Chapter 12: Kumate Island 1
Thankfully, there were no new surprises after discovering our little stowaway. Instead, it looked like Smooth sailing for the rest of the day!
“Kinda wish your neighbors hadn’t blown up Ganzack’s ship. I mean, I know it was tactically the smart move so he couldn’t escape, but I wanted to steal it for myself.” I admitted to Medaka as we prepared to eat some lunch. “The Lovey Dovey is getting kinda cramped.”
I could fit...
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Chapter 49: The Beasts Below
Taylor was hiding in the attic of a house located on a street in-between the meeting spot for the Crozzo family reunion and the Heart Manor. It was surprisingly cozy, having been converted into a bedroom, though it was currently unused, and had been for over a year according to her investigations.
She’d been offered a chance to attend a war council, but had ignored the summons in order to get everything ready for the evening. And after setting...
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Chapter 86: Moving On
“And that’s the last of them,” I huffed, my wrist sore as I put my pen down, before moving the file I’d just signed to a growing pile in the OUT box on my desk.
‘For now,’ a traitorous part of my brain told me, and I grunted, unable to deny that as I glanced at the IN box that was currently empty, but which I knew would soon be full again.
The last three days had been busy for me, as it had seen a steady trickle of Rwandan refugees be...
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Chapter 53: Failure and Fun Time
(Saturday, March 31st, 2124)
“How did the bastard escape?!” Playa demanded furiously as he paced his office in agitation.
It was half past midnight, and only a few hours since the disastrous trip to meet Julius. Learning they’d both been played by Dex was frustrating. Discovering his former girlfriend had been reanimated as a mutated monster under said betrayer’s control had made him absolutely livid, to the point wisps of smoke were ...
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Chapter 11: Clatter Town 4
When I woke up after my nap, it was dusk. Though the sinking sun had done nothing to stop the partying. If anything, the townsfolk were getting even louder!
Yawning, I sat up and check myself over. For a moment I marveled at Alvida’s body’s healing factor. Bruises and burns that should have taken weeks to fully heal on my old Earth body were now almost gone, and the aches and pains were faded.
Once I’d finished examining myself, I glan...
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Chapter 48: Fathers and Mothers
Silence filled the room, everyone staring at Taylor as she finished her tale. She understood their surprise. Not every day your entire worldview was flipped upside down, after all.
“Xenos, huh?” Aisha eventually said. “I’ll be damned.”
That broke the dam, and everyone began to chatter loudly, their voices rising and getting louder and louder until Taylor had enough and snapped her the fingers of her artificial arm, using a mod...
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Chapter 85: Sirius Black, Dog of War (Part 3)
“We need to leave,” Sirius told Agathe as he slipped back into the command tent, who shot him a searching looking. It was shared by Dallaire, and a few other aides who hadn’t yet left.
“Why? What’s happened?” she demanded to know.
“Coup forces with, shall we say, ‘special’ tactics like my own are going to be coming after you and your family,” Sirius warned the Prime Minister.
“Special tactics…...
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Chapter 52: Night of the Living Dead
(Friday, March 23rd, 2124)
“When he is gonna make a move?” a Saint wondered in annoyance as he lounged on the roof of a building overlooking the industrial docks in the south of Stilwater, near the old cannery the Brotherhood had once used as a base. “He’s just sitting there!”
“Don’t know, but he’s gotta be here for a reason,” another Saint replied.
Neither of them were looking directly at their target, lest he no...
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Chapter 10: Clatter Town 3
“You bitch!” Ganzack growled. “You’re going to regret this!”
“Sure about that? Because I’ve already wrecked your whole operation and I won’t be losing any sleep over this,” I retorted.
“You’re a pirate too, aren’t you?! Why are you interfering with my dream?!” Ganzack demanded angrily.
“My dream happens to be more along the lines of treasure and adventure, not murder, plunder, and trying in vain to take over...
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Chapter 47: Fire and Gems
The first day of the siege began like any other. Just because there was an army on their doorstep didn’t mean the bakers could stop baking, or the Guild staff stopped serving the adventurers who continued to dive into the Dungeon.
Life went on. Just with a bunch of rude and unruly neighbors. And, in order to handle these people, Taylor decided something new was necessary.
“Welf, how’d you like to get a new Skill?” she asked the red-he...
