Chapter 47: It's all a game?
Hope stood up this time, in place of Elijah, grabbing her aunt and making eye contact with her. It seemed she was attempting to mentally communicate with her aunt through some form of primitive psychic power. Sitting here it was easy to see the shortcomings of her ability. Not focussed enough, lacking discipline, rampant and uncontrolled in certain parts... It was like me when I first began using my Telekinesis power.
I continued, despite her outburst.
"Now, my offer is that you become my allies and help me train my people, sire new vampire lines that can be focussed on whatever you wish and ultimately, to allow me to befriend you all. In recompense, what is mine, is yours."
Marcel frowned heavily at that and stepped forwards, his emotions concerned for me as he too had once offered that to Klaus and had lost everything he owned and ruled over to him. His worry was adorable, so I let him continue... Seeing what he would say.
"Ok, miss summoner, how about we just slow down a bit here. We only just met you." It was a typical deflection and call for time, an unoriginal tactic taught to him by Klaus and Elijah's interactions in the 1700's.
"I agree. We only just met, but it is best to lay one's cards on the table before trying to ask something of people. You now all know where I stand... Hope, who has been trying to infiltrate my mind this entire time, can now testify." I let her in and showed her what I wanted her to see, playing a form of mental mind game with her that was thoroughly stimulating my conceptual empowerment.
All of them turned towards Hope, Hayley especially, and relaxed a touch as she inclined her head in agreement with my statements. Elijah was more accepting now. Kol was completely ignoring the consequences of my proposed alliance on the premise I could lead him towards using magic again. Klaus was still deeply distrusting and close to paranoid about me, but that was fine, it was yet again... Like a game. A game of tag.
It was weird, I was finding myself enjoying little struggles like this.
Marcel took a step back and gazed me up and down, he was worried about me also, a trait he had earned from Klaus... No matter how much he denied it. Frey was already accepting of this 'alliance' as she was chewing at the bit to get her hands on the magic of this world.
Rebekah was actually smiling for once as she felt that I was being genuine. Her brothers were correct, she was really very gullible. Davina, who I had almost zero cares about, was as excited to learn new magic as Kol was, if a touch nervous due to her close proximity to the entire Mikaelson Family.
Then came Hope. She was apprehensive about this situation, hoping that it was true and also completely happy to have her mother back. Her mood was swinging from good to bad within moments, it was hard to tell exactly what she was thinking about what. Finn, was there; not that I gave a shit.
"You see, I have no ulterior motives, besides those I mentioned. You stand to gain much more than you will lose. I am even willing to meet you on even ground despite being your summoner, having saved many of you from your death, might I add."
Klaus immediately shifted on his feet and looked awkward. He was here distrusting me and hadn't even thanked me for saving him or his family from various levels of loneliness, especially his daughter, who now had a mother back and her father also. And thus, much to my surprise, and everyone else's, Niklaus stepped forwards.
"It seems I have been uncouth... Let me thank you for saving me, my brother and Hayley from the grasp of death... And for not letting my daughter go without parents for the rest of her life."
Hayley hugged into Hope and pulled Elijah along as she watched Klaus thank someone without prompting first or without copious amounts of time spent together. Elijah had a stupid grin on his face, curling in an almost triumphant manner. Hope was awkwardly accepting the hug and trying not to glance scornfully at her uncle.
Standing up I stood even with Klaus Mikaelson, the scourge of The Originals show, the mad-one... And simply walked forwards and swept him into a hug, his body tightening up before easing into an awkward hug.
"No thanks are needed between people who would be friends. Much like Odinism practices, the people of Odin need to stay in connection with themselves and the gods. I was merely following my true self, which was to satisfy my own curiosity and need for companionship... And from what I understood of your family, you needed to be separated from your past world's baggage."
I stepped back after a second of hugging him, training my gaze over all of them before slapping my hands in front of me.
"Now! Enough of that, I am sure you all need to think things through and talk some more... Plus, I need to do some things myself."
Elijah and Hayley chimed in soon after mentioning my own 'things'.
"What are those things? Could we be a help in any way?"
"Indeed, all you have to do is ask and I shall aid you."
My upper body jiggled slightly in mirth as their immediate willingness to be the bridges for this relationship was exactly what I had expected of their personalities. Hayley was generally kind to those who showed her kindness and Elijah was a family-simp, he'd even bargain with the Devil for his family.
