Good Dog, Bad Wolf

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The Guild of Gamers: The Tinker

Chapter 05: Good Dog, Bad Wolf

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♦ Topic: Fall of the Merchants and the Brotherhood of Steel

In: Boards ► Locations ► America ► Brockton Bay

Bagrat (Original Poster) (Veteran Member) (The Guy in the Know)

Posted On Dec 3rd 2011:

So, apparently @Zero really doesn't do the whole 'take a break after an Endbringer attack' thing, because within a day of returning home from saving the day in Hawaii, he took action.

Long story short? The Merchants are done.

A joint operation between Zero, the Brotherhood of Steel (more on them below) and the BBPD arrested over two hundred Merchants, Skidmark, and Mush in a single night.

Squealer has fled the city, last seen leaving Boston as she headed further south. Trainwreck was chasing her but also seems to have taken the hint and isn't coming back, last seen heading west.

So, how the hell did Zero take down a gang that'd been plaguing Brockton Bay for decades in a single night?

Well, it wasn't overnight, because he's apparently spent weeks identifying every drug dealer and pimp, every lab, every workshop, quite literally every person and place that mattered to the Merchants.

Then he hit them all at once, by deploying his latest trick, the Brotherhood of Steel.

[BrotherhoodPaladin .png]

it's currently unknown if they're people or drones, but Zero has deployed nearly a hundred heavily armoured soldiers equipped with Tinkertech power armour and laser weaponry, who work with his drones to become an absolute force to be reckoned with, and also have aerial vehicles named 'Vertibirds' that they use to get anywhere they're needed.

[BrotherhoodVertibird .png]

Normally, when a gang is wiped out like this either their territory is taken by a local gang or a foreign gang moves in.

This time, with the permission of Mayor Christner, the Brotherhood have temporarily occupied the Docks while Zero's repair drones fix the buildings, roads, clean the streets and repaint the walls.

All while the Pride hovers high above the city, which seems to have convinced the Empire and ABB not to pick that particular fight.

The Brotherhood are apparently in talks with the PRT to handle the protection of the Docks and Trainyard, with the PRT already expanding their patrols to the newly liberated parts of the city.

The Brotherhood have also set up a clinic to help with the addicts who have found their dealers missing, offering a Tinkertech drug named 'Addictol', which had been cleared by @Dragon and the PRT.

No questions will be asked and they aren't charging for it. I've posted a map of the clinics.

[ClinicLocations .png]

So? Long story short, Zero either has an army of Tinkertech–armed soldiers or his drones are getting extremely advanced.

I for one welcome our new Tinker overlord, because holy shit is Zero blowing the other Tinkers out of the water.

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►Deadman

Replied On Dec 3rd 2011:

Panicked when I first saw the power armoured men patrolling the docks, but they're actually pretty cool when you realise they're on your side.

A drone also cleared the gang signs from my street, repaired a broken window and patched the potholes on the road.

Pretty sure the Brotherhood aren't human, because those guys don't seem to rest at all.

Zero doesn't fuck around, I heard the fighting coming from every direction but it didn't last long lmao, the Merchants got stomped like it was nothing

What was the PRT doing during all this? Cause this is the biggest win for the good guys I've ever seen and the PRT didn't even seem to be involved

►Miss Mercury (Protectorate Employee)

Replied On Dec 3rd 2011:

We took the Capes into custody, but Zero didn't see fit to warn or alert us to the operation until after it was over and requested that the BBPD leave us in the dark as well.

Trust me, it was an annoying thing to wake up to, but this is absolutely wonderful news for the city as a whole.

►Zero (Verified Cape) (Verified Badass)

Replied On Dec 3rd 2011:

The PRT has too many leaks to be trusted with any operational information. Even the Merchants had moles in them.

I sent the Merchant moles' identities to the PRT but until they properly clean their house, I have no desire to work with them in any serious capacity.

►Coyote-C

Replied On Dec 3rd 2011:

@Zero

What is your opinion on the minor villains who are living in the Docks area (like the Undersiders and Uber and Leet)?