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Chapter 84: Sirius Black, Dog of War (Part 2)
Sirius POV
The night was not silent in Kigali. There were lots of noises that caused Sirius’ ears to twitch. Sirens. Shouting. Gunfire.
‘It’s started,’ Sirius thought to himself, rising from his spot on the roof, pausing to scratch one of his ears.
It was early morning of April 7th. Last night, President Habyarimana’s airplane was shot down. Emergency government meetings had occurred and Prime Minister Agat...
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Chapter 51: The Noose Tightens
(Wednesday, March 21st, 2124)
It was fascinating just how quickly things could change, Playa mused to himself. Yesterday, things had been looking up! Star and Stripe had been willing to discuss a pardon with the president, and there was a bright future. And then mere hours later in the same day, Vogel had dropped a metaphorical bombshell on him. Now, he had to track down and kill a wannabe terrorist before he screwed things up for everyone!
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Smooth Sailing Chapter 9: Clatter Town 2
Chapter 9: Clatter Town 2
A dozen pirates spilled out of the factory, like ants swarming from a kicked ant hill, upon hearing the clamor I’d raised by ‘knocking’ on the doors. They were confused and mad, and when they saw the gate had been forced open, they naturally made their way towards it, and us, with weapons drawn.
Gunshots rang out, but I stepped in front of Buggy and Medaka, using my Devil Fruit enhanced body to d...
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Is It Wrong To Skitter In A Dungeon? Chapter 46: Magic and Ants
Chapter 46: Magic and Ants
“Is this everyone?” Taylor asked, looking around the group who’d gathered in the garden. Today was the first magic lesson for Primo, and a few other members of the Hestia Familia had gathered, interested in the lesson.
Right now, the group for the lesson consisted of Primo and Gina as the main students, but Emma, Lili, Haruhime, Mikoto, and Ryuu, the five other adventurers...
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Chapter 83: Sirius Black, Dog of War Part 1
Sirius POV
“Flight RA991 to Kigali International Airport is now boarding!” a pleasant young woman’s voice called out over the speakers. “All passengers, please proceed to the gate and prepare your tickets!”
Hearing that, Sirius yawned and stretched before standing up and making his way through the London Heathrow airport towards his flight’s gate, his carry-on backpack thrown over his shoulder.
He showed of...
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Chapter 50: Wheeling and Dealing
(Tuesday, March 20th, 2124)
“Now, before we begin, I just want you to know that even if we don’t agree to anything, I won’t be trying to arrest you. Today, at least,” Star and Stripe informed Playa.
“Very generous of you,” Playa said, feeling a bit of relief at hearing that.
“Of course. Least I could. Not every day I get fan mail from a supervillain. Your letter was surprising. As were the contents,” the Top Heroi...
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Chapter 8: Clatter Town 1
As I’d promised Buggy, as soon as my crew was done grabbing all the supplies we needed we departed Frauce, setting sail off into the horizon.
Our destination, the Bund Span, was a stretch of ocean that had several sparsely populated islands and was generally not gone into due to the presence of monstrous sea life prowling the interior. Most ships stuck to the outer edges, where the majority of inhabited islands within the Span could be found.
...
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Chapter 45: Prelude to Invasion
The next day dawned dull and grey, with lots of overcast and rain-filled clouds threatening to pour down onto Orario.
As unpleasant as it was, Taylor knew there wasn’t much chance of avoiding going outside. For one thing, she had that meeting at ten a.m. with the other captains. Secondly, there were a lot of different chores she had to do for the Familia.
To prepare for the day, she ate breakfast with Bell and the others who were awak...
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Chapter 82: Roses have Thorns
‘Alright, everything is in place and in order,’ I thought to myself as I checked myself out in the mirror. Yes. Everything was ready. My tie was in place, and my rings were on my fingers. I was going to succeed tonight.
I left my apartment and got into my car, and drove towards my destination at five p.m. sharp.
At five forty-six p.m. on Saturday, April 2nd, 1994, I stepped out of my car having arrived at my destination, and handed the keys ...
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Chapter 49: Interlude 7
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Smooth Sailing Chapter 7: East Blue 3 / Frauce 1
Chapter 7: East Blue 3 / Frauce 1
“So, uh, Mr. Buggy, what exactly happened to you?” Jodie asked, unable to contain her curiosity.
