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A Hard Knock Life: What You Know (ch. 8)

He was supposed to be the first bad guy she took down, Taylor Hebert reflected. She made that decision in the elevator when she saw the blood on his face and the guns he was carrying. Guns that you couldn't get out of a vending machine. Using a few flies through the air conditioning unit, Taylor had seen the money he had pulled out, so it was a simple task guessing what had happened. It's what always happened in this city.

V had gone out and committed crimes for money. Robbed someone. P...

A Hard Knock Life: Through the Fire and Flames (ch. 7)

I didn't have much time. I could hear shouting in the distance, and it seemed to grow closer by the second. The few people that had been loitering around the area had already cleared out. When I pushed through the gate, I saw people either looking around to see what the fuss was about, or running away.

Looking left, it was easy to see why they were running. Lung was walking down the middle of the street like he owned it, wreathed in a cloak of fire, his silver scales glittering. Others ...

See No Evil: Best Made Plans (ch. 33)

It was a mass breakout, with emphasis on mass. With the vines that I had given Poison Ivy, she had broken out almost the entirety of Batman's roster of villains.

Harley Quinn, who I'm betting was the real target. The others included Clayface, Mr. Freeze, Mad Hatter, the Riddler, Calendar Man, Firefly, Professor Pig…

The ones on the list that scared me the most were Scarecrow and Victor Zsasz. The former had a habit of going after the entire city… the latter was a mass murderer...

See No Evil: Aftermath (ch. 32)

Jim Gordon sighed as he watched Two-Face's body get rolled out. From his angle, he only saw the unburned half of his face. For a moment, it was like losing Harvey all over again.

Harvey Dent… when this city was at its worst, Harvey had been one of the few people Jim had put his faith in. The man was uncompromising, dedicated and charming. Despite everything that the city threw in his way, Harvey had been on track to becoming the DEA. Jim had respected him. Admired him, even.

The...

See No Evil: Therapy Session (ch. 31)

"Saint Vergil…" Two-Face began, a raspy quality in his voice as he looked around at the interior of the bar. "I've heard a great deal about you. The man who takes anyone in. Provides clean clothes, free food, and shelter… and asks nothing in return." His startling blue eyes bore a hole into mine, paying no mind to the ten LGs that were in the room. Each armed and their weapons trained on him and the five others.

My smile was fixed to my face as I saw another ten Two-Face goons appro...

Going Native: Desire for Change (ch. 71)

'The Vega system,' Koter thought, his hands interlocked as he watched streams of information coming in from countless spies in innumerable empires. A backwater system if there ever was one -- remarkable only for the number of habitable planets therein, and the fact that the Green Lanterns steadfastly refused to enter the system. Because of that, it became a den of sin that attracted the worst the galaxy had to offer.

For the most part, no one paid any attention to that dark cor...

Going Native: Desire for a Goodbye (ch. 70)

"Whatcha doin'?" Fasha questioned as she floated above one of her kids, bending over to peek at the datapad in his hands. The child sat on the ledge of a building, his feet dangling off as they idly kicked back and forth. When she spoke up, his gaze snapped to her before relaxing ever so slightly.

He wasn't one of the kids that she had trained and raised since the start. He was too weak. Just as Bardock had predicted, the few hundred thousand that were attached to Tarble or Vegeta, they...

Going Native: Desire for a Future (ch. 69)

Tears welled in my eyes… the first tears since… since I first used the Wrath State. When every emotion I could feel hit me hard -- heightened and unrestrained. Rage and sorrow in equal measures. I closed my eyes for a moment, letting Indigo remove the staff from my chest.

“Let yourself feel it, Prince Tarble. Weep for what you have done… then strive to make up for it. As all of us have,” Indigo sounded like she meant the words. I couldn’t imagine she had forgiven me for the ...

See No Evil: Next Multicross Character Biggest Tipper Poll

Remember when See No Evil was meant to be a waifu fic? Pepperidge farm remembers. It's long overdue -- originally, the plan was to use my picks first to establish a central team for Vergil and Lowtown, but out of my five multicross picks, only one has appeared so far.

So, I decided to mix things up.

To that end -- Vergil will gain a secretary to help him manage both his legal endeavors as well as his less than legal endeavors. There are four choices -- two good, and two bad. The t...

See No Evil: Next Multicross Character Bigger Tipper Poll

Remember when See No Evil was meant to be a waifu fic? Pepperidge farm remembers. It's long overdue -- originally, the plan was to use my picks first to establish a central team for Vergil and Lowtown, but out of my five multicross picks, only one has appeared so far.

So, I decided to mix things up.

To that end -- Vergil will gain a secretary to help him manage both his legal endeavors as well as his less than legal endeavors. There are four choices -- two good, and two bad. The t...