►Zero (Verified Cape) (Verified Badass)

Replied On Dec 3rd 2011:

I have more important things to deal with than some petty thieves and a pair of idiots with faulty tech (even if they're giving Gamers a bad name)

If they act in areas protected by the Brotherhood, they will be treated like any other criminals but I don't have plans to hunt them down either.

►SpecificProtagonist

Replied On Dec 3rd 2011:

What about the other gangs?

The ABB have done just as much damage as the Merchants

►Zero (Verified Cape) (Verified Badass)

Replied On Dec 3rd 2011:

No comment on future plans, for obvious reasons.

I would hope the other gangs are smart enough not to challenge me, because if they do I will respond with the full force I have at my disposal.

But for now I'll simply say I don't like bullies and leave it at that.

►Morgan Sinister

Replied On Dec 3rd 2011:

Does nobody else find it worrying that a rogue tinker has an army of Tinkertech soldiers and a giant flying doomsday weapon?

He's literally just claimed nearly a third of the city for himself

►GloryGirl (Verified Cape) (New Wave)

Replied On Dec 3rd 2011:

Not really?

Zero has done a lot of good, he's just independent. Tinkers gotta Tink, Dragon has just as much firepower (if not more) and nobody is worried about her because she's a Guild member.

Plus, he's not claiming the Docks, he's keeping the Empire, ABB and who knows who else out.

►Zero (Verified Cape) (Verified Badass)

Replied On Dec 3rd 2011:

I am in talks to potentially join the Guild myself, there are definitely pros and cons to doing so.

But either way, I have no interest in taking territory myself, I just plan to keep it out of criminal hands.

I didn't wipe out the Merchants just so the Teeth or whoever else could take their place.

I plan to revitalise the area while it's under my protection, and when it's properly secured by the BBPD and the PRT I will redeploy the Brotherhood elsewhere.

►Bruce Lao

Replied On Dec 3rd 2011:

Elsewhere?

►Zero (Verified Cape) (Verified Badass)

Replied On Dec 3rd 2011:

As I said, I have important things to take care of.

The Merchants weren't even a stepping stone, just a minor annoyance I squashed on my way to bigger things.

►Mane Magenta

Replied On Dec 3rd 2011:

Let's focus on the important thing, BB's crime rate and overdoses just took a steep dive.

The Merchants were scum, the most violent and unpredictable of the gangs, and I'll take heavily armoured robots over drug addled thugs any day

So thank you, Zero, for making my walk home from work so much safer!

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— Brad Meadows (Hookwolf) —

Kaiser was going soft.

One show of power from some tinker too afraid to show his face and Kaiser tucked his tail between his legs and hid in his tower, as if they hadn't been thriving in the same city that had Lung in it for years.

The Merchant territory wasn't the best, most of it was worthless, but there were plenty of areas worth claiming now that the drug-addled idiots had been driven out of the city, while the PRT were still trying to work out what the fuck was going on.

Sure, Zero had his shitty robots patrolling, but they had power and numbers, they could sweep through the Merchant territory and show everybody that the Empire wasn't going to go down so easily.

Leading over three dozen of his men into the territory, he scoffed at Kaiser's weakness. Even Cricket was too afraid to join him, but if Kaiser wasn't going to lead them then perhaps it was time for a change in leadership. Kaiser was losing his edge out of fear.

Zero was too afraid to attack capes, it took him months to be ready to take down Skidmark and Mush and suddenly people weren't acting like he was a member of the fucking Triumvirate.

Spotting four of the armoured figures patrolling, he gave a savage grin as he shouted for his men to attack, starting to shift.

The first sign that something had gone wrong was that the bullets from his men's guns just bounced off the armoured figures, who immediately returned fire with fucking lasers, some hitting him and fucking disintegrating parts of his metal form to ash as he leapt forwards, not noticing as several of his men were reduced to cinders, breaking the will of the ones remaining.

They tried to run, getting swarmed by drones that zapped and gassed them, easily capturing the fleeing thugs.

He was too busy flying back as a thunderous crack filled the area, something striking him with an ungodly amount of force, blasting him backwards as the Pride hit him mid leap with perfect accuracy, blowing large chunks of metal off his body.

Fortunately not with its primary gun, but with a large front-mounted cannon, making him growl in anger. He fucking hated Tinkers.

