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Fool's World: Weight of the World (ch. 26)

"I'm worried about him," Nobara admitted to Rin after the feast, in the privacy of what amounted to a guest bedroom in some kind of compound. Nobara felt full to the point of bursting -- she never needed a diet on account of how active a lifestyle being a Jujutsu Sorcerer was, but she felt the need to do some crunches. She was just too stuffed to actually do them. Majima was an insanely good cook. When there was a plate of his food in front of you, you just had to finish it.

A really da...

Fool's World: Brave New World (ch. 25)

“Welp, that didn’t fucking work,” I muttered, looking up at the bright blue sky and still feeling every horrible thing that people were doing or thinking to each other. The clouds idly drifted across the sky, moving at a sluggish pace. I closed my eyes and took in a deep breath of fresh air -- my past selfs’ screams a fading echo in my ears and were replaced by sounds of nature. I focused on the sensations that were washing over me, sensations that were far stronger than they had been...

Fool's World: The Fool's Journey (ch. 24)

"I suppose this is goodbye," Majima told me, catching us as we set out to the heart of the Holy Grail. It was early in the morning, just past the crack of dawn. Majima stood alone as he leaned against the gate to Shirou's manor. He gazed at me with a lone eye, pushing himself off of the wall.

"It is," I confirmed. One way or the other, this would be goodbye.

"Are you two going to hug or what?" Nobara interjected, kicking me in the leg lightly while the others moved on to give us s...

See No Evil: Sweeping Up (ch. 84)

"Of all the things you could have shared with the Reach, it had to be how to blind me," I muttered bitterly to myself as I stood at the top of Sainthood Enterprises HQ, a building that towered over all of Gotham. Worse, I wasn't sure when it happened. I just knew that it had. After my arrest, Lex had a sharp influx of time not being recorded on my cameras. That told me that he had known about them beforehand and was keeping up appearances. Savage was always difficult to pin down, so I hadn't ...

See No Evil: Perjury (ch. 83)

The world lost its collective shit. It lost its absolute mind -- from people screaming in bars as they watched the case like it was a football game, to people's homes, to break rooms or cubicles at work. The ones behind this little show were just as bad -- politicians were panicking, demanding to know if I was just making shit up. The few in the know, either because they worked with the Light or they had been told by the Justice League were demanding that I shut the hell up.

The moment ...

See No Evil: Nothing but the Truth (ch. 82)

"I'll start with a softball for you, Vergil. Have you ever knowingly and willfully committed fraud?" Mercy began her questions, her voice clear and concise, the cameras firmly on us as the world awaited my answer. It was poor form for an actor, but I looked directly into the camera lens. As a favor for the Daily Planet.

"Oh, absolutely," I answered, and people actually sounded shocked by that. Wasn't sure why. I wore that sin on my sleeve every time I stepped out. "All the time, really....

See No Evil: The Whole Truth (ch. 81)

DC Earth’s version of humanity had a pretty broken threat tolerance when it came to registering danger. It stemmed from the fact that they could wake up one day and find out that the world had nearly been destroyed by one super villain or another while they were asleep. At some point, you just had to get used to it. It also probably meant that every human on the planet was a little crazy from PTSD and anxiety, which would explain some things.

The fact that my case was on schedule prov...

Gone Native: Empathy (ch. 38)

"What happened?" I questioned, my lips thinning as I arrived at Titan's Tower and instantly took notice of the burn marks on Broly's body. He looked like he had yet to notice them, meaning that he was full of adrenaline. Meaning that he had come up against something that had managed to challenge him. That he was injured at all made the fact that Elery and her team were relatively unharmed information of little comfort. The Titans seemed unhappy with Robin going to pick up a flower left in the...

Gone Native: Number Seven (ch. 37)

By all accounts, Raven knew that she should be in horrible agony. She could feel the corruptive spread of chaotic energy spreading through her like a disease that infected every cell that it touched. Her own magic recoiled at the touch of chaos, a fundamental force of the universe, and if she didn't force her magic to contain the spread, Raven knew that she would die from it. The sound of rushing air filled her ears as she plummeted from the sky. She could distantly hear Robin shouting her na...

Gone Native: Home Sweet Home (ch. 36)

Thoughts of her home were always kept in a deep dark corner in her mind, forced back into the far recesses of her mind with all the other things that she wasn't ready to face. Raven had put them there herself. It wasn't that she forgot what had happened, but she put a great many hoops that she had to jump through to actually think about it. The memories were too painful and too heavy with emotion. Even pondering the fate of Azarath and her role in its destruction was enough to completely dest...