"Haha, you have my deepest appreciation for being so kind to one you have only just met and cannot fully trust yet. My 'things' that I must complete is related to my own powers and contacts... If you are wishing to help me, simply do whatever you feel is helpful or is best for yourselves... If that includes getting your own house nearby or in another state, then let me know and I'll establish identities for you all."
At the mention of new identities Elijah lifted his chin and regally tried to gain my measure. The mere mention of doing such a thing was an alert to Elijah of my influence in the government; all of them having found out that they were still on a version of Earth and in the USA.
"Would it surprise you, if we were to ask if we may move to New Orleans as a family." Rebekah was the one to speak up now, her voice rather hopeful that I would allow it.
"It would be fine. Only request I would have is have my number saved to your phone, so that way I can check in on you all if need be... Or you can check in with me... Only warning I will give is to not reveal yourselves to the Government at all if you can at all help it."
Rebekah was shocked. They all were. I was letting them go if they wished to. Marcel in particular was noticing them all considering moving, his eyes narrowing before he stepped forwards and started grand standing.
"None of you will go back there, we don't want this New Orleans becoming a blood bath also." Rebekah rolled her eyes whilst Klaus, Elijah and Hayley all got a little miffed at being told what to do. Marcel flexed his super vampire muscles a little, not so much scaring the trio, but making them cautious.
Hope stepped up and was about to do something before I interrupted him with telekinesis.
"Oi, enough of that. Are you a savage that has just crawled out from a wine cellar? We use manners and discussion here. Violence is saved for enemies and none of you are that anymore." Marcel glared at me but was brought to kneel on the ground as my power was unconquerable for him... Vampires could only resist witch magic through obscene effort. Compared to my mental power, that was child's play.
"Tell that to Elijah, before he let my mom die." Hope made a snide comment that greatly hurt Elijah, the man fracturing on the inside once more despite having Hayley by his side who was understanding beyond the norm. In this, I decided to also interject.
"And he is also over 3000 years old. His life has been utter pain because of you all. His emotions are hidden behind a red door that he still has to this day, due to a nature he could not resist or fix. And, more than you could ever understand Hope, he loves you and your mother... He was the one to give your father the thought to name you 'Hope'."
My knowledge brought them all to quiet as Hope stared at me, tears gathering at the sides of her eyes as Elijah frowned heavily and stared into the distance, as if trying to evade the current room's atmosphere.
"Now, I must be off. I am sure that you have much to discuss. Please let me know what you choose." I nodded towards Klaus and gestured to Itachi to follow, walking out of the sitting room and exiting the mansion, the emotions of that family heavily hanging in the air.
'Fuck they carry so much baggage... I just hope their alliance will make up for the drama.'
...
Half an hour later after calling Shisui and Naori I learnt about Lex Luther contacting the original Senator who instigated the entire debacle with my Company. Nothing was recorded about the conversation but Naori did tell me that Lex had been rather shifty and uncomfortable whilst there.
Shisui on the other hand has succeeded in getting half of each party's members of Congress under his control. The only issue was that there were numerous mutants around the congress and they put up significantly more resistance than normal people.
Sending my contentment to them I finally stepped to my own personal business... The choice I was laden with...
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{Compensation is offered to user for unforeseen dimensional cloaking interference. Please choose from these options:
-EXTENSIVE INFORMATION-
-POINT SUPPLICATION-
-COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF PSYCHIC POWER MANIPULATION (Xavier-Level)-
-PURCHASE OF ALL DAILY SPECIALS-
-ONE RANDOM SUMMON-
TIME UNTIL OFFER IS RESCINDED- 23:29:41}
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Looking at each option there was an apparent cost difference between the compensations. Extensive Information was worth 100 Billion Points, whilst all the daily specials only came to 1.11 Billion Points. Point supplication would at most give me 10 Million Points and was utterly thrown out of my consideration. The knowledge of Xavier's was roughly equal to half of the Information's worth... And the random summon was, just that, random.
Looking at all of these options I decided to do something sneaky. I would lock the Magic and Chakra Awakening leaving the Nano-suit to be re-rolled... A chance would be gained to earn something more valuable. Slim although it might be, I could gain something awesome potentially.
Therefor I returned to my apartment and awaited the midnight hour. 15 hours left on my timer. And the daily switch occurred... Except this time only a single choice was switched...
