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A Round of Drinks - 8

Chapter 8

Sleep had been more difficult than usual after the very clear reminder that Gotham was still… Well, Gotham.

Fortunately, the kids didn’t return after that one – rather brief – visit and he was grateful for that. He wasn’t too keen on forgetting that they’d been there though, unfortunately for his poor and overworked paranoid mind. Neither had any other group of kids dropped by either, which was added to the relieved part of ...

Darkest Before Dawn - 141

Chapter 141

At that moment, Kazuki felt like he could fully relate to Shigaraki, and he didn’t like it one bit.

Mostly though, he was trying to get over the shock and confusion he felt, which was almost perfectly mirrored by the villain in front of him.

Why was Stain there? He wasn’t working with the League, obviously. Kazuki was sure of that. Nothing he’d picked up from Shigaraki pointed in that direction. Had the guy come to join th...

Searching Far and Wide - 149

Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Kadabra

- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)

- Andromeda, Vaporeon

- Regulus, Meowth

- Sirius, Yamper

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Ivysaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

- Cinder, Vulpix

Taken II

“Yeah, yeah,” Pierce commented, sitting on the hard metal floor and leaning on the just as hard me...

Game of Monsters - 221

-When You’re the King of Men

“Not Moderator, Administrator…” Joshua heard Michael whisper, face almost blank if not for the slight widening of his eyes. There was some strange flavor of awe in his voice, tinged with disbelief and the smallest bit of something similar to fear. “How…?” he added then, his voice just as low, as if afraid something would happen if he spoke louder, as he turned to look at Joshua himself.

Was he looking for answers...

A Round of Drinks - 7

Chapter 7

When he got up the next day, Travis found that Holly was long gone already, somehow.

She’d even tidied up after herself and all. The only signs that she’d been there at all were the slight scent of her perfume in his father’s bedroom and a small post-it she’d left on the small table by the kitchen. ‘Well… Hope you’re not off to get into trouble, Holly,’ Travis thought to himself, unsure of how to feel as he read the short message...

Darkest Before Dawn - 140

Chapter 140

[Nemuri Kayama]

“Only you, Kazuki,” Hina said and she could only agree, a fond smile on her face as they regarded the Nevermore and what Kazuki had written with it on the computer. Apparently, he’d found a friend inside the League of Villains, somehow. The one they’d lost track of, his ex-neighbor.

What a small world…

It would have been worrying if they didn’t have proof that he was, indeed, good. From ...

Searching Far and Wide - 148

Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Kadabra

- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)

- Andromeda, Vaporeon

- Regulus, Meowth

- Sirius, Yamper

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Ivysaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

- Cinder, Vulpix

Taken I

[Daisy Waterflower]

She would have felt bad for how scared the employee in front...

Game of Monsters - 220

It’s Hard to Find Divinity-

[Aika Kiryuu]

Things had been… calm, for a definition of the word.

Her days had become a bit of a routine, but that was hardly new, really.

For quite a while, however, school had become a lot less important in her life. Difficult to be concerned about that much when she was learning magic. Her grades in school had slipped, but not enough to be concerning, and that was good enough for her. No, sh...

A Round of Drinks - 6

Chapter 6

“What’s with the short hair? New you or something?” the woman asked him when she eventually pulled back from the hug. He could appreciate the attempt at casual conversation, but it fell a bit flat. She seemed to realize that, because he saw her expression twitching as if going to grimace and taking it back.

“Of a sort, I guess,” Travis answered wryly. “I can say you look the same as you always have,” he added, following along despite the fa...

Darkest Before Dawn - 139

Chapter 139

[Hina Maeda]

“Kazuki, you brilliant, brilliant child,” she whispered, the tip of her index finger running a feather’s touch on the top of the Nevermore’s head, almost like she was afraid it’d disappear if she applied more force than that. “Are you alright?” she asked, her heart twisting into knots at the possibility of getting a no for an answer.

She almost exploded in relief when the Nevermore nod...

Searching Far and Wide - 147

Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Kadabra

- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)

- Andromeda, Vaporeon

- Regulus, Meowth

- Sirius, Yamper

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Ivysaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

- Cinder, Vulpix

Route 7 IX

“Now, this is how things will go,” the first Rocket said and Pierce was only half listening, if ...

Game of Monsters - 219

If I Can Get Through This

‘It’s been a while,’ Joshua mused, watching the illusions dance around him. Once things had calmed down and he was doing better – not fine, not yet, but soon, maybe –, he’d decided to take a step back and give his daughter the attention she deserved and that she hadn’t been getting. So, for old times’ sake, he’d chosen to put up an illusion show once more. Ravel and Koneko were busy, but that was a plus, as f...

A Round of Drinks - 5

Chapter 5

Travis had expected it, but a part – a very small part – of him was still somewhat taken aback.

It was two days after he hired her that Catherine was absent from work. ‘Heroin, probably,’ he thought to himself. Right when withdrawal for it would hit her, like clockwork. He could be wrong, but he was pretty sure he wasn’t. That was the norm with addicts that didn’t want to be addicts, but couldn’t get out of it. They’d try, they�...

Darkest Before Dawn - 138

Chapter 138

‘Situation just got even more complicated,’ Kazuki thought warily.

All the previous glee and confidence that he got from the interview to Aizawa and Nezu had gone out the window. The shock from the reveal that no, Shigaraki wasn’t the leader of the villain group, was enough to snap him out of it. Back to square one, Kazuki was left cautious and afraid, because this was an entirely unknown villain to him and he was l...