so she assumed he already had a plan.
"I know you won't; I wouldn't have recruited you if I didn't have faith in your abilities," Sebastian praised, making her preen and stick out her chest a bit. She blushed slightly at his proud look, something she'd never gotten from her father. It didn't matter, Sebastian had the faith in her that her family never had. "Now, I do believe it is time to deliver your gifts to the Empire. I do love making Kaiser's job harder."
She almost pitied the Empire for the fucking they were getting.
Almost.
– Sebastian Fairfax –
Patting Alice on the head, she flushes but doesn't fight the treatment as I give her a proud look. She's just a little misguided, a good girl who just needed some positive reinforcement.
Of course, her power loving the upgrades and wanting more helps keep her under control.
"Good luck, Sebastian," Alice says, making me chuckle. She leaves, her hips swaying slightly. As she turns the corner, she spots me watching her backside, and her blush grows deeper. I do believe that girl has daddy issues, but I'm sure I can guide her to a more healthy place.
Under me.
I gave Lisa Blank. It got downgraded slightly but it should still prevent Mr Slash from getting any hint that she's scrying and scheming against him. I do believe I'm going to commit gratuitous violence upon that utterly uncivilised man.
[Replication Upgrade Quest] Complete
Objective: Have your clones win five battles without any direct input from you. (5/5)
Objective: Have your clones earn you one pull without any direct input from you. (1/1)
Reward: Replication Clone Limit Increased, Replication Cooldown Decreased
Feat Achieved: Defeat Crusader. One Roll Granted
Ah, I see my clone finished its task. Crusader's duplicates gave the Empire a little too much value, so I decided to remove them from the field for a while. I was considering just killing him, but crippling the Empire capes is effective for making Kaiser desperate.
I want to see if I can push him into doing something stupid.
[Replication] - Legendary
Three times per day, you can make a clone of yourself, which is mindless and entirely obedient to your will. These clones have your powers (though reduced in effectiveness), and you can never have more than ten at a time. You can control any clone mentally, becoming a hivemind. If you are killed, and a clone still exists, the clone will become the true you.
Doubling my Clone limit and increasing production to three a day will help me considerably, my new Mythical perk is certainly highly useful.
Choosing my next power to upgrade, I take Injury Redistribution. I have plans for this one, after all.
[Injury Redistribution Upgrade Quest]
Objective: Defeat five capes with Injury Redistribution. (0/5)
Objective: Save twenty-five lives with Injury Redistribution. (0/25)
Reward: Radius Increase, Redistribution Window Increased
The first upgrade is simple; I want to make the already considerable radius far larger. The second allows me to take damage that was done within the last hour instead of having to be there when the damage is done.
It's a shame I didn't get this sooner because I actually defeated Crusader with this (or my clone did). I simply beat one of my clones to death while another absorbed the injuries. Once we had enough, my clone went to where Lisa had located Crusader and delivered the injuries to him.
Crusader went from perfect health to beaten half to death right in front of his men with no sign of any attack. He was on a PR patrol, Kaiser trying to show that he was still in control, and all their supporters watched Crusader just break. The panic was delicious.
Such is life; if you're a neo-nazi in my city.
As for why they didn't suspect me? I shaved the clone and put him in more modest clothes to attend the white supremacist rally. My look is iconic; my glorious facial hair and dapper clothes make me stand out. It makes it all the harder to notice that the bald, normally dressed man in the crowd is me.
Now, Alice worked very hard on this gift for Alabaster, so I should be a gentleman and deliver it to him post-haste. It'd just be rude to do any less.
But first…
Rolling. Result: Uncommon Power
[Patrol] - Uncommon
You can create invisible spectres that travel a designated route. While they don't share senses with you, you have a sense of the things happening around them. While there are no limits on how many you can make, they only move as fast as a normal walking speed.
Ah, another gift for my beloved spymaster.
– Max Anders (Kaiser) –
They were losing, a fact that enraged him more than he cared to admit.
Rune was still healing, though she was the least injured of their wounded capes. She should be able to rejoin the fight sometime in the next week or two. Victor was crippled, his hands and legs broken beyond repair. If he didn't get parahuman healing, he'd never walk or use his hands again.
Then Crusader had just collapsed, seemingly being beaten into a coma by an unseen force, right in front of their rally, no less. It had badly shaken their followers' faith in them; how could they protect their turf and supporters when their capes dropped like flies?
Now this? Looking over Alabaster, he couldn't even guess what was wrong as Alabaster's body twisted and writhed in agony, resetting only to continue all over again.
Sebastian had just shown up at one of their hideouts, walked through the door and said (and this was a direct quote) 'think fast', before tossing a grenade at Alabaster.
Whatever he'd done, Alabaster's resetting wasn't helping get rid of it. This was parahuman, probably Tinker, bullshit. The idea of Sebastian having access to a bomb tinker was not encouraging.
That wasn't even mentioning the fact that he still had Allfather and Iron Rain's bodies; maybe they were alive and scheming against him as he sat trying to think of a way out of this.
He just didn't know, and he could only give so many speeches about how the Empire would triumph while they were getting beaten so badly. He needed his capes back at full health, but the Gesellschaft weren't willing to risk any of their healers after he'd lost Othala.
It looked increasingly like he needed to find a way to make Panacea heal them despite the risks.
– Sebastian Fairfax –
Feats Achieved: Defeat Alabaster. One Roll Granted.
Rolling. Result: Junk Consumable (1 Pity Point Added)
[Box of Donuts] - Junk Consumable
A large box with twelve donuts inside it, of a variety of flavours. Watch your waistline.
Ah, it's something for the girls. It refills every six hours, so I'll just leave it in the kitchen for them. Even Junk can be useful (and Conditioning keeps them in shape).
Come on, Kaiser, do something funny. He's such a boring man, so cautious. He's basically hidden in his tower since I showed up, barely coming out. It's like he suspects that I want to commit bodily harm upon him.
"You lying bastard," Ophelia shouts as she storms in, making me blink.
"Excuse me? I will have you know that I am a man of my word; I would never degrade myself by lying," I say, offended at the mere implication.
"You crippled Victor, did you think I wouldn't find out? It's all over PHO!" Ophelia shouts, the rage of a teenage girl directed at me as I scoff. "You said-"
"I said I would not kill him, and he is alive. That was our deal, that he would live. I will not tolerate Kaiser having access to his pet skill thief, so I took him out of the equation. Had you not made that deal, I'd have snapped his neck and fed him to my pets," I say, making her pause. "Need I remind you that you are just as expendable? I keep you around because I find stealing Kaiser's capes entertaining, not because I need you."
Ophelia pales, my tone deadly serious as she stammers.
"Now, apologise for your utterly baseless accusation, or is our deal no longer in effect? Should I pay Victor another visit?" I ask, making her stutter something.
"I- I'm sorry, I just panicked when I heard about his injuries," Ophelia finally says, quiet and defeated. "The pain my husband is in made me act irrationally."
"That's quite understandable, but Victor is simply too versatile for me to leave him unharmed," I say, giving her a small smile. "However, it simply won't do for a maid to speak to her master in such a way. I'm afraid you have to be disciplined."
She pales, gulping at my fair assessment.
"W-what do you mean?" Ophelia asks, making me smile kindly. I am not an unfair man, after all.
