The situation was less than ideal, with Strategos Tatzates leaving Crete almost as soon as he’d arrived, taking his loot with him. He clearly anticipated a quick response over the contested island and wanted nothing to do with the battle to come, with my scout ships reporting that he was already sailing home. His motives were a simple thing to puzzle out in hindsight -- he wanted the credit for cleaning up the pirates, and for Strategos Michael Lachanodrakon to suffer from the ensuing raids...
2023-11-29 15:52:29 +0000 UTC
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Greek Fire, I learned it was called. A secret weapon that had been used by the Romans for nearly a century, and it was a secret that they guarded jealously. For good reason too. A few ships outfitted with the substance could completely change the course of a naval battle -- there were few things more deadly to a ship than fire itself. More than that, it was something that was rarely used to ensure that the Romans enemies never got the chance to steal it or adapt to its use in battle.
Th...
2023-11-29 15:52:27 +0000 UTC
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Strategos Tatzates was the leader of the Bucellarian Theme of the Roman Empire. Which faced against the Black Sea, making his involvement in my taking of Crete rather unusual. His domain was on the other side of Anatolia, and I saw little merit in him providing any kind of support. Its lands weren't affected, or if they were, it wouldn't be a pressing problem. Not like it would be for the Thracian and Cibyrrhaeot Themes, which were just off Crete’s coast.
"Fifty ships," Hoffer remarke...
2023-11-29 15:52:24 +0000 UTC
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“Here we go darlin’s, time to go on a duck hunt. This song I'm leaving you with ain't really got the tempo for a fight and sounds more like an emergency siren goin’ off than a country song, but trust me, it's perfect for what's about to happen.
Here's Indian Love Call. Now go break some beaks.”
~
The wind was in my hair, and I only realized how long it had gotten when I felt it whipping around my eyes and ears. The dull roar of the rocket filled my ...
2023-11-27 16:05:48 +0000 UTC
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General Lucitus Erasrius gazed upon the human city with a growing sense of disgust the longer that he looked upon it, for there were endless reasons to despise what he saw. The literal mountains of putrid garbage that the Humans left to fester in the streets and alleys. The complete lack of any kind of ecosystem beyond basic insects such as 'flies' and 'cockroaches', which were described as universal survivors much in the same way Krogan were. While the neon lights weren't anything unusual, w...
2023-11-27 16:05:44 +0000 UTC
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“Sheeeet, was Nora right or was Nora right? Y'all see the feeds lighting up when L came down in that ball of fire? Goddamn! Got a pic of when he landed - might make it into a poster or something.
But that's the future. Back in the now, plans are brewing now that L’s back, but I won't be saying much on the radio. Check at the Afterlife for deets. If you can't find someone who knows something, then just prepare - it won't be subtle when we start pluckin’ feathers.<...
2023-11-27 16:05:41 +0000 UTC
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"....thing on? We live? Good.
Sorry for the interruption darlin's, had to fly the coop when the pigeons came across it. Don't worry - Nora's mobile now.
If you're going out to indulge in some pigeon-shooting, here's some advice - Smart Guns slip right past their personal force fields. Seems like slow and steady is the way to go after all, cuz Power and Tech Weapons ain't so effective.
Also got some intel that affects those of us best equipped t...
2023-11-27 16:05:39 +0000 UTC
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Rock Lee got robbed of his rightful place as the protagonist of Naruto, and no one could convince me otherwise. He was the physical manifestation of the themes the manga was supposed to convey -- that hard work, more than anything else, is what made champions. That was Rock Lee. The man lacked the crucial ability to mold chakra, that thing that was necessary to be a ninja, and through sheer grit he became one anyway. That was inspiring. That was like becoming a mathematician without knowing w...
2023-11-26 15:53:39 +0000 UTC
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Pain wasn't something that Homelander had much experience with. He had memories of it, from back when he was a small child, where they tested the limits of his durability. By the time he was thirteen, he had taken an ICBM to the chest and only had some bruises to show for it. He wondered what Dr. Vogelbaum would have to say about it -- that he had grown even more durable over the past twenty years.
Homelander reached up, tracing a finger over the singed flesh -- it was more of ...
2023-11-24 15:56:26 +0000 UTC
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Life had been less than kind to Robin, she knew. There were a great many points that she could use as a point of reference -- her mother leaving her behind for years on end, to the point that neither of them had been able to recognize one another when they finally met. The ostracization she had faced due to her Devil Fruit abilities… that isolation which compelled her to spend most of her time in the libraries of Ohara. A distraction so she wouldn't feel the intense loneliness that had plag...