Unfortunately for him, as much as he hated tinkers, being struck by dozens of lasers, something hated him more.

Trying to dive into an alleyway for cover, he barely even saw the giant dog that leapt out of the same alleyway, but he definitely felt it as sword-sized fangs and claws started to tear into his body.

Huh, maybe Kaiser had been onto something.

— Rachel Lidnt (Bitch) —

As Judas and Angelica joined Brutus in tearing into the alreadyinjured Hookwolf, she glared down at the animal abuser who was still trying to form his blades, even as the Brotherhood guys hammered into him with their weapons.

They were good, never hitting any of her dogs despite the utter chaos, each shot hitting Hookwolf with flawless precision.

She had to wonder why Zero invited her to join in with this, he obviously had it under control as she looked up at the giant airship flying above them.

The Brotherhood stopped firing, but she wasn't letting Hookwolf leave to abuse more dogs, even as he let out a scream, having lost enough metal to return to his normal form, Brutus biting into his shoulder.

Zero and his men didn't try to stop her as her dogs tore the bastard limb from limb, uncaring of the consequences, watching with grim satisfaction as Hookwolf was reduced to several meaty chunks.

Zero didn't need her for this, and that made the hairs on the back of her head stick up, worried if she'd brought her dogs into a trap as some pretty boy in fancy armour approached her.

"Bitch, right?" he asked, making her nod even as she whistled and made her dogs return to her side. "My name is Connor, I'm an agent sent by Zero. I have the locations of every dog fighting ring in Empire territory, the boss wants to invite you to join our efforts to dismantle them."

"I'm in," Rachel said simply, making Connor smile. Weird cape name.

"Excellent, Zero has arranged for a place for all the rescued dogs, as I don't believe you are in a position to take them all in yourself," Connor said, making her frown before she nodded.

"Fine, but I want to see it when we're done," Rachel said, mounting one of her dogs as Connor nodded.

"Easily arranged," Connor said, passing her an ear piece.

"Why are you doing this?" Rachel asked suspiciously, as Connor paused.

"Because my boss told me to, beyond that?" Connor asked, rubbing his chin before he smiled. "I like dogs."

Hm, maybe this pretty boy wasn't so bad.

— Kei Hayashi —

"Who is this?" Kaiser asks, answering the phone with an irritated tone.

"Zero," I respond calmly, hearing his breath hitch on the other end. "Hello, Kaiser."

"Should I bother asking how you got this number?" Kaiser asks, comprising himself. "And what can I do for the saviour of Hawaii?"

"Hookwolf is dead, he decided to attack my men and paid the ultimate price, should I assume this is the start of a war between the Empire and my Brotherhood?" I ask, hearing some commotion on the other end. He's got me on speaker. Hookwolf is an impulsive arrogant sadist, he stormed out of the same meeting I'm interrupting because he didn't approve of their hands off approach to me.

"You do realise that the Unwritten rules-"

"Hookwolf has at least fifty kills to his name, he was Birdcage-bound the next time he got caught. He fucked around, and he found out. Answer the question, Kaiser, was his pathetic attack supposed to be a declaration of war?" I ask, cutting in.

"I ordered all my men to stay out of the area being patrolled by your brotherhood, Hookwolf's actions were his own," Kaiser finally says, making me smile.

"I'm dismantling his dog fighting rings, all of them, you are to keep your capes out of the way. Once I'm done, I'll pull my brotherhood back out of your territory," I say, and I can practically hear his teeth grinding. "Stop being such a baby, we both know they didn't make enough money to be worth running. Just a monument to Hookwolf's cruelty, he's dead, if any of your capes attempt to prevent my Brotherhood from removing his stain from the city, it will be war."

"You are correct, his dog fights made some money but they were hardly worth the price to public relations. They will not be missed," Kaiser says imperiously, trying to sound like I'm not holding a railgun to his head.

"Then we have an understanding, as long as you stay out of the territory I am protecting, I have no quarrel with you," I say simply, lying through my teeth. "The operations will be over by dawn, why don't you all take a night off? It'd be a shame if any twitchy capes caused a misunderstanding."