– Ophelia Herren (Othala) –
"F-fifteen!" Ophelia counted, her entire body jolting forwards as his hand came down on her exposed backside. Bent over his desk, she could only grit her teeth as she counted.
She missed one previously, having gotten to twenty-two of the thirty spanks she had earned, making him start again as her ass went red from the alternating spanks.
Her short skirt was pulled up and over her backside, leaving her privates exposed to the bastard, not that he wasn't intimately familiar with them from his abuse of her clone.
Counting as he turned her buttocks bright red, she grit her teeth. The bastard who was spanking her like she was a child had crippled her husband. She could fix it, but only if she ever got out of this place.
"Twenty-five," Ophelia spat out, wincing at the soreness; five more to go. She needed to be more careful, Sebastian was polite, but he was still an unhinged villain through and through.
He acted like a gentleman, but he was a savage lunatic.
"Thirty," Ophelia gasped out, going to stand. Sebastian placed his hand on her back, pushing her back down as she paused before she froze. The sound of him unzipping his trousers made her heart pound. "W-wait."
"Why should I? Are you not my obedient maid?" Sebastian asked, his shaft slapping against her buttocks, resting between her cheeks. She went silent at his words; if she wasn't obedient, he'd kill Victor, but she didn't want to let him violate her.
"L-let me get Othala; she can do it," Ophelia tried, but he just shook his head.
"Not this time. You have been disciplined, but it's time for you to properly apologise for your terrible accusation," Sebastian said in a dark, smug tone.
Slapping his manhood against her ass, she panicked at her imminent defilement.
"T-then shouldn't I apologise with my mouth? I said such rude things; it is only proper that I use that same mouth to properly apologise to my master," Ophelia tried, making him pause. "Please, Sir, allow this disobedient maid to show you how sorry I am and how grateful I am that you spared my husband."
He removed his hand from her back, sitting down on the edge of the bed as she mentally apologised to Victor, falling to her knees. His hands gripped her hair as she was guided to his large cock, taking it between her lips as she got her first taste of his manhood.
Now, he'd had Othala and Ophelia on their knees for him, and her head started to bob as she tried to get this over with as soon as possible. Her tongue rubbed against his shaft, amateurishly, as she clearly didn't do this often for Victor. Her hand moved to his balls, fondling them gently as she stroked what she couldn't take into her mouth with her other hand.
Sucking as she moved her head up and down, she looked up into his smug eyes as she apologised for her mistake. Despite her best efforts, this humiliation didn't end quickly as Sebastian proved to have good stamina, enjoying her service as the minutes went by. She tried disassociating, pretending that it was Victor who she was pleasuring, but to no avail. Her stinging ass reminded her of the truth of her situation. Her husband was crippled, and she was giving head to the man who did it.
The taste of his pre-cum and the feeling of his balls churning told her what was coming, but she didn't pull back. She wanted this to be over and not to give him a reason to punish her again. Victor's climaxes were easily dealt with, but as Sebastian came into her mouth, her eyes widened at the volume.
She tried to swallow what she could, Sebastian's hands on her head preventing her from pulling back as she took his entire load into her mouth. Some spilled out onto her chin as she swallowed the load, finally pulling back as he smiled.
"Smile, Ophelia," Sebastian ordered, snapping a picture of her. Was he planning on showing it to the Empire? She didn't smile, clearly unhappy with her situation, but Sebastian didn't seem to care. "That will be enough, for tonight at least. I have things to do, so you may leave."
For tonight. Sebastian returned to focusing on whatever he was doing as she slipped away, shame and worry flooding her.
– Rachel Lindt (Bitch) –
Meeting her new boss, she gave him a look as she tried to work out how strong he was. She knew he'd killed Lung, so he was a big deal, and he was paying their bills, so after a moment, she relaxed. He looked a little weird, but whatever.
"What do you want?" Rachel asked, giving him a stare.
"A hound master, for a start. Lisa tells me you are rather talented with dogs, Miss Lindt," Sebastian said, making her nod.
"Yeah, I am," Rachel replied bluntly, whistling once as her three dogs came to her side. Brutus and Judas both obediently came to her and waited; Angelica growled slightly at the new person. She was still training Angelica, so it wasn't surprising. "Why?"
He ignored her, kneeling down to look at Brutus. The Rottweiler looked at her but remained still as Sebastian examined him. Brutus was injured, missing an eye from his time in the fighting rings. As Sebastian reached out and tapped him on the head, she watched with shock as Brutus opened his right eye, the formerly ruined eye looking around in confusion.
"What did you do?" Rachel asked, frowning despite being happy to see Brutus healed.
"I simply granted this noble beast Conditioning, restoring his eye and healing his scars; I dislike seeing injured animals," Sebastian said, pausing as he touched Judas as well.
As he reached for Angelica, her newest dog panicked and snapped, biting his hand as her eyes widened. Sebastian was the alpha; she didn't need Lisa's warning to know that. He was the big boss, paying the bills, and was strong enough to kill Lung.
Sebastian simply smiled, pulling his hand back. She hadn't missed that he'd given Angelica the same thing he did Brutus and Judas.
"Sorry-"
"Oh, it's fine. No harm done," Sebastian said, showing his unharmed hand. "Angelica is your newest find, yes?"
"Yeah, I haven't had her long. Took her from some abusive asshole," Rachel agreed, calming down. Angelica definitely bit into his hand, but she couldn't even see any blood. "Still training her, why?"
"I have something for you, Miss Lindt. I recently acquired a hound of my own, and I was curious to know if you could use your powers on him," Sebastian said.
"If it's a dog, I can," Rachel said confidently; if there was one thing she knew, it was dogs.
Or so she thought, watching as he clicked his fingers and a massive hound appeared next to him. Its fur was pitch-black, with glowing red eyes.
"Can you empower him?" Sebastian asked, and despite having no idea what breed it was, she just nodded. She could feel it with her power; a dog was a dog. "Excellent; in that case, you may keep him. I want to see how well you can train and utilise him."
As she moved closer, the strange dog watched her with its ruby-red eyes. He was seemingly unconcerned about her approach, sitting and just watching. His fur was hot to the touch, but again, he was extremely calm for a dog.
"I'll take good care of him," Rachel promised, making Sebastian smile. "And thanks for helping them."
"I have faith that you will, and you are most welcome," Sebastian said, placing a hand on her head and gently rubbing her hair as she frowned. She wasn't a dog, but it did feel kind of nice. "I suggest you prepare yourself. I plan to commit grievous bodily harm on Hookwolf soon, and I intend for you to take all the dogs from his dog fights. It will be a lot of work."
"I can handle it," Rachel said immediately, eyes narrowing at the mention of Hookwolf. "...I don't have enough space for them all."
"That will not be an issue, Miss Lindt. Leave the logistical issues to me. You will simply need to focus on the training," Sebastian promised, making her smile slightly. The new boss was better than the old one, not that she had a clue who she used to work for.
"Okay," Rachel agreed simply; the boss said not to worry about it, so she wouldn't. Going back to examining her new dog, she opened his mouth, examining his vicious-looking fangs.
She didn't miss that the other three dogs were staying very far away from the newest member of her pack, but she wasn't surprised. He was bigger, tougher, and meaner-looking than any of them.
