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The Good Life: Sweet Little Lies (ch. 8)

"Tragedy," I heard Homelander begin Lamplighter's eulogy, sounding heartbroken. "It's something that heroes stand in the face of. Something that we stand against. We are a shield that serves to protect you from the dangers of the world. As much as we can, at least. It's never enough in the end, because we can't be everywhere. I've heard a thousand and one reasons for it -- lack of funding, jurisdiction, red tape. A thousand and one reasons that stop us from being heroes. That… that's always...

The Good Life: Limelight (ch. 7)

"It's poor form to go to the wake of a man that you killed," Robin remarked to me as I struggled to tie a tie around my neck, and it was only a little because our new cat, Black, kept treating it like a toy, idly pawing it as if he knew it was annoying. I glanced at the video I had on my phone, which was floating next to the mirror, I tried to see where I went wrong. Cross, wide end under the narrow end, fold over, tuck under… why the fuck wasn't it working?!

"That's why I'm going to ...

Legends Never Die: Vows (ch. 45)

Quest: Path to the Crown

Quest Objective: Defeat 20/25 Jarls of Norway.

Additional Objective: Fight five Jarl armies at once.

Quest Reward: ⅔ of clue for Legendary Item.

Additional Reward: 250 Prestige.

"This is madness," Jarl Hoffer remarked to me as we stood on the field that would mark the completion of the quest along with the additional objective. The terrain was a poor on...

Legends Never Die: What You're Looking For (ch. 44)

Before we could set sail, we did have a number of things to deal with. Most pressing among them were the various leaders within my army who were less than pleased that their positions were under threat. I had expected as much, and Thorkell prepared me for their anger and fear. However, it was an important step to turn my mercenary band into a proper army.

For that reason, we held a competition on the beach and took votes. Warriors and archers proved their skill -- a number of butts were...

Legends Never Die: Shifting Perspective (ch. 43)

Jill was in awe of the sheer audacity of it, gazing up at the high table where Siegfried laughed. It was his laughter that prevented a fight from breaking out -- a number of his warriors had bristled at the blatant insult. However, it was difficult for them to take offense when the target of the offense didn't seem to mind any. And for that reason, the reaction from the Hoffer clan was seen. It was impossible to fake that kind of humiliation and fury.

"That girl is too headstrong for he...

Legends Never Die: Strife (ch. 42)

There was so much to speak of that I genuinely didn't know where to start. Some things were far more pressing than others, but starting there would mean skipping out on context. Which left me starting at the beginning. The very start of the war. Way back when I was fresh off of the farm and following Horrik like a lost puppy, completely unprepared for everything that would come. Completely ignorant of how the world worked or the fate that awaited me.

My sisters didn't seem to know how t...

Never Fade Away: Black Dog (ch. 30)

"Hello, hello, hello Night City! This is your radio host Nora, d'is fine evenin' here to bring you the latest news updates! The weather isn't the only thing that is hot today! The Tyger Claws are back on the prowl and looking for L, and so far those that find him don't live to tell the tale! And seein' how the death toll fer yesterday was a sturdy ferty, I can confidently say that L ain't been on the streets since yesterday!" Nora's exuberant voice filtered through the implants in my ear, let...

Never Fade Away: Hello Good Morning (ch. 29)

"This is a bad idea. A bad fucking idea, all around," Panam made her opinion known, far and wide as the Aldecaldos gathered up around the fire. They didn't really have much in the way of a chain of command. Saul was the shot-caller, and for better or worse, what he said goes. Below him, however, you had the lead mechanics, the docs, the teachers for the kids and yada yada competing for second in command. All of it depended on who was shouting the loudest.

So, when it comes to powwows li...

Never Fade Away: Gr4ves (ch. 28)

I hadn't even realized that the encryption to my DNA was something that I had lifted from the orphanage, but now that it was unlocked for me to see… honestly, it was nothing short of a miracle that a couple of tumors in my brain was all that I had. My medical records read like something out of a horror show. Over ten years, I had had hundreds of implants taken in and out of me. All of my organs showed evidence of extreme damage. My bones were marked and scarred from the surgeries. There was...

Never Fade Away: Like a Supreme (ch. 27)

What was happening today was something that had only happened once in Night City's history, Rogue recalled as she leaned into her seat in the back room of the Afterlife. On one side of the room was a long row of the top Fixers in Night City -- Regina Jones, Padre, Wakako, Captain Reyes, Dino Dinovic, Faraday, and the unexpected addition of Dexter Deshaun. He used to operate out of Pacifica, before he vanished for a few years. Rogue was one of the few that knew he had returned to the city less...

Castoff: Vengeance (ch. 20)

His child. The words were more shocking than the lightning that had just coursed through him as he thought of the wretched thing that had fallen from Casca's womb the morning after the Eclipse. The misshapen and misbegotten thing that had once been his child- the thing that could have been his child. Guts remembered the last night that he and Casca shared together well. It was one of the few good memories that he had. It was just before the rescue, all of them ignorant of what horrors would c...

Gacha God: Shinies (ch. 28)

As it would turn out, it was a lot harder investigating the gangsters in Harlem than it was the Russians simply on account of the fact that I was extremely white. So, trying to blend in with a crowd of people… well, I was the one white spot, so I stood out. Which left me investigating the gang either with Ned's help or invisible thanks to my latest item. It was the same beat that we went through with the Russians -- I was boots on the ground, giving names and Ned was tracking them online. W...

Gacha God: Laying Low (ch. 27)

"Sebastian. Please don't steal Captain America's shield. Please," Peter instantly began to beg me, looking insanely worried. "He's like… a cultural icon, dude. And his shield is like his entire identity."

Ned was nodding while we kicked our feet up in the command room. I was taking stock of the entire situation -- unsurprisingly, there were a lot of people freaking out about my fight with Tony. A lot of people were upset too. People were calling me out, they were calling out the Aveng...

Gacha God: Thunder (ch. 26)

There was a brief standoff between us for a moment, both of us waiting for the other to make the first move. I channeled my energy to my eyes just in time to see that he was about to break that stalemate, targeting my skates with a wrist mounted laser beam. I saw the movement before it happened, not only allowing me to dodge it, but to counter it perfectly. After what felt like too long, my Eye of Cthulhu Yoyo appeared in the palm of my hand, flicking out towards him and the battle began in e...

Gacha God: Risky Bets (ch. 25)

"Ohh, swanky," I remarked, looking out at the guy we would be intimidating and/or kidnapping. He was an older guy -- white hair, wrinkles, but money let him age with grace. He lived in a nice high-rise apartment in New York, complete with a balcony with a swimming pool on it. He was dressed in one of those suits that looked like they were worth a thousand bucks, but you paid like fifty thousand for the brand. The outfit was complete with one of those weird silk scarf things that were draped o...

The Good Life: PHO Interlude (ch. 8.5)

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