Before he can answer, I put the phone down, listening in through my spy network as the Empire immediately breaks into arguments, Kaiser defending his decision, both because of my power and because both the Guild and PRT want to recruit me.

Attacking me is attacking both of them, because they'll come to my defence whether I need it or not, simply to try and ingratiate themselves with the new powerhouse.

Kaiser is smart, he understands that a gang's foundation lies in its unpowered members, not its capes.

You can't run a gang with a dozen capes if you have no unpowered members, because it's those unpowered members who actually make the money, they're the ones collecting protection fees, running rackets, doing the groundwork.

Without them, a gang falls apart, and he knows I could make things very difficult for them. They could win every battle against the Brotherhood- which would be a difficult prospect given their capabilities- and still lose the war.

That's not even mentioning Lung joining the fun, smelling blood.

And now that I've shown a willingness to kill? It's just another reason to hesitate.

The Unwritten rules are great and all, unless you're strong enough to ignore them. Hookwolf has killed Independant capes before, and he got a slap on the wrist because he had the protection of one of the larger gangs in America.

Now he's dead and I won't even accept a slap on the wrist, because fuck him. Who actually goes out of their way to hurt dogs?

Kaiser thinks he's doing the right thing, but he's assuming that I actually am telling the truth when I say I have no quarrel with them.

But fuck Neo-Nazis, he's just bought himself a stay of execution so I can focus on more important things.

Sending a message to Dragon, her response is obviously mildly frustrated but I don't think she's going to be mourning Hookwolf, promising to handle things with the PRT, even as I arrange for the BBPD to pick up the Empire thugs I spared.

The ones who died did so because their crimes were particularly serious, murderers and rapists. My Brotherhood can identify people mid-fight and decide the severity of the punishment based on what I've input.

The truly terrible ones didn't survive, being made examples of for the less terrible Neo-Nazis who got away with merely getting the shit zapped out of them.

The prisons around here are infamous for being revolving doors, some people I'm just not willing to risk escaping.

Honestly, Hookwolf just won a Darwin Award for deciding he could take territory that has an Endbringer-fighting airship guarding it, but he made a good example for my Brotherhood to show off their capabilities.

Just like Behemoth demonstrated the might of my Pride, which I'm pretty sure is why Lung is still laying low.

He's not stupid, unless he was very escalated he wouldn't survive tanking a hit from my railgun.

Having an in with the Mayor is useful, because it means I've been able to legally acquire some land just outside of town, building a dog sanctuary for the hordes of abused dogs thanks to Hookwolf.

Obviously it's currently manned by Androids, but the reason I'm involving Rachel in this is because I want her to take over the place. She's far better with dogs than even my Androids, and taking her away from a life of crime weakens Coil, taking an asset away from him.

Rachel's main crime was a murder that wasn't even her fault, she can't actually control her dogs and it happened during her trigger event, so getting her pardoned isn't particularly difficult since despite the PRT's corruption most of them genuinely want for there to be less villains, plus I can throw my weight around as Zero.

A well paying job to do nothing but look after a horde of dogs should have Rachel taken off the board, and I certainly have the money to support it.

Coil himself is living on borrowed time, hiding away in the base he doesn't think I know about. The truth is that I've already hilariously compromised his base security. I could set off the self-destruct right now but it'd level part of the city as well because of course Coil doesn't care about the civilian casualties.

In addition, I'm just too busy at the moment to seriously focus on the ABB, Empire or Coil.

I've infiltrated Cornell, keeping an eye on the girl I think is Bakuda, but I'm not entirely sure yet.

The half Asian perfectionist seems to be getting increasingly stressed and unhinged, but I'm ready to either kill or grab her the moment she triggers.

She's a risk, but she's also a powerful tinker and I could use another pair of hands around here, well not here, I bought a second pocket dimension just to keep people like her and Squealer in so they're never actually near me unless I decide otherwise.

But she's a problem for another night, as I watch the operations against Hookwolf's dog fights continue, pleased to see not a single Empire cape show up.

Kaiser even sends an order to have them abandoned, letting my Brotherhood move in without a fight.

Smart man.

— Rachel Lindt (Bitch) —

After a careful examination, she had to admit that the place Zero had set up was better than the animal shelter she normally used.