"I shall leave you to acclimate your newest pack member to his new life, but I will be in touch," Sebastian said, making her nod at him before going back to examining her newest dog. She'd need to think of a name for him.
The new boss was pretty decent.
– Sebastian Fairfax –
Rachel is a simple woman, and I can respect that. Soon, I'll have far too many dogs from Hookwolf's fighting rings, and she will make a fine Houndmaster. I plan to supply my agents with empowered dogs to act as a force multiplier, though convincing Rachel to part with them may be difficult.
Walking through the streets, I whistle to myself as I explore the city. More than a few people clearly recognise me, eliciting various reactions. People don't approach me, which is wise, given the circumstances.
Brockton Bay is such a fun place, you can just go for a simple walk and you'll meet someone interesting.
– Victoria Dallon (Glory Girl) –
Sebastian was one of the most sought-after people in the world after the bullshit he'd pulled off yesterday. Everyone thought he would be in hiding, but there he was.
Walking down the street, he looked up to where she was floating with idle curiosity at best. Not an ounce of concern as she glared down at the villain who had desecrated her aunt's grave. What the fuck was he planning on doing with Jess's body?
Flying down to block his path, she stared at him menacingly as her aura flared. She didn't miss that he was utterly unaffected, simply smiling.
"Ah, I wondered who would arrive first. Hello, Miss Dallon, lovely night, isn't it?" Sebastian asked, making her scoff.
"You were expecting company?" Vicky asked, getting a laugh in response.
"The Empire, the PRT, I knew someone would show up if I just took a nice public walk, but it seems like you beat them to it," Sebastian said, smiling. "And what can I do for you?"
"You're rather calm for a villain being confronted by a hero," Vicky pointed out, making him laugh.
"And why would I not be calm? You pose no threat to me," Sebastian said easily, her eyes narrowing. "In fact, this is a win-win scenario for me. If you attack, I win, and if you don't, I still win."
He was a cocky bastard, wasn't he?
"What did you do with Fleur?" Vicky demanded, not replying to his declaration. "Why did you take her?"
"Because I could, I haven't decided what I'm going to do with her yet," Sebastian admitted with no shame, her eyes narrowing to angry slits at the casual disregard this asshole had for common decency.
Rushing forward, she grabbed the front of his shirt as he simply raised an eyebrow at her.
"Rather rude, we're just having a polite conversation," Sebastian said, making her scoff.
"You're a villain, one that's been causing sheer chaos since you showed up. I'm taking you in," Vicky declared; this asshole still had a pre-teen girl who'd been kidnapped from her family, and while she wouldn't mourn Lung, he was also pulling the strings for the Merchants and the new Night Parade.
"Hm, I'm going to refuse," Sebastian said, making her go to speak before she froze. Was that a grenade in his hands?
He pulled the pin with an uncaring smile, making her throw him away as he fucking exploded. When the blast cleared, he was utterly unharmed, making her eyes widen. Not taking a chance, she dove in and punched him in the jaw with a haymaker, sending him flying back.
Crashing into a wall, he landed on his feet with the same smile, not a single scratch on him.
"Come on, surely you can hit harder than that, Glory Girl?" Sebastian said, holding out his hands. "Hit me as hard as you can!"
Growling, she dove in again, landing blow after blow on the smug villain. She could feel bones breaking as she pummelled him, but he seemed to heal immediately. He didn't even put up a fight, smiling calmly as she laid the beatdown on him.
"Is that all you can do?" Sebastian asked as she held him by his undamaged shirt. "I expected more from you; how disappointing. Don't worry, I still have a place in my world for you, despite your failure."
What the fuck was with this guy? He was completely unharmed, and she wasn't even trying to hold back. His world? What the fuck was he talking about?
"Do you want to see a magic trick?" Sebastian asked, making her frown in caution.
"No," Vicky replied, making him chuckle.
"Well, we don't always get what we want. So for my next trick, I'm going to make myself disappear," Sebastian said, making her blink before he exploded, making her shout in shock and horror as he erupted into gore, limbs flying away as blood soaked her.
What the fuck just happened?!
– Sebastian Fairfax –
Replication gives me the opportunity for a little fun. If I absorb a lot of damage and then inflict it all on myself at the same time, I can make myself just explode into gore.
It's a nice little magic trick since I just possess a different Replication anyway. Not that the one that just blew up was my original body, just one of the clones I was using as a hivemind.
"Chance of Glory Girl gaining PTSD, 94.3%," Dinah helpfully says as I follow her character. She's rather good at these games, so I simply follow her lead. "Chance of her getting blamed by the PRT for 'killing' you if you lay low for a couple of days, 72.42%."
"Something to consider," I say, ruffling her hair as she grabs another donut. "Chance of you getting fat?"
"0.00%," Dinah says, kicking my leg. "I can't. Conditioning keeps me in good shape. Best power ever."
Even Conditioning must be struggling, given that she immediately claimed the magic donut box and has been eating from it ever since. It's a good job that she has [Steel Bladder] as well.
Feat Achieved: Traumatise Glory Girl (One Roll Granted)
Rolling. Result: Minor Curse (5 Pity Points Added)
[Curse of Honesty] - Minor Curse
You are incapable of telling outright lies.
Ah, maybe the founders do not approve of me traumatising attractive teenage girls. Oh well. As I told Ophelia, I am not a liar. I believe in brutal honesty, even when it hurts.
It is not my fault she somehow misunderstood my offer. If I wasn't going to hurt him, I would have said so. I was very clear in what I was offering, but she took it as something entirely different. How silly.
Shrugging mentally, I continue playing the fun shooting game. I'll be honest, I'm not very good, but it's fun all the same.
"Boss, that's me you're shooting," Alice says with a sigh, making me blink. Oh, so it is.
Ah, well.
– Emily Piggot – The Next Day –
Sebastian was in extremely high demand after his little scheme, dropping thirty resurrected people on their doorstep and then vanishing (only briefly returning to attack Alabaster in his war against the Empire).
The Chief Director was demanding they get his cooperation, no matter the cost, so when videos of Sebastian just blowing up into a fountain of gore surfaced, the world went into panic. All the people who wanted their loved ones back started screaming, demanding justice for the villain they had placed their hopes on.
She didn't like Glory Girl. The arrogant teenager was frequently more destructive than the villains she fought, reckless and insolent. If it wasn't for Brandish threatening to withhold Panacea's healing, Glory Girl would likely be in the same position as Shadow Stalker.
Still, the idea of arresting Glory Girl just to calm the ravenous horde didn't appeal to her either. Glory Girl certainly couldn't make people spontaneously explode; this screamed of Sebastian's madness.
For once, she and Brandish were on the same page, fighting off the attempts to punish Glory Girl for something she hadn't done. Glory Girl herself was borderline traumatised from seeing someone just explode into a cloud of gore.
Of course, she was quickly proven correct in her suspicions. This would normally make her happy, but as she read the PHO post that Sebastian had just posted, she sat back in her chair with a heavy sigh.
God, she wished Glory Girl had caused this bastard to blow up and not be her problem anymore.
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Topic: Power Subscription Service
In: Boards ► Capes
LordFairfax (Original Poster) (Verified Cape)
Posted On Jan 12th 2011:
Hello, World!