[Points: 425,527,171]
---DAILY SPECIALS---
Sacred Gear- Huginn & Muninnᚠ( 5,000,000,000P down from 10,000,000,000P)
{{Magical Awakening (10,000,000P down from 100,000,000P) }} -Locked-
{{Uzumaki Clan (950,000,000P down from 2,000,000,000P) }}-Locked-
{{ Chakra Awakening (10,000,000P down from 100,000,000P ) }}-Locked-
---BATTLEPASS, Apprentice Level---
*Purchase an upgrade for your apartment* : 100,000 Points (COMPLETED)
*Create your second game* : New Mutant Ability, Shadow Control (COMPLETED)
*Create DLC for 'Fallout' (10/10)* : 200,000 Points , Blessing of Freya (COMPLETED)
*Make a company in the real world for your games* : 10 Million Dollars USD (COMPLETED)
* Purchase an item/spell/power/magic/Mutation, for over 1,000,000P* : 5,000,000 Points (COMPLETED)
*Learn More of the World* : Entire Basic Knowledge of World Lore (COMPLETED)
*Have 1 Million people play your games* : 1,000,000 Points , Charisma Bobble-Head (COMPLETED)
*Found the beginnings of a central hub for your games* : %UNKNOWNREWARD% (COMPLETED)
*Buy Twitch* : Customized Fate-style Servant based on Technology
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With the special refreshed I tapped the '-PURCHASE OF ALL DAILY SPECIALS-' button and watched as the entire list cleared out within moments. The timer stopped and the screen faded away into the aether as suddenly my entire body felt like it was dipped into a roiling sun.
My skin felt like lava and ice mixed together as my mind was inverted, being fully concentrated on my own body. Points on my body were opening up as some sort of essence flooded through these segments using 'pathways' already present in my body.
Sensation faded as my body was experiencing so much pain that my mind tried to slip into infinite darkness... But I grit my teeth, bared down with my psychic energy and witnessed the birth of another energy within me... That was instantly mixed with the first energy and combined into something, weird.
Queasiness flexed through me like oil atop water. My vision swam with black and white flecks as space started to distort into wave-like patterns. "UAAAAAAGH" I gasped for breath as if I had been under water for, forever... My throat was sore, my lungs felt abused and my entire lymphatic system spasmed in protest.
Rolling on the ground this continued for what felt like hours as my eyes soon began to crumble away into blackened dust, only to be replaced by something... Something... That was all I could get to, it was indecipherable in my present state. This was then counteracted by the sudden opening of eyes that I thought I had lost and the distant cawing of ravens... My vision wasn't that of my Apartment but of a distant Universe, one where the Norse Gods were present.
Two Ravens swooped down from seemingly nowhere as the world burned in hellfire, Surtur's form in the sky plunging a malevolent sword worth all the heat of the entire Universe. These two ravens lunged towards me, their feet extended. Panic filled me momentarily but was swept away as they landed on my shoulder, leading to a cooling sensation spreading throughout me, in opposition to the horrid sun-like heat I was experiencing.
{CHAKRA AWAKENING HAS COMPLETED}
{MAGIC AWAKENING HAS COMPLETED}
{BESTOWAL OF SACRED GEAR HAS COMPLETED}
{Kekkai Tota Manifesting...}
{Manifested Kekkai Tota}
{Synapse Eye 心理目(Shinri-me) :
Mind Field Vision-
The Synapse Eye grants the user the ability to perceive the invisible flow of thoughts, emotions, and chakra surrounding a person, dependent on their psychic energy and Chakra amounts.
Lie Detection: It allows the user to instinctively sense deception, reading subconscious reactions in real time whilst gathering scattered intentions from static thoughts.
Combat Prediction: User can see the emotional states of enemies and allies alike, physically, in an aura like state. The aura flows to the limbs the intent of the enemy/ally is using or intending to use; effectively allow the User to track what limb the enemy will attack with or to be able to tell if the enemy will attack or not.
Chakra Flow Awareness: The user sees the flow of chakra inside others as well as the natural chakra in the world around them. If further worked on this ability can be used to control said Chakra flows, to manipulate them and incorporate them into one's self.
Memory Infiltration-
Extract Memories
Erase Memories
Alter Memories
Mind Lock: Seal away specific knowledge within a target's subconscious, preventing them from recalling it unless a specific trigger is met.
Thought Projection: Temporarily replace a person's inner voice with the user's to guide or manipulate them subtly.
FURTHER ABILITIES ARE LOCKED BEHIND CONDITIONS }
{EMPOWERED CONCEPT- Games/Entertainment - Has influenced the Magical Awakening}
{Please beware of potential probl-}
[Game of Yggdrasil has finished Awakening]
[Welcome to the Game, Master]
'Huh...!?'
{.....}
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