See No Evil: Next Multicross Character Big Tipper Poll

Remember when See No Evil was meant to be a waifu fic? Pepperidge farm remembers. It's long overdue -- originally, the plan was to use my picks first to establish a central team for Vergil and Lowtown, but out of my five multicross picks, only one has appeared so far.

So, I decided to mix things up.

To that end -- Vergil will gain a secretary to help him manage both his legal endeavors as well as his less than legal endeavors. There are four choices -- two good, and two bad. The t...

See No Evil: Next Multicross Character Tipper Poll

Remember when See No Evil was meant to be a waifu fic? Pepperidge farm remembers. It's long overdue -- originally, the plan was to use my picks first to establish a central team for Vergil and Lowtown, but out of my five multicross picks, only one has appeared so far.

So, I decided to mix things up.

To that end -- Vergil will gain a secretary to help him manage both his legal endeavors as well as his less than legal endeavors. There are four choices -- two good, and two bad. The t...

Announcement: I have the Stupids.

The polls have been corrected, but on account that there was a mistake in the first place, I'll be reposting each poll to ensure that the votes represent the tier they belong to. 

I'm very sorry for the mistake, as well as for blowing up your inboxes. It's been so long since I've done a poll like this that I reversed how I was supposed to do it. 

Power Corrupts: Moments Before Disaster (ch. 67)

This was Sheogorath's fault, I decided, spotting the Mark under the Emperor's feet. I was so not prepared for Emperor Titus to pop into Helgen unannounced.

"I believe," Serana spoke up, "I should make myself scarce. Too many eyes around for my liking." Meaning she was still concerned with her father finding out that she walked the world once again. That… was probably a smart move, all things considered. Things had changed rather dramatically so her father might be more active than he ...

Power Corrupts: Surprise Arrivals (ch. 66)

Gods made things way too complicated, I decided, and not for the first time. Akatosh, in his infinite wisdom, decided to make Serana the Dragonborn while she was napping away. Did that mean the original Dragonborn just wasn't the Dragonborn anymore? Did he take away their Dragonborn-ness? Did they still have it? The Dragonborn was meant to be the Last Dragonborn, so there was only meant to be the one.

Still, it was pretty humbling to realize that Akatosh could just… make someone the D...

Power Corrupts: Next Step Forward (ch. 65)

"Mr. Jericho sure loves wandering into random caves," Lili remarked as we came to a stop while I cross-referenced my map. "That, and ruins."

"I'll stop wandering into caves and ruins when I stop finding stuff in them," I returned, moving my map to the side while I looked up at the mountain range. In the past month and a half, my map had filled itself out. Between following through with my deal with Azura, and getting things of interest, a fair bit was filled in. With the aid of the Mark...

A Hard Knock Life: What You Know (ch. 8)

He was supposed to be the first bad guy she took down, Taylor Hebert reflected. She made that decision in the elevator when she saw the blood on his face and the guns he was carrying. Guns that you couldn't get out of a vending machine. Using a few flies through the air conditioning unit, Taylor had seen the money he had pulled out, so it was a simple task guessing what had happened. It's what always happened in this city.

V had gone out and committed crimes for money. Robbed someone. P...

A Hard Knock Life: Through the Fire and Flames (ch. 7)

I didn't have much time. I could hear shouting in the distance, and it seemed to grow closer by the second. The few people that had been loitering around the area had already cleared out. When I pushed through the gate, I saw people either looking around to see what the fuss was about, or running away.

Looking left, it was easy to see why they were running. Lung was walking down the middle of the street like he owned it, wreathed in a cloak of fire, his silver scales glittering. Others ...

A Hard Knock Life: Bitter Sweet Symphony (ch. 6)

Oni Lee lunged for me, and it was only dumb luck that saved me. I backed up, trying to avoid the swipe that would have cut me in half, and stepped on the soldering tool that Bakuda had dropped when I entered. My feet were swept out from underneath me, saving my life, but the tip of his mantis blades still dragged across the flesh of my chest, starting at my sternum and ending at my collar bone near my shoulder.

My back hit the ground with a thud, the air knocked out of my lungs -- I bar...

See No Evil: Aftermath (ch. 32)

Jim Gordon sighed as he watched Two-Face's body get rolled out. From his angle, he only saw the unburned half of his face. For a moment, it was like losing Harvey all over again.

Harvey Dent… when this city was at its worst, Harvey had been one of the few people Jim had put his faith in. The man was uncompromising, dedicated and charming. Despite everything that the city threw in his way, Harvey had been on track to becoming the DEA. Jim had respected him. Admired him, even.

The...

