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Never Fade Away: Like A Supreme (ch. 27)

What was happening today was something that had only happened once in Night City's history, Rogue recalled as she leaned into her seat in the back room of the Afterlife. On one side of the room was a long row of the top Fixers in Night City -- Regina Jones, Padre, Wakako, Captain Reyes, Dino Dino...

Never Fade Away: Night City (ch. 26)

Apparently my base in Pacifica was destroyed, which was… a huge loss, but much better than Arasaka getting their hands on more of my tech. The GN Drive that I built was set to self-destruct after everyone had vacated the building, leaving behind a crater and rubble where the building used to be...

Gacha God: Laying Low (ch. 27)

"Sebastian. Please don't steal Captain America's shield. Please," Peter instantly began to beg me, looking insanely worried. "He's like… a cultural icon, dude. And his shield is like his entire identity."

Ned was nodding while we kicked our feet up in the command room. I was taking stock ...

Gacha God: Thunder (ch. 26)

There was a brief standoff between us for a moment, both of us waiting for the other to make the first move. I channeled my energy to my eyes just in time to see that he was about to break that stalemate, targeting my skates with a wrist mounted laser beam. I saw the movement before it happened, ...

Gacha God: Risky Bets (ch. 25)

"Ohh, swanky," I remarked, looking out at the guy we would be intimidating and/or kidnapping. He was an older guy -- white hair, wrinkles, but money let him age with grace. He lived in a nice high-rise apartment in New York, complete with a balcony with a swimming pool on it. He was dressed in on...

Gacha God: No Strings On Me (ch. 24)

“Bro. I want your power. We’re in space. Outer space! Dude… we’re astronauts,” Ned had his forehead pressed against the glass window of my Fortress of DOOM. Capital letters, because why wouldn’t they be?

I usually preferred to stay on the streets because it kept me on m...

The Good Life: Sweet Little Lies (ch. 8)

"Tragedy," I heard Homelander begin Lamplighter's eulogy, sounding heartbroken. "It's something that heroes stand in the face of. Something that we stand against. We are a shield that serves to protect you from the dangers of the world. As much as we can, at least. It's never enough in the end, b...

The Good Life: Limelight (ch. 7)

"It's poor form to go to the wake of a man that you killed," Robin remarked to me as I struggled to tie a tie around my neck, and it was only a little because our new cat, Black, kept treating it like a toy, idly pawing it as if he knew it was annoying. I glanced at the video I had on my phone, w...

The Good Life: Proper Motivation (ch. 6)

Fury flowed through Cinder and it took absolutely everything she had to not lash out, no matter how satisfying it might be. Her image was carefully crafted -- her posture, her social media presence, her personality when dealing with interviews. All of it to sell the image that she gave a shit abo...

The Good Life: Twice as Bright and Half as Long (ch. 5)

A thrill of excitement ran through me, accompanied by a sense of nervousness and anxiety. A foot bounced up and down as I sat in the back seat of an unremarkable van, my mind running through the plan again and again while my gaze was affixed to a clock that seemed to measure minutes in the span o...

Legends Never Die: Shifting Perspectives (ch. 43)

Jill was in awe of the sheer audacity of it, gazing up at the high table where Siegfried laughed. It was his laughter that prevented a fight from breaking out -- a number of his warriors had bristled at the blatant insult. However, it was difficult for them to take offense when the target of the ...

Legends Never Die: Strife (ch. 42)

There was so much to speak of that I genuinely didn't know where to start. Some things were far more pressing than others, but starting there would mean skipping out on context. Which left me starting at the beginning. The very start of the war. Way back when I was fresh off of the farm and follo...

Legends Never Die: What Comes After (ch. 41)

"I'll see you at the end of summer, Wolf-Kissed," King Widukind said to me at the docks. There was a large gathering of people to see us off. I could hardly hear the words beneath the ocean of noise coming from the what felt like hundreds of people shouting their farewells all at once. They crowd...

Legends Never Die: Debts Repaid (ch. 40)

“So, we lost, huh?” Astolfo had an interesting reaction to the news of the Frankish defeat. I had been a little wary of it, to be completely honest. Which was why I had kept the news from her until the ransom was taking place, despite the fact that her hands were in chains. Simply put -- if s...

Never Fade Away: Gr4ves (ch. 28)

I hadn't even realized that the encryption to my DNA was something that I had lifted from the orphanage, but now that it was unlocked for me to see… honestly, it was nothing short of a miracle that a couple of tumors in my brain was all that I had. My medical records read like something out of ...