I am Sebastian Fairfax, you may have heard of me from such deeds as bringing back the dead. Today, I am here to offer my services to the world at large.
Allow me to explain just how my powers work. I am The Trump; my power constantly develops new powers (without a three-power limit, unlike a certain poser), and one of those powers is to grant the other powers I have to other people.
This has been proven; one needs only look at the Merchants and the Hyakki Yagyō to see that. The Merchant capes were granted Replication, the power to create a perfect clone of yourself that obeys your every whim, and many of their members were granted both Conditioning (which ensures the body remains in peak condition) and Bullseye (turning its users into crackshots, borderline unable to miss with any ranged weapon).
Now, I am opening up my services to anyone and everyone who desires them. I have made a deal with the lovely Numberman and Toybox to set up this service, allowing anyone to discreetly purchase any power they desire from me.
I am not a biased man, I will sell to heroes, villains, rogues and civilians alike. As long as you can afford my prices, you are welcome regardless of what you plan to do with them.
My powers are sold on a subscription-based service, not a one-off payment and failed payments will cause them to be recalled. Of course, this means you can simply try out your new powers for a month before deciding whether they are worth it.
Discounts are available for group purchases, for organisations that love the sound of being able to mass-empower your followers.
If you are dying of some terrible disease, Conditioning can help you without the need to put on a spandex mask and run around fighting crime. Many of my powers have uses outside of this endless game of Cops and Robbers we capes are playing. After all, Replication simply gives you a second pair of hands.
My stock will constantly be improving, so check back often if you do not see something that tickles your fancy right away.
And it goes without saying that my resurrection services are also available through the same system. Prices will vary depending on the person you wish to have brought back, and I require at least 30% of the body to be intact for the resurrection to be successful.
In addition, I offer a Life Insurance policy. If you are on the policy and you die by any means, I will bring you back as long as at least 30% of your body is recoverable. There is a special offer for those taking part in Endbringer battles.
I look forward to doing business with you all in this new world where anyone can become a cape (for the right price).
[SiteLink]
Oh, and one free resurrection or permanent power of your choosing for anyone who kills Hookwolf; the Neo-Nazi has offended me by indulging in these horrible dogfights. I do hate it when cute animals get hurt.
PS. If the mods take this thread down, I'm blacklisting the PRT from all future purchases.
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►Dodge (Toybox) (Verified Cape)
Replied On Jan 12th 2011:
You heard it here first, folks!
He's being entirely serious and has proven to Toybox that he can do exactly what he claims he's doing. We're basically his tech support at this point, but very well-paid tech support (with the best health plan any job can offer)
►TheNumberman (Verified Cape)
Replied On Jan 12th 2011:
As always, any account or sale that goes through me will be kept to the highest confidentiality.
►XxVoid_CowboyxX
Replied On Jan 12th 2011:
He's with Cauldron! The power brokers are real!
►Bagrat (Veteran Member) (The Guy in the Know)
Replied On Jan 12th 2011:
Oh fuck, this is going to change everything.
►Citrine (Verified Cape)
Replied On Jan 12th 2011:
Lord Fairfax, you have my employer's interest.
►Poit
Replied On Jan 12th 2011:
Didn't you fucking explode? I saw the video, pretty sure your intestines were hanging off glory girl
►LordFairfax (Original Poster) (Verified Cape)
Replied On Jan 12th 2011:
And why would a small thing like that inconvenience me?
►L33T (Verified Cape)
Replied On Jan 12th 2011:
Wait, can Renewal really fix Tinkertech?!
►LordFairfax (Original Poster) (Verified Cape)
Replied On Jan 12th 2011:
Of course, I would never do something as crass as false advertising.
►BigRig (Toybox) (Verified Cape)
Replied On Jan 12th 2011:
It can, basically all of Toybox bought that one. Let's just say we're all abusing the fuck out of our employee discount. Replication+Renewal, and you'll never need to spend a minute of maintenance time again.
Plus, having two sets of hands in the Workshop is a major efficiency increase
►Armsmaster (Protectorate: ENE) (Verified Cape)
Replied On Jan 12th 2011:
Moderators, do not delete this thread no matter how many rules are broken.
►Deadman
Replied On Jan 12th 2011:
Damn, shit is gonna go wild, huh?
►Procto the Unfortunate Tinker (Not a tinker)
Replied On Jan 12th 2011:
Oof, it sucks to be the PRT right now.
So many gangs are gonna buy Conditioning and Bullseye in bulk to make their gang members so much more effective, maybe even Replication to double their numbers for those that can afford it. The PRT will either fall behind or have to fork out the same money for every city just to have a chance to keep up.
►El Sueño (Santa Blanca) (Verified Cape)
Replied On Jan 12th 2011:
We will be in touch, Fairfax.
►L33T (Verified Cape)
Replied On Jan 12th 2011:
Shit, I need to make a lot of money real fast.
►CherishedOne
Replied On Jan 12th 2011:
Not every day you get to see history in the making, Fairfax has just made the most profitable cape business in the world. Ooh, this could be fun.
►ForlornKing
Replied On Jan 12th 2011:
Would Conditioning and Freed From Sustenance work on non-human creatures?
►LordFairfax (Original Poster) (Verified Cape)
Replied On Jan 12th 2011:
Of course, it has been tested on various animals but I do believe I know who you are. If I'm right, we can certainly test things before coming to a deal.
►GoodGirlRiley
Replied On Jan 12th 2011:
Oh wow, he has such fun powers on offer! I wonder if my uncle would be willing to lend me some pocket money!
►Winged_One
Replied On Jan 12th 2011:
Ooh, this is going to change things.
And you say you'll sell to anyone? How intriguing.
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Skimming through the pages, she looked at the sheer amount of villains that had crawled out of the woodwork. The PRT had to play his game because if he empowered all these people then their downfall was inevitable.
It had become the ultimate arms race, with only a single dealer.
— Bonus Scene — Lee Hiraoka (Oni Lee) –
The ABB had been thugs, untrained, and undisciplined. They'd relied on numbers and Lung to succeed, never becoming anything more than a minor gang protected by the Dragon.
Lung had liked it that way; he didn't want his men to be able to stand on their own. They might get ideas about standing up to him, after all. He was not truly the Dragon.
Watching those he had chosen go through the motions, he nodded. He'd once been a skilled martial artist since his mother insisted he learn to look after himself. He'd long abandoned it for the art of just blowing himself up, but with his mind clearer than ever, he had made his decision.
The dojo he'd claimed as his headquarters would train these undisciplined thugs; they would learn far more than just how to throw a punch here. The ones who proved themselves would be empowered by their Shogun.
Finding people to train his men hadn't been difficult; Sebastian ensured their loyalty. The talented sensei might not like working with criminals, but for his daughter's resurrection, he'd do anything.
Frowning under his mask, he clenched his fists. He had found his sister, searching for her with his mind cleared. He knew his parents had died shortly before he triggered, but he wasn't sure what had happened to her at first.
She was dead, by her own hands. Just one of the many girls who had chosen to end their lives in the ABB's brothels. He might have even glimpsed her when collecting Lung's cut. He didn't remember. If he had, he wouldn't have been able to recognise her.
With him gone, she'd been alone and defenceless; a beautiful teenage girl with no family living in ABB territory was their favourite prey. He did not ask Sebastian to resurrect her, even after having the Spymaster help him find her body for a proper burial. He did not deserve it, not yet.