2023-11-24 15:56:22 +0000 UTC
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"The obstacles are being removed as we speak. You should be sworn in by the end of the day," Stan Edgar said, speaking into an untraceable phone that he very rarely found occasion to use. He sat in a chair, flanked by concrete walls while he tore open a package of mochi sweets with his freehand. A powerful headache throbbing between his temples and a feeling of exhaustion that cut bone deep. None of this could be found in his tone as he managed to open the package and pop one of them in his m...
2023-11-24 15:56:19 +0000 UTC
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This wasn't how I imagined this happening. For a variety of reasons, really. Like, I had always imagined myself facing the full roster of the Seven, and now I wasn't even facing half of their total number. And, as of late, I had imagined myself facing off with them with Robin and Yoruichi at my side.
As much fun as I was having, I could say that this was not going to plan in the slightest. I could feel the noose tightening around my neck as Homelander's and my attacks clashed in the spa...
2023-11-24 15:56:16 +0000 UTC
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General Lucitus Erasrius gazed upon the human city with a growing sense of disgust the longer that he looked upon it, for there were endless reasons to despise what he saw. The literal mountains of putrid garbage that the Humans left to fester in the streets and alleys. The complete lack of any kind of ecosystem beyond basic insects such as 'flies' and 'cockroaches', which were described as universal survivors much in the same way Krogan were. While the neon lights weren't anything unusual, w...
2023-11-20 15:53:30 +0000 UTC
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“Sheeeet, was Nora right or was Nora right? Y'all see the feeds lighting up when L came down in that ball of fire? Goddamn! Got a pic of when he landed - might make it into a poster or something.
But that's the future. Back in the now, plans are brewing now that L’s back, but I won't be saying much on the radio. Check at the Afterlife for deets. If you can't find someone who knows something, then just prepare - it won't be subtle when we start pluckin’ feathers.<...
2023-11-20 15:53:26 +0000 UTC
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"....thing on? We live? Good.
Sorry for the interruption darlin's, had to fly the coop when the pigeons came across it. Don't worry - Nora's mobile now.
If you're going out to indulge in some pigeon-shooting, here's some advice - Smart Guns slip right past their personal force fields. Seems like slow and steady is the way to go after all, cuz Power and Tech Weapons ain't so effective.
Also got some intel that affects those of us best equipped t...
2023-11-20 15:53:21 +0000 UTC
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"...Reports coming in say that what prisoners the Bluebloods have taken are being moved somewhere, no…"
"…watch out for the prosthetics, humans put rockets in them…"
"…taken most of the City Center and Westbrook, Watson's bird country now…"
"…Spirits look at what they put in their oceans…"
"…cifica and the Voodoo Boys got fucked after they started landing in the s...
2023-11-20 15:53:19 +0000 UTC
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There were some fights that you just didn't want to step into the ring. This one was one of them, I concluded as the building deflated like a balloon, folding over on itself. The Reality Stone was one tough cookie to break -- it's why I dismissed using it out of hand as soon as I realized what it could actually do. Reality manipulation was only limited by one's imagination, and creative thinking was where I thrived. I had to, when I had dozens of items and I was looking for ways to break thei...
2023-11-18 16:05:41 +0000 UTC
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I was being interrogated. I'm sure that the Avengers would call it a more polite word, but I was essentially in an interrogation room as my butt was planted on a couch with the Avengers all around me. Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Iron Man, and War Machine. The full team, and, if nothing else, that told me they were taking this seriously. I didn't see Peter anywhere, but I couldn't tell if that was a good thing or not. We were back in the penthouse where I had beaten up Loki. I...
2023-11-18 16:05:38 +0000 UTC
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"Hey now, no need to be rude. If you want to kill me, there's another me running around that I'm happy to direct you towards," I said, floating above the street and making no attempt to come closer to him. Honestly, I didn't feel comfortable being on the same planet as him, even before he knew I was here. "I'll even help you kill him. Call it an assisted suicide."
In response, Zarathos grabbed hold of the chain that was wrapped around his shoulder. The hellfire that burned arou...
2023-11-18 16:05:36 +0000 UTC
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- Moa Moa no Mi/More-More Fruit
- Yami Yami no Mi/Dark-Dark Fruit
- Goro Goro no Mi/Rumble-Rumble Fruit
- Pika Pika no Mi/Glint-Glint Fruit
- Soru Soru no Mi/Soul-Soul Fruit
- Bara Bara no Mi/Chop-Chop Fruit
- Gura Gura no Mi/Tremor-Tremor Fruit
- Tori Tori no Mi, Model: Phoenix/Bird-Bird Fruit, Model: Phoenix
2023-11-18 16:05:33 +0000 UTC
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Life had been less than kind to Robin, she knew. There were a great many points that she could use as a point of reference -- her mother leaving her behind for years on end, to the point that neither of them had been able to recognize one another when they finally met. The ostracization she had faced due to her Devil Fruit abilities… that isolation which compelled her to spend most of her time in the libraries of Ohara. A distraction so she wouldn't feel the intense loneliness that had plag...