Gone Native: Dawn of a New Day (ch. 35)

Elery knew something was going on with Kakarot. It was also pretty easy to guess what. "Are you going to finish that?" She asked her long time friend and teammate, all of her team sitting in a booth in an Earthling restaurant. Even Broly, despite the fact they all thought he was dead for years. Things almost felt like they had returned to normal.

Except for the fact that there had been a veritable feast in front of them -- so much food that the restaurant had to kick all the humans out ...

Fool's World: Brave New World (Ch. 25) (Avatar Start)

“Welp, that didn’t fucking work,” I muttered, looking up at the bright blue sky and still feeling every horrible thing that people were doing or thinking to each other. The clouds idly drifted across the sky, moving at a sluggish pace. I closed my eyes and took in a deep breath of fresh air -- my past selfs’ screams a fading echo in my ears and were replaced by sounds of nature. I focused on the sensations that were washing over me, sensations that were far stronger than they had been...

Fool's World: The Fool's Journey (ch. 24) (Fate End)

"I suppose this is goodbye," Majima told me, catching us as we set out to the heart of the Holy Grail. It was early in the morning, just past the crack of dawn. Majima stood alone as he leaned against the gate to Shirou's manor. He gazed at me with a lone eye, pushing himself off of the wall.

"It is," I confirmed. One way or the other, this would be goodbye.

"Are you two going to hug or what?" Nobara interjected, kicking me in the leg lightly while the others moved on to give us s...

Fool's World: The World (ch. 23)

I was stalling. I knew it. For so long hate was the only thing that I could feel. I was a cup that was overflowing with it and there hadn't been any room for anything else. Every other feeling – respect, amusement, admiration, guilt, and more were all so new that it was easy to identify them. What I was feeling now was hesitation and anxiety. Uncertainty. It was something that was always there under the surface, even if I turned my attention away from the new feeling.

"Woah!" Taiga ga...

See No Evil: Perjury (ch. 83)

The world lost its collective shit. It lost its absolute mind -- from people screaming in bars as they watched the case like it was a football game, to people's homes, to break rooms or cubicles at work. The ones behind this little show were just as bad -- politicians were panicking, demanding to know if I was just making shit up. The few in the know, either because they worked with the Light or they had been told by the Justice League were demanding that I shut the hell up.

The moment ...

See No Evil: Nothing but the Truth (ch. 82)

"I'll start with a softball for you, Vergil. Have you ever knowingly and willfully committed fraud?" Mercy began her questions, her voice clear and concise, the cameras firmly on us as the world awaited my answer. It was poor form for an actor, but I looked directly into the camera lens. As a favor for the Daily Planet.

"Oh, absolutely," I answered, and people actually sounded shocked by that. Wasn't sure why. I wore that sin on my sleeve every time I stepped out. "All the time, really....

See No Evil: The Whole Truth (ch. 81)

DC Earth’s version of humanity had a pretty broken threat tolerance when it came to registering danger. It stemmed from the fact that they could wake up one day and find out that the world had nearly been destroyed by one super villain or another while they were asleep. At some point, you just had to get used to it. It also probably meant that every human on the planet was a little crazy from PTSD and anxiety, which would explain some things.

The fact that my case was on schedule prov...

See No Evil: Victory Condition (ch. 80)

The Warworld wasn't just a massive weapon that would make the Death Star jealous, it was also an elaborate bunker designed to rebuff invasions. The deeper you went into the massive superstructure, the more cover the enemy had. That wasn’t even taking into account the countless back routes that allowed the defending forces to flank anyone stupid enough to attack this place. Jason had no clue the number of people needed to actually have a chance at taking this place, but he estimated that num...

Gone Native: Number Seven (ch. 37)

By all accounts, Raven knew that she should be in horrible agony. She could feel the corruptive spread of chaotic energy spreading through her like a disease that infected every cell that it touched. Her own magic recoiled at the touch of chaos, a fundamental force of the universe, and if she didn't force her magic to contain the spread, Raven knew that she would die from it. The sound of rushing air filled her ears as she plummeted from the sky. She could distantly hear Robin shouting her na...

Gone Native: Home Sweet Home (ch. 36)

Thoughts of her home were always kept in a deep dark corner in her mind, forced back into the far recesses of her mind with all the other things that she wasn't ready to face. Raven had put them there herself. It wasn't that she forgot what had happened, but she put a great many hoops that she had to jump through to actually think about it. The memories were too painful and too heavy with emotion. Even pondering the fate of Azarath and her role in its destruction was enough to completely dest...