When his sister lived again, she would return to a better world.
But first, he had to help his lord build the foundations of that world, starting here. These men and women would one day be part of his elite forces, empowered and well-trained.
The Hyakki Yagyō would hand Sebastian this city and so much more. He would be his lord's shadow, eliminating any who dared threaten his rise.
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The Guild of Gamers: The High Roller by The Dark Wolf Shiro
Books » Worm Rated: M, English, Supernatural & Humor, Tattletale, Words: 55k+, Favs: 2k+, Follows: 2k+, Published: Feb 2, 2024 Updated: Dec 26, 2024
510Chapter 6: Chaos
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my original characters and works; all other characters and worlds belong to their respective owners. I'm just playing with them.
Betad by Priapus, Marethyu, Mike God of Lore, Beans, Old man of the mountain
The Guild of Gamers: The High Roller
Chapter 06: Chaos
– Amy Dallon (Panacea) –
She'd gotten used to being borderline untouchable. Despite her dislike for being Panacea, she'd healed too many people and attended too many Endbringer fights for any Cape to target her.
Well, except the crazy or stupid ones, like Skidmark, who hadn't been smart enough to consider the consequences of trying to kidnap her.
That complacency meant that even with all the chaos that Sebastian had been causing, she'd never considered herself in danger. She was mostly just idly annoyed at how much healing she was going to have to do because of this lunatic.
But she'd forgotten something… it wasn't just the crazy and the stupid that were willing to target her. It was the truly desperate as well.
Kaiser stared at her from behind his mask, his confident stance not hiding his nerves. Sebastian had put a bounty on Hookwolf, but with the Night Parade and the new and improved Merchants pushing into the Empire's territory, other gangs were starting to smell blood. The Empire was a doomed organisation, and when you cornered a rat, it would lash out. For all his grandstanding, that was what Kaiser had become… a cornered, terrified rat.
"Do not make this difficult, Miss Dallon. You will heal Victor, Crusader, Alabaster and Rune; the only thing your obstinacy is changing is how painful this has to be for you," Kaiser said, trying to sound confident. "There is no need for you to suffer; simply do as I have requested, and you will be let go."
Very gracious for a man who'd had her grabbed from school. She was mildly worried about how he'd known when to strike so she wouldn't be with Vicky, but she just stared back at him.
"You're a doomed man, leading a dying gang. Even if my family and the PRT don't tear you apart for this, what makes you think you'll survive the week?" Amy spat back. "I don't heal villains, especially Empire scum."
She'd outright refused to heal them at Endbringer attacks before for their actions against Fleur. What made them think she'd change that just because she got kidnapped? It reeked of utter desperation.
Stormtiger punched her in the stomach, making her let out a gasp as Kaiser sighed.
"I understand why you feel so strongly about this, and perhaps you think the Unwritten Rules will protect you? They will not. You are right; unless something changes, then the Empire is doomed. Sebastian has the world begging for his aid, to the point where the PRT is currently discussing Birdcaging the entire Empire roster just to get his approval. I've found that being so condemned has removed any hesitation I had," Kaiser explains, making her eyes widen.
She'd heard of Hookwolf being made such a big target, but was the PRT truly so desperate for Sebastian's boons?
"Fuck you," Amy responded, staring back at him with a glare in her eyes. She wasn't doing it; she wasn't going to be blackmailed into healing a fucking villain. She might not get along with her mother, but she'd inherited Carol's sheer stubbornness despite the fear she felt.
Her family would be looking for her, the PRT as well.
"Your bravery is respectable, Miss Dallon, but it will not serve you well," Kaiser replied. "Your sister is not as invincible as she likes to pretend. Fog is quite capable of bypassing her invulnerability and tearing her apart from the inside, a fact we've known for years, yet I was unwilling to cripple or kill the reckless girl. Was."
Amy went still, her glare intensifying. She knew Vicky wasn't immortal, and Kaiser wasn't wrong; if Fog went into his fog form and attacked Vicky… it could work; Vicky's forcefield wouldn't stop Fog from just going inside her and destroying her insides.
"You wouldn't dare, no matter how much you try to bluff, that you'd break the Unwritten Rules," Amy scoffed, glaring at the asshole. Stormtiger slapped her, backhanding her across the face.
It would be a final death sentence for the Empire, and she doubted the PRT would actually try and Birdcage an entire gang to get Sebastian's approval. At most, some hardass director suggested it and got ignored.
– Max Anders (Kaiser) –
He actually respected Panacea for her bravery, but right now, the stubborn child was just pissing him off. He'd hired mercenaries through the Gesellschaft to grab her, muddying the waters, but it wouldn't hide their involvement forever.
Half his gang was crippled, and Hookwolf had to be hidden out of town to prevent the droves of capes looking for him. He had even heard that Eidolon was coming to find Hookwolf. His thugs were abandoning the Empire in droves, and with the target that Sebastian had painted on his gang, even retreating from the city was no longer an option.
People realised that Sebastian didn't like the Empire, and now they were hoping that anyone that took down an Empire cape could at least get them a discount on Sebastian's services. The rest of them didn't even have a bounty on them, but it didn't matter to the desperate fools who were hunting them in the hope that Sebastian would pay them for it.
He had stopped any of his capes from deserting, but the situation was getting increasingly dire. He'd had to send Krieg to acquire Aster and prevent Kayden from fleeing the city. Sebastian had started a war, and he wasn't going down so easily.
He had one real path to victory. He needed to capture Sebastian and force him to call off his attackers, using his boons to get the Empire back where it belonged. It was the only way the Empire survived, let alone won. Once they had Sebastian, they could use him to ward off the other gangs. It was this plan that had gotten the Gesselschaft to help them instead of just throwing them under the bus. They would be given Sebastian to train once he was captured. Panacea was also going to be handed to them to undergo the same training that Night and Fog underwent.
"Bluff? You are very much mistaken. Sebastian has flipped the board and changed the game entirely. This escalation means I no longer have the option of playing by the rules," Kaiser explained darkly. Years of work, torn down in a matter of days. "I will have Fog mortally wound Glory Girl, and if you are well-behaved enough, I may even let you go in time to save her life. Is your pride truly worth her life? Is it worth the pain and degradation you are facing yourself?"
Panacea went quiet for a moment, glowering at him hatefully. Even still, he could see that she either didn't believe him or that she was just so damn stubborn that she was still refusing.
"So be it."
– Lisa Wilbourn (Tattletale) –
Watching Kaiser fail to threaten a girl who took stubbornness and decided it was her entire personality, Lisa narrowed her eyes. She'd been keeping an eye on the Empire because they knew it was only a matter of time before Kaiser did something stupid.
Well, this certainly qualified.
Kaiser's desperation was obvious, but then, he had the entire Cape scene and some unpowered civvies with guns wondering if they could take a shot at him, hoping to get Sebastian to give them just a taste of what he had to offer.
She'd chosen well; Sebastian had pulled off the exact thing that she needed him to. He'd made himself indispensable because, in a world of Endbringers and chaos, someone offering a very literal life insurance would always be invaluable. So many people were already placing orders through the new site, and all these people needed Sebastian to survive for their boons to stick around.