"You want me to work here?" Rachel asked, looking for the trap.

"I do," Zero replied through the speaker. "My people can handle a lot of the work, but they aren't canine experts like you and these dogs will need all the help they can get to recover from their ordeal. You've already proven yourself as being able to rehabilitate traumatised dogs," Zero explained. "You'll be paid of course, since I imagine it'd be a full time job."

"You know I'm a wanted criminal," Rachel said, making him chuckle.

"Wanted for overblown charges, I've looked into your past, it was nothing more than a tragic accident that started your career as a villain, I can handle the PRT, they need me too much to give any fuss over me wanting to hire you."

These dogs did need help, but it'd mean leaving the Undersiders. Despite their differences she did care for her other pack.

But she owed Zero for stopping the dog fights, she'd been able to hit some of them but she wasn't a planner like him, she couldn't have found them all and taken them all down in one night.

"Gimme some time to think about it," Rachel finally said.

"Of course, Connor will be your contact, he handles my operations on the ground, just let him know your decision, it was a pleasure working with you either way, Miss Lindt," Zero said, ending the call.

Pausing for a moment, she made another call herself.

"Rachel? Where are you-" Lisa started, sounded both worried and tired.

"Zero has offered me a job, we took down all the dog fights, dealt with Hookwolf, he's got a place for all the dogs and he wants me to work there," Rachel said, cutting in as Lisa paused. "I'd have to leave the Undersiders"

"And Zero could easily fix your legal issues," Lisa said, understanding as she thought about it. "What do you want to do?"

"Help the dogs, but I don't wanna leave you guys down a packmate," Rachel admitted, frowning.

"Do it, this is a great opportunity for you. We'll be fine, we aren't even doing jobs at the moment, just sitting in our hands because the boss doesn't want to antagonise Zero," Lisa finally said, making her smile slightly.

"Got it," Rachel said, before pausing. "Thanks."

"Take care of yourself Rachel," Lisa replied kindly.

"You too, goodbye," Rachel said, ending the call with some unexpected sadness. "Oi, pretty boy." She shouted, getting Connor's attention from where he'd been stroking Brutus.

"Do you mean me?" Connor asked, head tilting slightly.

"Tell your boss I'm in," Rachel said, making him blink before he smiled.

"Ah, excellent. Welcome aboard, Miss Lindt," Connor said with a happy smile.

— Lisa Wilbourn (Tattletale) —

Losing Rachel would make the Undersiders less effective, which would mean they'd have to lay low until Coil could procure a replacement for her.

Which bought her more time to work out whether Kei actually was Zero, approach him and convince him to let her hide out with him, and also to take down Coil.

She was genuinely happy for Rachel, this would be good for her, but she was also happy that this would inconvenience Coil even more.

The more she looked into it, the more she was convinced that her best friend was Zero, it was why he was so good at hacking.

He must have built VI (or maybe AI) to do the heavy lifting for him, the same VI he had in his drones.

So why was she so hesitant to actually confront him?

Lisa is afraid of rejection.

She really hated her powers sometimes.

Yes, she was afraid he'd refuse to help her, that the apathetic game-obsessed tinker didn't actually care about her enough to help her.

That he didn't like her as much as she liked him.

So she kept delaying, making excuses to keep things as they were, but it couldn't last. Coil's patience was wearing thin, and Rachel leaving wouldn't help matters.

She needed to man up and talk to him.

— Kei Hayashi — Days Later —

I'd like to say it was sheer curiosity that led me to this particular situation, laid back watching the beautiful blonde ride me.

Glory Girl gives me a grin, breasts jiggling with every bounce, a tight pussy clenching around my cock. She's undeniably one of the hottest capes in Brockton Bay, and I say this as the guy who has most of their nudes.

"Fuck, you're so much bigger than Dean," Glory Girl moans, leaning back as she cums around my shaft, my hands behind my head as I lay back and enjoy the moment.

Hm, next.

With a swipe of my hand, Glory Girl is replaced with her sister, Panacea scowling cutely as she rides me.

"D-don't get the wrong idea, this is just some stress relief," Amy says as she bounces on my cock, yelping as I spin us over and pin her down, her legs kicking behind my back as I start to pound her into the bed.