Gone Native: Dawn of a New Day (ch. 35)

Elery knew something was going on with Kakarot. It was also pretty easy to guess what. "Are you going to finish that?" She asked her long time friend and teammate, all of her team sitting in a booth in an Earthling restaurant. Even Broly, despite the fact they all thought he was dead for years. Things almost felt like they had returned to normal.

Except for the fact that there had been a veritable feast in front of them -- so much food that the restaurant had to kick all the humans out ...

Gone Native: Settling In (ch. 34)

Kara's expression was twisted into a ferocious snarl, her hands clenched into white knuckled fists while a silent war cry spilled from her lips. In a burst of speed, she threw herself at me, her red cape fluttering behind her, a fist raised high to bring it down on me. I watched her carefully, quickly noticing the subtle changes in her form since the last time we fought. It seemed that she had learned a few lessons.

In response, I took in a slow breath and drew upon the power in my bloo...

Fool's World: The World (ch. 24) (Fate Jump End)

"I suppose this is goodbye," Majima told me, catching us as we set out to the heart of the Holy Grail. It was early in the morning, just past the crack of dawn. Majima stood alone as he leaned against the gate to Shirou's manor. He gazed at me with a lone eye, pushing himself off of the wall.

"It is," I confirmed. One way or the other, this would be goodbye.

"Are you two going to hug or what?" Nobara interjected, kicking me in the leg lightly while the others moved on to give us s...

Fool's World: The Fool's Journey (ch. 23)

I was stalling. I knew it. For so long hate was the only thing that I could feel. I was a cup that was overflowing with it and there hadn't been any room for anything else. Every other feeling – respect, amusement, admiration, guilt, and more were all so new that it was easy to identify them. What I was feeling now was hesitation and anxiety. Uncertainty. It was something that was always there under the surface, even if I turned my attention away from the new feeling.

"Woah!" Taiga ga...

Fool's World: The Fool Reversed (ch. 22)

Victory was close at hand. I could almost taste it really, but Gilgamesh, King of Heroes, was one hell of a final boss. A man so blessed by the gods that he was incapable of failure in everything except for telling the gods to get fucked, and technically, not even really that. This was, rather unfortunately, the age of humanity. I was sure the gods were bad, but I couldn’t imagine that they were as bad as things were now.

"Sakura, you should lay low for a bit," I told her, knowing tha...

See No Evil: And Nothing But The Truth (ch. 82)

"I'll start with a softball for you, Vergil. Have you ever knowingly and willfully committed fraud?" Mercy began her questions, her voice clear and concise, the cameras firmly on us as the world awaited my answer. It was poor form for an actor, but I looked directly into the camera lens. As a favor for the Daily Planet.

"Oh, absolutely," I answered, and people actually sounded shocked by that. Wasn't sure why. I wore that sin on my sleeve every time I stepped out. "All the time, really....

See No Evil: The Whole Truth (ch. 81)

DC Earth’s version of humanity had a pretty broken threat tolerance when it came to registering danger. It stemmed from the fact that they could wake up one day and find out that the world had nearly been destroyed by one super villain or another while they were asleep. At some point, you just had to get used to it. It also probably meant that every human on the planet was a little crazy from PTSD and anxiety, which would explain some things.

The fact that my case was on schedule prov...

See No Evil: Victory Condition (ch. 80)

The Warworld wasn't just a massive weapon that would make the Death Star jealous, it was also an elaborate bunker designed to rebuff invasions. The deeper you went into the massive superstructure, the more cover the enemy had. That wasn’t even taking into account the countless back routes that allowed the defending forces to flank anyone stupid enough to attack this place. Jason had no clue the number of people needed to actually have a chance at taking this place, but he estimated that num...

See No Evil: Arms Race (ch. 79)

DC humans were a different breed. They had to be. Since the nineteen-forties, the world had been a pretty wild place. Even before then, while DC's Earth followed the same general timeline as my Earth, there were enough wild events in history that really should have knocked the Earth clear off a similar timeline. That was never clearer than when the general response to a gigantic spaceship that was even bigger than the planet got a very firm 'Meh' by the world at large.

Some cared more t...

Announcement: No Gone Native on April 4th

I was going to make this announcement yesterday, and I nearly did, then I remembered that it was April Fools and it seemed like a bad time. So, I'm making the announcement today, even if it does come more short notice than I would like. 

The reason that the chapter is being delayed is because of quality concerns. I'm not happy with how the recent arc has turned out. It was meant to be about fleshing out some side characters that I felt were being too one-note and set up a future co...