See No Evil: Therapy Session (ch. 31)

"Saint Vergil…" Two-Face began, a raspy quality in his voice as he looked around at the interior of the bar. "I've heard a great deal about you. The man who takes anyone in. Provides clean clothes, free food, and shelter… and asks nothing in return." His startling blue eyes bore a hole into mine, paying no mind to the ten LGs that were in the room. Each armed and their weapons trained on him and the five others.

My smile was fixed to my face as I saw another ten Two-Face goons appro...

See No Evil: Unexpected and Unwelcomed (ch. 30)

I should have played more city builder games, I reflected as I looked out at the tunnel that was under construction by a few dozen men and women. More were helping out by bringing relevant materials to the workers. The whole system was based on how cities built tunnels -- people up front were doing the hard manual labor while others lagged behind to do the detail work. Behind them were people moving in.

Only it was a little different. Or very different. The cities didn't use an utterly ...

Going Native: Desire for a Goodbye (ch. 70)

"Whatcha doin'?" Fasha questioned as she floated above one of her kids, bending over to peek at the datapad in his hands. The child sat on the ledge of a building, his feet dangling off as they idly kicked back and forth. When she spoke up, his gaze snapped to her before relaxing ever so slightly.

He wasn't one of the kids that she had trained and raised since the start. He was too weak. Just as Bardock had predicted, the few hundred thousand that were attached to Tarble or Vegeta, they...

Going Native: Desire for a Future (ch. 69)

Tears welled in my eyes… the first tears since… since I first used the Wrath State. When every emotion I could feel hit me hard -- heightened and unrestrained. Rage and sorrow in equal measures. I closed my eyes for a moment, letting Indigo remove the staff from my chest.

“Let yourself feel it, Prince Tarble. Weep for what you have done… then strive to make up for it. As all of us have,” Indigo sounded like she meant the words. I couldn’t imagine she had forgiven me for the ...

Going Native: Desire for Compassion (ch. 68)

The galaxy was on the defensive six months later. So much could change in so little time, I reflected as I leaned back into my chair while I examined the war fronts -- my empire had been the buffer between most of the galaxy and the Trade Organization, but that wasn't to say that we hadn't lost ground on other fronts. We had. But, with the pressure of the Reach gone, resources could be relocated and redistributed. I had begun my first punch back after a year of weathering blows.

In ever...

Power Corrupts: Surprise Arrivals (ch. 66)

Gods made things way too complicated, I decided, and not for the first time. Akatosh, in his infinite wisdom, decided to make Serana the Dragonborn while she was napping away. Did that mean the original Dragonborn just wasn't the Dragonborn anymore? Did he take away their Dragonborn-ness? Did they still have it? The Dragonborn was meant to be the Last Dragonborn, so there was only meant to be the one.

Still, it was pretty humbling to realize that Akatosh could just… make someone the D...

Power Corrupts: Next Step Forward (ch. 65)

"Mr. Jericho sure loves wandering into random caves," Lili remarked as we came to a stop while I cross-referenced my map. "That, and ruins."

"I'll stop wandering into caves and ruins when I stop finding stuff in them," I returned, moving my map to the side while I looked up at the mountain range. In the past month and a half, my map had filled itself out. Between following through with my deal with Azura, and getting things of interest, a fair bit was filled in. With the aid of the Mark...

Power Corrupts: Helping Hands (ch. 64)

"FUS RO!" I shouted and reality bent to my will. An invisible force spread out from my mouth, racing through the snow-filled air. Faster and larger than the previous FUS I had been capable of before. That much was proven by the outcropping I had shouted at the first time. What was leftover was struck by an unrelenting force and it gave way with explosive force. Like using a pressure hammer on a sugar cube.

My voice echoed from the Throat of the World, and I cou...

A Hard Knock Life: Through the Fire and Flames (ch. 7)

I didn't have much time. I could hear shouting in the distance, and it seemed to grow closer by the second. The few people that had been loitering around the area had already cleared out. When I pushed through the gate, I saw people either looking around to see what the fuss was about, or running away.

Looking left, it was easy to see why they were running. Lung was walking down the middle of the street like he owned it, wreathed in a cloak of fire, his silver scales glittering. Others ...

A Hard Knock Life: Bitter Sweet Symphony (ch. 6)

Oni Lee lunged for me, and it was only dumb luck that saved me. I backed up, trying to avoid the swipe that would have cut me in half, and stepped on the soldering tool that Bakuda had dropped when I entered. My feet were swept out from underneath me, saving my life, but the tip of his mantis blades still dragged across the flesh of my chest, starting at my sternum and ending at my collar bone near my shoulder.

My back hit the ground with a thud, the air knocked out of my lungs -- I bar...