She's not 'real', just an NPC. Fallout has fully functioning VR technology that's good enough to fool people into thinking that it's real.

It's cumbersome, inefficient and generally not perfect, but with so many Specialisations I was easily able to massively improve it.

I also bought the Sword Art Online specialisation to take the best parts of that and add it to my creation.

Resulting in this, a pod that puts the person inside it into a full-dive virtual reality, into a world I have complete and utter control of.

At first I put in all the different Capes as NPCs for Capewatch, then I gave them suitable personalities for the upcoming open-world RPG PvE update for Capewatch.

Basically, you get to make your own Cape and explore the world, joining different factions and having your own story that adapts and changes based on your actions.

Yes, I put in a dating system, with sex scenes.

I'm not sure it'll make it into the public release, PR is a bitch sometimes and I'd need to get permission from each person unless I wanted a whole mess.

I also worked on the Villain update, something I've been squabbling with the PRT about. They both didn't want villains to be playable and warned that I might get attacked by agitated villains, neither of which I care about.

In the end, it's my game and they can kiss my ass. I'm pretty sure they know Kei from Wonderland is also Zero, because they've suddenly started being so much more accepting of whatever I want.

Brockton Bay is currently the only 'playable' area, though I did add some different time periods.

At the moment you can play in modern Brockton Bay, before the fall of the Merchants, or during the reign of Marquis.

But that's not the point right now, as I pound Panacea into the bed, because once the 'sex scenes' were added, I got curious enough to try them out.

Normally, it'd take time to get to this part in the dating system, but I am god here, pinning the grumpy healer under me as I pump my hips, roughly fucking her.

I know I wanted my first time to be with a real girl, not one of my androids, but I'm not technically having sex. My body is currently sleeping in a pod, this is basically a very advanced dream.

Sheathing myself into Amy as she cums, I grunt as I join her, my seed flooding her cunt, making her gasp and moan.

And then vanish as I click my fingers, the scene changing as I'm stood up in the middle of a room.

Surrounding me is every female cape currently in the system, dressed in their cape outfits.

The BB Protectorate Capes, New Wave, Parian, the Empire Girls, Squealer and the Undersiders with Lisa looking smug and Rachel frowning.

I plan to add more from out of Brockton Bay later, as I add more locations to the game.

With a wave of my hand, their cape outfits vanish, leaving them all naked, with a variety of reactions.

Some girls yelp and cover themselves in embarrassment like Amy and Parian, some embrace their nudity, Vicky giving me a cocky smirk as Squealer poses, and some get angry at their nudity as Brandish covers her body with her hands with a fierce scowl as Lady Photon gives me a scolding look, a light blush on her face as she tries to cover herself briefly before sighing and moving her hands out of the way, placing them on her hips.

Their personalities aren't perfectly accurate, but it stays in line with how they act as a cape.

Lisa gives me the same smug teasing look she has in the increasingly suggestive pictures she sends me, blowing a mocking kiss my way, but after a moment I frown and she vanishes.

Lisa is the closest thing I have to an actual friend, so that just feels weird, even if she's undeniably hot.

After a moment, I make my decision and set up a scenario, finding myself in a classroom as Sophia Hess scowls at me hatefully.

"Tch, fine. Let's get this over with," she grumbles, turning around and bending over one of the old school desks, reluctantly grabbing her jeans and pulling them down to her mid-thigh, her sports panties coming down with them.

As I grip her dark chocolate booty, parting her cheeks and spitting on her asshole to lubricate it slightly, she just grips the table roughly and doesn't turn to face me, even as she feels my cock pressing against her tight rosebud.

With a single uncaring thrust, I sheath myself inside Shadow Stalker's backdoor, making her grunt uncomfortably.

I'm not normally one for being unnecessarily cruel or sadistic, but I've had to keep a close eye on Sophia, Emma and Madison while I try and decide what to do about Taylor, and Sophia is genuinely scum of the earth.

She's killed people while playing the hero, her unsanctioned patrols often leading to her just killing criminals.

She's smart, she uses a gun when she wants to actually kill someone, one she stole from a Merchant, and she boasts about it to Emma, who cheers her on.