Leaving her tower, she made her way towards her boss with a grin. The Empire was doomed, its actions merely the death throes of a mortally wounded gang, and when they were gone… Brockton Bay would be exactly what Sebastian wanted. The seat of his Empire.
She was forced to admit that taking Othala had been a smart move. It had pushed them further into desperation as Sebastian had arranged for more and more Empire capes to be crippled. If he'd just killed them, Kaiser might have fled, but leaving so many of his capes maimed but alive tied the Empire down as they refused to leave one of the only people capable of healing them. Panacea's hatred of the Empire meant that she'd never heal them no matter what they offered her, so they had to resort to force. The Gesellschaft's Thinkers were easily able to discover that, even if they were utterly inferior to her.
Speaking of Othala…
Sebastian sat in his 'throne', which was a comfy armchair in the living room, with two blonde heads obediently between his legs. Othala and Ophelia, the cape and the maid, worked in unison to pleasure her boss.
"Is there something you need, Lisa?" Sebastian asked, utterly calm, as he was pleasured by the same girl twice over.
"It's time. The Empire have become utterly desperate, and Kaiser has had Gesellschaft mercenaries capture Panacea," Lisa explained, watching as Ophelia stopped moving. Othala did not, mindless and unable to disobey the orders she had to please her King.
Ophelia knew she was listening to the end of her gang.
"Ah, I did wonder if he'd be desperate enough. I was considering cutting off one of his arms first, to see if that pushed him to actually target the lovely Panacea," Sebastian replied with a smile. "Is everyone in position?"
"They are. Oni Lee is getting ready to raid the safehouse they're keeping Aster in. Without Aster, Purity won't fight for the Empire, but she might be a hard sell for recruitment," Lisa warned, making him wave her off.
[Tracker] meant that finding Aster and Panacea was child's play for her. She'd made a reputation online as a Rogue who could find anyone, regardless of how long they'd been missing. It was one of the skills that Sebastian didn't offer on his site, hoarding it for themselves as they turned the world's missing people into a source of income. Pinpoint, her second cape name, would 'join' Sebastian's Empire in the future, selling her services through his site.
A part of her wondered if Sebastian waged war on the neo-nazis purely because he didn't want to share the name.
"Leave that to me, my dear. Othala, you are to assist Oni Lee in retrieving Aster," Sebastian ordered, watching the clone of Ophelia pull her mouth off his cock. "Make sure you are seen."
"Yes, sir," Othala agreed, standing up. This is another nail in the coffin for the Empire, their healer helping the 'enemy'.
"Ophelia, did I say you could stop?" Sebastian asked, making her jump as she leaned back in to take his manhood into her mouth again, but he stopped her. "Rise, bend over the table."
"B-but-" Ophelia tried, her attempts to protect her womanhood from Sebastian ending in failure as she trailed off, rising to her feet. Arching her back, Lisa watched her boss move behind the Empire's best support, flipping her skirt up and lining himself up before he thrust forward and claimed Ophelia's pussy for himself.
"Will Panacea heal them?" Sebastian asked her, making her pause as she watched him pound the neo-nazi sex slave over the table, Ophelia squeaking as she was split open by Sebastian's impressively large manhood.
"Not soon, but they're getting increasingly desperate. Panacea won't resist forever. They've already identified Glory Girl as her weak point," Lisa explained, making him nod.
"Then we shall not leave her in the hands of that poser any longer than necessary. It's time Kaiser went the way of the Dodo," Sebastian agreed, speeding up as Ophelia desperately clung to the wooden desk and pushed down against it as her thighs struck the edge with each thrust. "Are you enjoying being my Spymaster?"
Sebastian's question caught her by surprise, but after a moment, she snorted.
"I have access to so many more powers, an endless wave of information and basically unlimited wealth. Of course I am," Lisa admitted with a vulpine grin. Being kidnapped was one of the better things that had happened to her, even if she wouldn't admit that out loud. "Plus, I can use Coil as a punching bag whenever I want."
Trapping Coil in an endless loop of gruesome deaths was highly therapeutic.
Sebastian just gave her a secret smile, making her wonder what was going on inside that head of his.
"Once Purity is neutralised, tell Rachel that she is free to start her operation against the Dog Fights. Our friends at Toybox are building the sanctuary for her; it'll be ready soon. Big Rig is highly effective at his work," Sebastian explained, his hand gripping Ophelia's hair as he forced her face down into the hard wooden desk.
Big Rig made drones, which then, in turn, could build things far faster than any construction crew. He'd been more than happy to trade his services in building some new buildings in the Savannah in exchange for his boons. Sebastian had easily gotten Toybox on his side because they knew he'd develop more Tinker powers in time, and they wanted in. It also helped that they benefited from their association with him, selling their tech through his site and getting the same protection that Sebastian was enjoying.
Rachel would be moving into the base, to take care of the horde of dogs she was about to rescue. Sebastian wanted a Houndmaster, someone to train him a pack of loyal, empowered hounds to serve in his Empire. Rachel might not want to endanger dogs, but since the various boons Sebastian offered also worked on them, it made things much easier for her to swallow.
"Will do; she's been eagerly waiting for this. Squealer has the truck ready to extract them, and the Merchants will provide support," Lisa said, amused at how quickly the Merchants had become a genuine threat under Sebastian's leadership, even if Skidmark deluded himself into thinking he was still in charge.
Sebastian hummed, speeding up as she watched his large phallus sink into Ophelia's teenage cunt over and over again, filling the other blonde to the brim. Ophelia tried to mumble something about not finishing inside, but Sebastian ignored her as he pounded into her relentlessly, the sound of their thighs clapping together filling the room.
The former Empire cape's face was flushed and contorted with pleasure, and her blonde hair fell in disarray around her. She looked a complete mess, from where Lisa watched idly. Victor barely cared for Ophelia, being utterly hung up on his first love, but Ophelia would go through hell to try and protect him all the same.
"O-oh fuck, p-puhlease, not inside," Ophelia tried, her words intermingled with moans and whimpers as her body reacted to the thorough fucking she was experiencing. Sebastian ignored her pleas, sheathing himself fully inside his maid with a victorious grunt, his body bucking as he unleashed his seed into Ophelia's fertile teen womb.
He slowly pulled back, his cock slipping out of the exhausted girl with a small pop, and Lisa looked at her fellow kidnapee. Ophelia lay on the table, legs spread wide and a small stream of cum leaking from her abused, married cunt as it slowly closed up again. Ophelia was proof that trying to fight Sebastian was a failed endeavour; if she had just submitted quickly, then Othala would have been an important part of their coming Empire.
Instead, she was a set of holes for Sebastian to plunder for his entertainment. It was all too easy to picture herself in the other girl's place, confirming that she'd made the right choice in agreeing to become Sebastian's Spymaster.
"Enjoy the show, my dear?" Sebastian asked, getting a secretive smile in response.
"Just confirming something," Lisa replied, looking down at his cock, glistening with cum and Ophelia's arousal. Ophelia hadn't been able to stop herself from cumming, despite her shame. "Would you like some help cleaning that up?"
Sebastian raised an eyebrow in surprise, nodding as she moved to her knees. Sebastian's biggest weakness was his love of women; almost everyone he targeted for recruitment was female, and she intended to keep her place by his side.