2023-11-17 15:58:58 +0000 UTC
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"The obstacles are being removed as we speak. You should be sworn in by the end of the day," Stan Edgar said, speaking into an untraceable phone that he very rarely found occasion to use. He sat in a chair, flanked by concrete walls while he tore open a package of mochi sweets with his freehand. A powerful headache throbbing between his temples and a feeling of exhaustion that cut bone deep. None of this could be found in his tone as he managed to open the package and pop one of them in his m...
2023-11-17 15:58:55 +0000 UTC
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This wasn't how I imagined this happening. For a variety of reasons, really. Like, I had always imagined myself facing the full roster of the Seven, and now I wasn't even facing half of their total number. And, as of late, I had imagined myself facing off with them with Robin and Yoruichi at my side.
As much fun as I was having, I could say that this was not going to plan in the slightest. I could feel the noose tightening around my neck as Homelander's and my attacks clashed in the spa...
2023-11-17 15:58:52 +0000 UTC
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I should be horrified. I should be terrified. Vought, the US government -- one or both of them had finally found me. I knew, in the end, my greatest asset was secrecy. It was the mask. I could put it on to become Heartless and I could take it off to become just another face in the crowd and, in the end, that was a power in itself. Losing that power would cripple me. It would limit my movements. There were a thousand and one reasons, each one better than the last, why it was a terribl...
2023-11-17 15:58:50 +0000 UTC
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The situation was less than ideal, with Strategos Tatzates leaving Crete almost as soon as he’d arrived, taking his loot with him. He clearly anticipated a quick response over the contested island and wanted nothing to do with the battle to come, with my scout ships reporting that he was already sailing home. His motives were a simple thing to puzzle out in hindsight -- he wanted the credit for cleaning up the pirates, and for Strategos Michael Lachanodrakon to suffer from the ensuing raids...
2023-11-15 16:02:08 +0000 UTC
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Greek Fire, I learned it was called. A secret weapon that had been used by the Romans for nearly a century, and it was a secret that they guarded jealously. For good reason too. A few ships outfitted with the substance could completely change the course of a naval battle -- there were few things more deadly to a ship than fire itself. More than that, it was something that was rarely used to ensure that the Romans enemies never got the chance to steal it or adapt to its use in battle.
Th...
2023-11-15 16:02:02 +0000 UTC
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Strategos Tatzates was the leader of the Bucellarian Theme of the Roman Empire. Which faced against the Black Sea, making his involvement in my taking of Crete rather unusual. His domain was on the other side of Anatolia, and I saw little merit in him providing any kind of support. Its lands weren't affected, or if they were, it wouldn't be a pressing problem. Not like it would be for the Thracian and Cibyrrhaeot Themes, which were just off Crete’s coast.
"Fifty ships," Hoffer remarke...
2023-11-15 16:01:59 +0000 UTC
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"Ah, so I'm out of the fight then?" Was Astrid's rather lackluster response to learning that she was pregnant. She looked down at her stomach with an expression of mild annoyance, but didn't exactly seem displeased with the news. "Well, I suppose it was only a matter of time. Honestly, the only shocking thing about this was that it took so long."
"That, and you didn't realize," Morrigan remarked dryly, her arms crossed as she lounged in one of the seats in the room -- in Rome, there wer...
2023-11-15 16:01:56 +0000 UTC
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"We are on our own," Rogue Amendiares began the third ever meeting of every major faction in the city. And this time, the turn out was greater than the previous two combined. As if her gaze was drawn by a magnet, Rogue looked to Kurt Hansen in the flesh -- he sat directly across from her, his feet clicked up as he gave the impression that he was as relaxed as could be. She saw through it easily. There was no way Hansen was as relaxed as he liked to pretend. Otherwise, this wouldn't be the fir...
2023-11-13 16:03:44 +0000 UTC
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"....thing on? We live? Good.
Sorry for the interruption darlin's, had to fly the coop when the pigeons came across it. Don't worry - Nora's mobile now.
If you're going out to indulge in some pigeon-shooting, here's some advice - Smart Guns slip right past their personal force fields. Seems like slow and steady is the way to go after all, cuz Power and Tech Weapons ain't so effective.
Also got some intel that affects those of us best equipped t...
2023-11-13 16:03:40 +0000 UTC
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