They aren't dumb enough to leave an electronic trail, only talking about it in person, but they don't know I can listen in through their phones.

I'm not against killing, some people need to be removed from the mortal coil, but Sophia doesn't care what her targets have done, they're just prey to her, she's stronger so she can kill them.

The ABB are scum as well, but a lot of them were forcibly enlisted, the issue with knowing everything is that you know exactly who the latest nobody that Sophia put a bullet through was.

He was called Chen, dragged into the ABB like most of the boys in his shifty apartment block deep in ABB territory. His worst crime was taking part in an armed robbery of a corner shop at the edge of Empire territory who paid the Empire for protection instead of the ABB, he held the bag for the money while the higher up ABB thug held the gun.

Sophia shot him in the head, it got blamed on the Empire.

Sophia is smart, the PRT genuinely seems to think she's getting better, but all they've taught her is how to hide her actions better.

She won't be getting away with all the shit she's done, the file I have on her and her flunkies is thick, and Sophia has very nearly found herself on my to-kill list.

I'm hesitant to deal with her before Taylor triggers, because Taylor still seems like the best chance against Scion, and I've already changed too much, but Sophia should enjoy her freedom while it lasts.

Either way, the Locker should be happening soon, and whether I stop it or allow it to happen, Sophia won't be free (or possibly alive) for much longer.

For now, I'll settle for a different way of working off my frustration and anger at the lunatic, listening to her grunt as I roughly pound her tight black ass.

She clenches her teeth, trying to stubbornly stop the whimpers and grunts as I penetrate her ass with no mercy, some tears falling at how defenceless she feels.

It's not as good as putting the real deal in her place, but it'll do for now.

— Taylor Hebert —

Lily was apparently going to become a consistent part of her life, because her dads one night stand rapidly developed into her dad acting like a love struck teenager.

She should be happy her dad was happy again, right?

Fuck no.

Lily could pass for a fucking clone of her mother, just one that became a model instead of an English teacher. Lily made Emma seem out of shape, it was almost unfair how perfect Lily looked.

Lily was also smart, sweet, helpful, and it drove Taylor mad.

She hated that Lily was replacing her mother in her father's heart. It wouldn't be so bad if Lily didn't look so much like Annette, but she undeniably looked like a younger, more attractive version of her mother.

Which meant… Lily looked like an older, more attractive version of her.

Her dad was frequently fucking a girl who could pass for an older Taylor, an older much hotter Taylor.

Lily was in her earlier twenties, almost half the age of her father, but she also genuinely made her father happy.

He seemed to be doing better now than he had been since Annette died, some of her old father showing itself for the first time in years.

Danny wanted them to get along, and was decidedly ignoring the fact that they could pass for sisters.

Lily herself was very nice, trying to get along with Taylor despite the cold reception she'd received. It was sad, but Lily showed more interest in her life than anyone else had in years, and it was hard to keep shutting the older girl out.

It would be easier if Lily wasn't so goddamn understanding, clearly seeing that Taylor was uncomfortable and confused about her father moving on.

She was also an amazing cook, having scolded Danny about his reliance on fast food.

Why couldn't he have a normal mid-life crisis and buy a motorbike instead of getting a girlfriend half his age?

— KeI Hayashi —

Full-dive is fun, very fun.

But I can't let it distract me from my actual work, because as tempting as it is to play Skyrim, full-dive vr edition, I need to continue my crusade to bring proper entertainment to this poor world.

Oh yeah, and to stop the Endbringers and raise Kyushu, but mostly the first one.

So, how do I start bringing anime into this world? I have so much to work with, but I've decided that the first one will be an original one.

I considered making a PRT-focused one, throwing those guys a much needed bone, but nah.

The first one will be a twenty four episode series about New Wave, with Glory Girl as the main character to take advantage of her popularity with the teen audience. It's already been negotiated with Brandish and Lady Photon, who get to see the script and episodes before release and get some input (if they can explain why they want to make changes).

The script is currently with them, Brandish is being a bit of a pain but even she can't complain too much since it shows the entirety of New Wave in a mostly positive light, not entirely because every good show needs some drama and losses.