Pulling out a tissue, she calmly wiped his cock clean of the aftermath, cleaning it of the cum and juices that were coating it.
"You came prepared," Sebastian chuckled, watching as she made sure to properly clean him off before she gave his cock a few experimental tugs, her fingers wrapped around the thick phallus.
"You're predictable," Lisa teased, rising again.
"For you, perhaps," Sebastian agreed, making her snort. Predictable, her perfect little ass, she could barely guess what he was planning to do at any given moment. "You're playing a dangerous game, Lisa; I am not one to back down when teased."
She just gave him a cocky smirk, turning and walking away with some sway to her step. Sebastian was going to rise to the top, and she was going to be with him all the way. She was mostly asexual, but she knew she was attractive, and her power didn't give her the influx of unwanted information when it came to Sebastian or any of the capes he'd given [Blank] to. She couldn't predict or read Sebastian, but that didn't mean she couldn't understand some things about him.
Becoming his lover was just the next logical step in ensuring that he didn't randomly decide to replace her with someone else.
– Sebastian Fairfax –
Lisa's flirtation actually came as a surprise. For her hard work, I was willing to leave her out of my harem due to her lack of interest in such things, but her ambition is impressive. Of course, now she is going to be bred repeatedly, but such is the game she decided to play.
Getting ready for the next step, I hum to myself as I lug the coffin down to the sarcophagus room.
Kaiser has almost impressed me, because even I'm not crazy enough to go after Panacea. Her power is rather intimidating even for me, and I didn't want to give her the chance to turn me into something unnatural.
So why not make someone else do it? I truly thought I'd have to cripple more of his men, and possibly Kaiser himself; before he went through with it.
Panacea is a rather dangerous young woman, with one blatant weakness. All I need to do is ensure that Glory Girl doesn't survive the attack the Empire had planned on her.
How convenient for little Panacea that someone capable of restoring the dead has recently moved into Brockton Bay?
Fog is a deadly combatant, and anyone who breathes him in will find their internal organs devastated in ways that only the likes of Panacea could fix.
Of course, Kaiser isn't stupid, just desperate. He needs Glory Girl alive or else Panacea has no reason to obey his demands.
Unfortunately for Kaiser, he's predictable. Fog is the best choice to fight Glory Girl, except maybe Hookwolf who could overwhelm her, but then he needs to hide Hookwolf away from the world, doesn't he?
Coincidentally, Night and Fog recently got into a skirmish with the Merchants who are still pushing into Empire territory. They were pushed back, but not before Fog wreaked havoc on the Merchant thugs.
Or so he thinks.
I saved every single one, taking their injuries into me. With [Tracker] I can easily keep track of Glory Girl and Fog, and when he attacks her? He'll find his power unusually effective on her.
Normally I'd have to worry about the one day limit of redistribution, but I found a nice little cheat for that.
Right now, two of my clones are just passing the damage between themselves, inflicting it on one another only for the receiver to store it again.
I simply need to make sure one of my clones, shaved and dressed in raggedly clothing that I would never wear is nearby when they fight.
With Kaiser's communication network so thoroughly violated by my [Tinker Specialisation: Communications] I'll know when the time comes.
Then I just need Fog not to live long enough to tell anyone that it wasn't him.
But first, time for another nail to be hammered into Kaiser's coffin. Placing his beloved sister into the sarcophagus, I wait with a smile.
— Emily Piggot —
Everything was going to shit and she was pretty sure Sebastian was entirely to blame.
His store had caused utter carnage, but then, he was offering everything from superpowers to resurrection.
Already, she had the chief director breathing down her neck, having to explain that Sebastian seemingly had a grudge against the PRT and that it was probably Coil's fault.
Costa-Brown wanted what Sebastian was selling, and it was becoming incredibly apparent she'd toss Brockton Bay under the bus to get it.
The PRT Director meeting was mostly just them arguing about who should get the budget to buy Sebastian's services first, or arguing about which hero should be restored to life. Never mind the fact that they were arguing for the right to be the first to pay a villain millions.
She understood, to an extent. If the villains were the only ones to purchase his services then the PRT would be at an even greater disadvantage as every gang that Sebastian did business with suddenly doubled their cape numbers, empowered their thugs, and didn't have to fear death itself.
They had countless heroes, villains, rogues and even desperate civilians heading for Brockton Bay in the hopes of making a deal with Sebastian, or simply to hunt for the worlds most fucked man.
Hookwolf had understandably vanished, the Empire hiding him from the horde of people who wanted his head. Sebastian had essentially demonstrated his power to put a fucking Kill Order on literally anyone he wanted without consequences.
Not a single Director seemed to care that Sebastian was marking people for death, pointing out that Hookwolf was basically Birdcage bound on his next capture anyway, so why not put an actual kill order on him and benefit from it? They'd even suggested that the PRT be the ones to claim that bounty, with Eidolon volunteering to find Hookwolf and do the deed himself.
Sebastian could mark someone, and have the Triumvirate turn into his personal hit squad.
To top things off, while countless new capes arrived in the city… Panacea had vanished.
You'd think New Wave would take care to watch their most valuable member, but the world's premier cape healer had disappeared while Glory Girl (who was supposed to be watching her) insisted she was right there.
Glory Girl still seemed somewhat shell shocked after having Sebastian explode and cover her in gore so Emily didn't actually blame her for that. She blamed the other idiots in New Wave who had decided that a traumatised girl who'd just watched a man turn into a cloud of gore in front of her was the right choice to handle the protection of Panacea.
Watchdog were proving useless in trying to find Panacea, being overworked with everyone throwing them questions about fucking Sebastian.
She had New Wave breathing down her neck, like it wasn't their fault for not properly protecting Panacea. The PRT had offered Panacea their protection when the girl first triggered and Brandish had shot the idea down but now the PRT were to blame because they couldn't find the girl?
They were talking about trying to hire the new Rogue, Pinpoint, who seemed to be extremely talented at finding people (or their bodies) but frankly Pinpoint was swamped.
She (judging from their messages) wasn't based in the Bay, instead taking 'sales' from all over the world through PHO. All you had to do was send them a name and a photo and Pinpoint would be able to find them in 99.99% of the cases sent their way. Didn't matter if they went missing yesterday or ten years ago, if they were alive or if you'd only find a corpse at the location Pinpoint sent back. She was also able to find items if they were unique enough, tracking down some long stolen artwork in France.
She was well aware that the amount of missing people in the world was a hilariously high number, and while Panacea might have a considerable amount of fame she was just one of hundreds of thousands in the US alone.
Pinpoint would be able to find her when her commissions were open because all her slots were currently filled.
Somehow, she blamed Sebastian for this as well. Things weren't good, but they had at least made sense before the bastard showed up.
At least things couldn't get worse, right? Oh, who was she kidding.
— Eleanor Anders (Iron Rain) —
Waking up, something she thought she'd never be doing again, she sat up rapidly and looked around the strange room, rage flooding her.
Max.
Her ambitious little shit of a brother had tried to kill her, when their father heard about this he'd put that traitorous little shit down.
Seeing a bearded man standing over to the side, she turned her glare towards him as she realised she was naked, covering her breasts with one arm as the other moved between her legs.
"Who are you?" Eleanor demanded, not attacking in case he didn't know her identity yet.