We were sitting out on the deck, enjoying a tasty dinner of steamed crab legs. We’d gotten a lot of tender meat from the giant crustacean, enough to last us a couple of days if we weren’t going to bother with rationing.
Naturally, we all wanted to hear the story, but didn’t w...
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Chapter 44: Shadows of War
The Hestia Familia’s expedition had gone through quite a few tumultuous events, and they hadn’t managed to complete many of their objectives. The elite team hadn’t even made it down to the 25th Floor, which had been their goal! But with war on the horizon, Taylor reluctantly decided to cancel the expedition and return to the surface.
They weren’t the only ones, either, with Rivira seeing a large number of adventurers leaving for the city. ...
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Chapter 81: Rituals and Birthdays
“What do you think this is about?”
“Dunno. I was just told to come here.”
“Did you have to sign an NDA, too?”
“Of course.”
“Then it’s probably about magic.”
“Think it’s about whatever happened to Fetters?”
“Could be. Fetters can suddenly use runes and the talisman thingys without having to cut himself? Something is definitely up.”
“I hope it’s not about the company goin...
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Chapter 48: Dragonslayers
(Wednesday, March 15th, 2124)
“Been quiet recently. Too quiet,” Johnny muttered. Playa sent his best friend an amused look, then glanced over at the gun range that Johnny had been shooting up earlier.
“I’m pretty sure everyone in a ten-block radius heard you venting your frustrations on those poor defenseless targets,” Playa drawled. It wasn’t just guns Johnny had been using. A few grenades had been chucked and even a flamethrower...
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Chapter 6: East Blue 2
Captain Yoshua was bored. He had better things to do than listen to Prince Tritobu throw a fit, but here he was, forced to stand around and listen to the tantrum in the middle of the throne room.
It was a nice throne room, as far as they went. Polished marble floors and pillars, red carpet, tapestries depicting highly exaggerated deeds of the royal family, and the crystal chandeliers hooked up with lightbulbs powered by the latest in Vegapunk electric...
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Chapter 43: Murder Mystery
“So… let me see if I’ve got this straight,” Taylor said, rubbing her eyes tiredly in frustration. “An adventurer disappears from Rivira. Then, his body is found missing his lower torso within the forest. Somebody claims to have seen an elf in a green cloak running away from the scene of the crime, and your immediate assumption is it’s Ryuu?”
“She wasn’t our immediate suspect,” Bors protested. “But one of the adventurers who w...
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Chapter 80: Laying out Bait
“…and that’s the plan. Any questions?” I asked, looking around the room. Besides myself, there were my three lawyers and a couple people from the financial sector.
“Uh, are you sure, Mr. Rose?” one of my lawyers hesitantly inquired.
“I am,” I confirmed with a nod.
“It will result in quite a few hefty costs,” he warned. “And the hit to reputation may impact sales… and other matters.”
“I know, but it is...
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Chapter 47: Rest In Peace
(Tuesday, February 29th, 2124)
It had been over a week since the Saints had tried to take out both Shogo and Kazuo Akuji at their main base in Tohoku Towers. Things had been silent after the failed decapitation strike, and the city had settled into an uneasy peace.
The Ronin kept to themselves, too busy trying to keep themselves from splintering and collapsing to go and do anything overt. Meanwhile, the Saints were being pressured by the hero...
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Chapter 5: Nagagutsu Kingdom 2
As I’d expected, the clothing on sale in the docks was rough and tough for rough and tough men. There was very little women’s clothing, especially lingerie. Not liking what was on offer, I ventured deeper into the port city, heading to the more well-off portions.
‘Despite being the capital city of the Nagagutsu Kingdom, this place is really divided,’ I thought with a grimace as I strode through the clean and pretty streets of Greater V...
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Chapter 42: Aliens
“Hmm, not this one,” Taylor hummed to herself as she looked over a group of a dozen Gun Libellula she’d collected from the 23rd Floor. “I think this one could be decent… hmm.”
The Hestia Familia had gone down quite far in the Great Tree Labyrinth that day, only stopping and turning back before the 24th Floor once their training session was over.
“What are you doing, Lady Weaver?” Oriana asked as they headed back to their camp on the ...
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