Never Fade Away: Like A Supreme (ch. 27)

What was happening today was something that had only happened once in Night City's history, Rogue recalled as she leaned into her seat in the back room of the Afterlife. On one side of the room was a long row of the top Fixers in Night City -- Regina Jones, Padre, Wakako, Captain Reyes, Dino Dino...

Never Fade Away: Night City (ch. 26)

Apparently my base in Pacifica was destroyed, which was… a huge loss, but much better than Arasaka getting their hands on more of my tech. The GN Drive that I built was set to self-destruct after everyone had vacated the building, leaving behind a crater and rubble where the building used to be...

Never Fade Away: Never Fade Away (ch. 25)

Time slowed to a crawl the moment the force of the impact hit. Adam Smasher peered into the tank, his eyes glowing an ominous red. I didn't know much about him beyond vague mentions here or there. Mostly coming from David, because Adam Smasher was apparently the most renowned borg in the world. N...

Gacha God: Thunder (ch. 26)

There was a brief standoff between us for a moment, both of us waiting for the other to make the first move. I channeled my energy to my eyes just in time to see that he was about to break that stalemate, targeting my skates with a wrist mounted laser beam. I saw the movement before it happened, ...

Gacha God: Risky Bets (ch. 25)

"Ohh, swanky," I remarked, looking out at the guy we would be intimidating and/or kidnapping. He was an older guy -- white hair, wrinkles, but money let him age with grace. He lived in a nice high-rise apartment in New York, complete with a balcony with a swimming pool on it. He was dressed in on...

Gacha God: No Strings On Me (ch. 24)

“Bro. I want your power. We’re in space. Outer space! Dude… we’re astronauts,” Ned had his forehead pressed against the glass window of my Fortress of DOOM. Capital letters, because why wouldn’t they be?

I usually preferred to stay on the streets because it kept me on m...

Gacha God: Logical Explanations (ch. 23)

As far as disasters went, this one was an unmitigated shit show, Natasha summarized her thoughts rather aptly as she sat at a round table inside of Avenger's tower. It was a disaster on every imaginable level. First, Italy was rather upset about the spy plane that crashed in their front yard. Und...

The Good Life: The Limelight (ch. 7)

"It's poor form to go to the wake of a man that you killed," Robin remarked to me as I struggled to tie a tie around my neck, and it was only a little because our new cat, Black, kept treating it like a toy, idly pawing it as if he knew it was annoying. I glanced at the video I had on my phone, w...

The Good Life: Proper Motivation (ch. 6)

Fury flowed through Cinder and it took absolutely everything she had to not lash out, no matter how satisfying it might be. Her image was carefully crafted -- her posture, her social media presence, her personality when dealing with interviews. All of it to sell the image that she gave a shit abo...

The Good Life: Twice as Bright and Half as Long (ch. 5)

A thrill of excitement ran through me, accompanied by a sense of nervousness and anxiety. A foot bounced up and down as I sat in the back seat of an unremarkable van, my mind running through the plan again and again while my gaze was affixed to a clock that seemed to measure minutes in the span o...

The Good Life: Carrot and Stick (ch. 4)

There was a black cat looking at me, I noticed, making eye contact with the golden-eyed feline from across a back alley as I went about my business. Mostly aimlessly wandering New York to get a temperature for the various gangs that I now controlled. The Bayers’ territory had been divided up an...

Castoff: Family (ch. 19)

It was an odd sight, Guts had to admit as he gazed up at half of a ship that was perfectly posed directly on top of a mountain. The air felt thin to him, telling him that they were rather far up. The other half of the ship was at the bottom of some ocean, just off an island that Guts couldn't be ...

Legends Never Die: Strife (ch. 42)

There was so much to speak of that I genuinely didn't know where to start. Some things were far more pressing than others, but starting there would mean skipping out on context. Which left me starting at the beginning. The very start of the war. Way back when I was fresh off of the farm and follo...

Legends Never Die: What Comes After (ch. 41)

"I'll see you at the end of summer, Wolf-Kissed," King Widukind said to me at the docks. There was a large gathering of people to see us off. I could hardly hear the words beneath the ocean of noise coming from the what felt like hundreds of people shouting their farewells all at once. They crowd...

Legends Never Die: Debts Repaid (ch. 40)

“So, we lost, huh?” Astolfo had an interesting reaction to the news of the Frankish defeat. I had been a little wary of it, to be completely honest. Which was why I had kept the news from her until the ransom was taking place, despite the fact that her hands were in chains. Simply put -- if s...