The well-dressed man just smiled in amusement.
"Sebastian Fairfax, and you need no introductions, Iron Rain," Sebastian said, making her glare intensify.
Spears formed around her, each aiming at the man who just chuckled.
"Where am I? How did I get here?" Eleanor demanded, wondering if Max had sold her to some foreign gang. Sebastian sounded English.
"You are in my mansion, and you got here after I dug up your grave and restored you to life," Sebastian claimed, making her freeze. "The date is January 13th, 2011. You've been dead for a long time, Allfather himself is dead, the Empire now led by Kaiser."
"Lies, no-one can bring back the dead. I don't know what trickery this is, but I am not so easily fooled," Eleanor scoffed. What kind of scheme was this supposed to be?
"I understand your disbelief. I had to prove my resurrection worked by bringing back thirty random people for the world to realise I was being very serious," Sebastian agreed. "But I am telling the truth. Kaiser, your brother, now leads the Empire Eighty-Eight. Of course he's led them into complete stagnation, and they're currently losing a three way war, but that's neither here nor there."
That was the most believable thing he'd said so far, Max was too cowardly to do what had to be done.
Or so she'd thought before he attacked her, she remembered his attack piercing her chest and then…
"But if you need more proof, attack me," Sebastian challenged, making her scoff before she gave him a dark look.
She wasn't one to back down, and one of her spears flew towards him and stabbed him in the chest, piercing his heart as she stared. She figured he had some way to stop it, but Sebastian just smiled.
Then the pain started, her own chest burning as she looked down at her own body. The gaping hole that had just appeared over her heart made her gasp, coughing up blood as she collapsed.
The last thing she saw was Sebastian causally pulling the spear from his chest, smiling down at her.
Waking up again, she clutched at her chest in shock as she turned back to Sebastian. She could see the blood coating the ground, right where she had fallen.
"Should I kill you a few more times to help you understand?" Sebastian asked, smiling calmly as she felt herself shudder.
There was something about him that reminded her of her father, the calm demeanour and utter brutality.
"Why did you bring me back?" Eleanor asked, making his smile widen.
"Because I need another noble, and Kaiser just won't do," Sebastian admitted, making her blink.
"What are you talking about?" She asked.
"This world is mine, but I cannot handle every single aspect of my empire myself. I need trusted people to rule under me. I have already subjugated the other two major gangs in Brockton Bay, the PRT have been made useless, and now all the stands between me and my first city is the Empire. I could kill them all, of course, but I find that wasteful," Sebastian explained cheerfully. "So I want to offer you a place in my coming kingdom, leading the Empire beneath me… though you'll have to rename your group, there is only one Empire that matters. Mine."
"You want to take over the world?" Eleanor asked, making him smile widely. "You're not the first cape to try that, it doesn't work."
"Ah, but you're forgetting something. They weren't me," Sebastian replied confidently. "Things have changed while you were gone, perhaps we should get you caught up before you make any decisions."
— Later —
Sebastian was mad, but his power was undeniable.
She had no idea what he was, beyond the strongest Trump she'd ever heard of, but suddenly his mad ambition might not be so crazy.
He'd shown her how he'd used his power to turn the two other gangs in Brockton Bay into powerhouses, even those Merchants which had been nothing more than junkies a month ago.
Her brother truly was leading the Empire, straight into destruction as he floundered around and failed to deal with the advances of a bunch of chinks and some guys who had been too busy snorting crack to be a threat just last week.
The Empire had survived Marquis, but now they were so damn pathetic. Sebastian was right, they weren't going to survive in their current state.
Still, she couldn't deny the simple truth, she had been dead for years. All because of Max.
"What do you want from me?" Eleanor asked, giving Sebastian an unpleasant look. She still hadn't been given any clothes.
"Exactly what I said, I want a noble. I want you to overthrow your brother and take the Empire, ruling them under me," Sebastian admitted, and she had to force down her anger. "If you'd rather, I can just kill you again and go with plan B. Total Empire extinction. I'm sure most of their capes can be convinced to swap sides after a few deaths."
"You expect me to be your servant?" Eleanor asked.
"A noble in my Empire, not a servant. Once you have control of the Empire, I will empower your capes and gang as I plan for you to bring the clans under your control and wage war against the Gesellschaft in Europe. All three groups will be united; under you, and then we shall choose a land for you to rule. As long as you remember who your King is, you'll be free to rule your domain as you see fit," Sebastian explained, making her freeze.
Her father had struggled to take the Bay from Marquis and the Teeth, but Sebastian was planning for the Empire to conquer and unite the clans (which Kaiser was reliant on for his capes) and their European 'allies'.
It was insanity, but was it impossible? With Sebastian's boons and her men being effectively immortal? Perhaps not.
She could try and escape him, but then at best she'd be able to rip the Empire from Max's cold dead hands, placing her in the same losing battle Max was in.
Or she could accept his offer, and her father's Empire would no longer be in such a sorry state.
She disliked the fact that Sebastian recruited from lesser groups, but she herself wouldn't have to work with them once she took her Empire and carved a new place in the world for them in ways her father and brother had failed to achieve.
If Sebastian proved a poor leader, she'd be in a better position to fight him once she had her own faction behind her, even if it would lose her any upgrades she was granted.
Either way, she knew one thing. Max was going to die screaming.
— Sebastian Fairfax —
Iron Rain is not a complicated woman.
Feat Achieved: Recruit Iron Rain (2 rolls granted)
Rolling: Uncommon Power, Uncommon Perk
[Flight] - Uncommon
You can fly, reaching around 100 miles per hour at your top speed.
[Immune Response] - Uncommon
You are resistant to all forms of poison, heat, electricity, and acid. You are totally immune to all forms of sickness and radiation.
I have my answer before she even speaks, but I'm not naive enough to think that she's completely loyal yet.
Both my new perk and power are going to be good sellers, useful for anyone really. They might not be that exciting (beyond the appeal of flight) but they'd also both be great upgrades for any Cape.
"Where do we begin?" Elenor asks, making me smile. The Gesellschaft may regret going along with Kaiser's plan to turn me into their slave, because I've just got my own rabid attack dog.
She might be able to be trained, but if not? Sometimes you just have to put a rabid beast down once she's served her purpose. I hope for her sake that she can learn.
I'd hate to have to find someone to replace her, and breaking all the Empire's capes would take so much of my valuable time.
— Bonus Scene — Dinah Alcott (Oracle)
Zooming around the skies above the savannah, she grinned widely to herself. Honestly, why were her family making such a big deal out of her being kidnapped?
It was the best thing that had ever happened to her. Sebastian gave her all the cool powers and he said she could play hero later if she wanted.
Lionel chased her, also flying through the air, but he wouldn't hurt her. He really was just a big cuddly kitty as long as you were on Sebastian's side, and she very much was.
Chance of Iron Rain betraying them?
76.36%.
Well, that wouldn't do would it? Sebby was a little too trusting, it was a good thing she was here to make sure the naughty Nazi didn't get any funny ideas.
Author's Note: Amy is the queen of stubbornness, Lisa is a tease and Sebby has no comprehension of risk assessments.
Sebastian is just Jin with far less caution or care for the consequences of his actions.
This chapter was also written at Disneyland. I'm great at vacationing btw.
Written: 19/06/2024
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