Glory Girl loses in one of the earlier episodes, having picked a fight she couldn't win against an original villain, because she needs some character growth.

Maybe the real one will get the not-so-subtle hint, but I doubt it.

I've already sent them a clip from some of the fight scenes, which look fucking fantastic by the way, and Vicky herself is excited for the show.

Amy is of course grumpy in the show, which Brandish argued about, but the real Amy seems amused to see herself pictured as a tired grumpy healer.

Plus, I know the public. Tired grumpy snarky Amy will be far more popular than 'uwu I want to save everyone Amy'.

New Wave are of course getting a considerable payment for me using their image, which has soothed a lot of Brandish's complaints, because with Mark not working and sponsorships disappearing as New Wave's star fades, money has been tight.

Plus it'll give New Wave some global exposure if it becomes popular (which it will), since they aren't really known that well outside of Brockton Bay.

It's time for Wonderland's animation branch to make itself known.

— Bonus Scene — Sherrel Bailey (Squealer) —

She wasn't addicted to all the drugs anymore, that much was clea. Zero had obviously done something to cleanse her of those addictions.

But she still felt an itch, because she hadn't tinkered in days at this point.

"Come on, I'm no threat, you can let me go!" Sherrel whined, knowing someone could hear her.

There were definitely cameras around here because after she tried to dismantle her TV for parts, she got gassed and woke up with no TV at all.

"Can you at least fucking talk to me? You're definitely breaking some human rights laws!"

"Probably, I just don't particularly care," Zero finally responded, making her eyes widen. "You deserve worse than this."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Skidmark would have been a minor annoyance without your vehicles, you enabled him to smuggle his drugs across the eastern coast with far greater efficiency, causing countless overdoses," Zero said calmly. "Of course that's not a problem anymore. The Merchants have been dismantled, Skidmark and Mush are prison-bound, Trainwreck has left town, and every single drug lab you guys had has been shut down."

"Wha- I haven't been here that long-"

"I'm very efficient, the only reason I've not handed you over to join Skidmark in prison is because you are potentially useful," Zero said, making her pause.

"Is it sex? Because if you wanna fuck, I'm down," Squealer asked, he didn't want her for her tinkering, she wasn't delusional enough to think she came close to him, one look at the Pride showed how much better he was than her.

"Just lemme tinker a bit, please, I won't try and escape." Sherrel begged, making him go quiet. "Look, just give me a few hours of tinkering and I'll do anything you want. I'm not prudish, you can use me like a two dollar whore and I'll thank you."

"I'll pass on your generous offer, I may have dealt with your many STDs when I captured you, but I can't say I find the idea of enjoying Skidmark's sloppy seconds particularly enticing," Zero deadpanned, making her scowl.

"Please, I bet you've been stroking your cock, watching me shower, don't pretend you don't have a camera watching me every time I strip down and get nice and wet," Squealer challenged.

"You'd lose that bet," Zero said, unperturbed. "But I am not opposed to letting you tinker, under supervision of course, but first I need to make sure you're actually going to be useful to me."

"What's that supposed to mean? You don't need my tinkering, you don't want my body, what the fuck do you want?" Sherrel asked.

"I've heard you can drive incredibly well, does this only apply to your own creations?" Zero asked, making her blink.

"I can drive anything," Sherrel said proudly, a hint of excitement growing in her chest at the implication.

"We shall see, because I need a pilot. If you pass the tests, I'll grant you some tinkering time in my garage, along with some other benefits," Zero said, making her eyes widen as she was teleported out of her room into a massive hanger.

Staring upwards, she felt her mind go wild at the sight in front of her.

"So, do you think you can pilot this?" Zero asked, making her whimper as she felt her panties grow damp.

"I'd suck your cock for a chance to try," Squealer admitted, her head straining up as she looked up at the obscenely large mech.

Nothing else mattered, because somewhere deep in the back of her mind was a voice screaming that she had to try.

"That's what I thought, in that case it's time to start the first test for Gipsy Danger, my first anti-Endbringer mecha," Zero said proudly, as she shuddered, climaxing on the spot.

Skid-who?

Author's Note: Squealer's Shard is currently having multiple consecutive orgasms from the sheer data it's getting.

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