Hakuno was tired, very tired. Planning with her Servants had been exhausting for the psychically teenage looking girl, she loved many of them deeply (and some in more psychical ways), but even that couldn't stop the bone deep feeling of exhaustion from dealing with so many Servants with so many different ideas what to do.
She shivered from what BB's original plan was, she was extremely happy that she had managed to stop THAT madness. Hakuno was not eager to replicate the Matrix in real life.
At this point, Hakuno just wanted to relax, perhaps watch a movie? It had become somewhat of a guilty pleasure of hers to watch movies instead of doing anything productive. Nero kept insisting it was okay to relax every now and again, but Hakuno still felt guilty when she wasn't doing anything productive.
She had nothing to do right now, her Servants were out and sorting out the 'first layer' of their plan, and were working on acquiring a building for a base. As secure as the Moon Cell was, it could get rather annoying transferring between it and Earth, so a psychical building on Earth would make things much easier.
[Seeeennpaaaai! Your loveable kohai wants to show you something!]
Hakuno groaned, she recognized the telepathic voice and really didn't want to deal with her right now. But of course poor sweet Hakuno would respond anyway, because ignoring BB was a frankly horrible idea if she wanted to avoid madness.
[What BB?]
[Your most amazing kohai has found one of the most amazing things in this world! Try this link]
Hakuno blinked at the screen appearing in front of her face, Parahumans Online? What in the world was this?
[BB, explain]
[Only the funniest, shittiest gathering of garage, memes and idiocy on the planet! PHO! It's a website where a bunch of idiots talk about capes, and they actually have some useful things here and there! You need to make an account and check it out Senpai!]
Of course BB would send her something like this, that girl enjoyed human idiocy a bit too much. But Hakuno had to admit she was curious, it wouldn't hurt to check it out would it?
Checking the option to create an account, Hakuno had to hold back a groan as she saw the account was near finished already, of course BB would do this… shaking her head, Hakuno fully activated the account and started exploring PHO.
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Topic: Slaughter of the Merchants.
In: Boards > Brockton Bay > Merchants > General.
ThatGuySixtyTwo (Original Poster)
I'm sure at this point many have realized it, but recently our home of Brockton Bay has had a certain group of annoyances (and I use that term loosely) removed. For those who've been living under a rock, the Merchants have been slaughtered, and I do mean slaughtered as in pigs at a butchers, down to the last man.
Now I know, the Merchants certainly weren't as big as a threat as certain news media made them seem, but they were still a dangerous gang and whoever got rid of them, must've had some serious fire power, so anyone have a clue what's going on?
>Crimson_Light321
God damn, how the hell did anyone get rid of a gang with anyone barley able to tell what happened? Even if the Merchants aren't the strongest, they still had a few dangerous capes and defiantly should've caused a bigger racket then what happened
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>FlippingMad
Who cares? A parasite that should've disappeared years ago is finally gone.
>BLACKBLOSSOMFORLIFE (Verified Cape) (Notice me Senpai)
Because people are obsessed with knowing as much as possible, I guess that's one of the few good things about you humans. I mean I know what happened, but I'm not saying~
>ButterflyMadam
God dammit not another Thinker shitposting, we got enough of that with AllSeeingEye (I KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE A CAPE TAG BUT I AM CERTAIN THAT BITCH IS A THINKER DAMMIT).
>AllSeeingEye
When will you accept the fact I'm just smarter then you? Not every person with some actual intelligence is a Thinker.
>DATA-SS
Can we please get back to discussing wtf happened to the Merchants? Does anyone have some actual info they're willing to reveal or is everyone just shitposting.
>Armsmaster (Verified Cape)
The PRT is currently investigating what happened, but from our research we have discovered the Capes who dealt with the Merchants was a group of 2 men.
{Link} {Link}
Neither has declared themselves with a name, but the PRT is calling them Impaler and Smoke for now. If you see anyone matching these 2, leave the area immediately and report it to the PRT.
>XxVoid_CowboyxX
What the hell's up with the second image? It's all distorted.
>Valkyr (Wiki Warrior)
A Stranger power most defiantly for Smoke, or maybe it's a Breaker? While Impaler has some kind of Blaster power that lets him summon stakes, weird but guess it fits the whole Dracula theme he has going on.
>BLACKBLOSSOMFORLIFE (Verified Cape) (Notice me Senpai)
Smoke? Really that's the BEST you could come up with PRT? So disappointing, so I guess I'll give you a little bit of info regarding Mister Knight, he has a Striker power.
>BloodQueen
And you know this how BLACKBLOSSOMFORLIFE? Because it's starting to sound like you know them personally.
>BLACKBLOSSOMFORLIFE (Verified Cape) (Notice me Senpai)
Maybe I do? Maybe I don't? Maybe I'm just a bullshit Tinker?
>ButterflyMadam
So you're just being a bitch? You do know you can get in legal trouble if you have information on villains and not share it with the heroes? You could at least help fill in their Cape Wiki's a little.
>BLACKBLOSSOMFORLIFE (Verified Cape) (Notice me Senpai)
Nope, they can't actual, I've checked the laws and they can't force you to reveal information regarding Capes. They can't legally arrest me, or do anything to me, and nobody wants a scandal now do they?
PHO End
Hakuno had to hold back a laugh, of course BB would mess about with civilians, and at least it was in a relatively harmless way.
Smoke and Impaler thought? She didn't like ether name, perhaps she should ask Vlad to create a PHO account for himself and Lancelot? At least one of the Berserkers had enough sanity to handle an account.
But what was a Cape Wiki? Quickly researching the term, Hakuno tilted her head confused (Unknowing to her freezing a certain purple haired girl who was stal- WATCHING! Watching, her Senpai).
Hakuno was confused regarding the Cape Wiki, she got the point of it, give people access to an easy way to learn about Capes and ways to deal with their abilities. But Hakuno quickly realized how deadly it could turn quick, giving villains a way to learn all of a hero's abilities? You were basically giving them a way to defeat you.
And that's not even counting the fact it'd be easy for a villain to convince people their powers were much weaker or different to what they actually were. What if a villain had an ability to absolutely control someone's mind, but they made it seem they could only subtly influence people? And that's not even thinking of what if the heroes lie about their powers, it could destroy their reputation.
Now knowing of both the dangers and uses of Cape Wiki's, Hakuno decided to research what had been created for her Servants so far. It was… interesting what they thought her Servants abilities were, even if some were horribly wrong.
Cape Name: Smoke (PRT given name, no official name is known).
Crimes: manslaughter, and destruction of property.
Power Rankings and abilities.
Brute (6) - Smoke is suspected to have an incredibly high psychical strength as he has torn apart even Tinker tech with ease. DO NOT ENGAGE IN PSYCHICAL COMBAT!
Stranger (2) – It is near impossible to discover anything about Smoke's true form, as he is constantly covered by a black smoke and any photos taken of him are incredibly distorted.
Unconfirmed Powers.
Striker – Suggested by unknown Thinker, but not confirmed.
Mover – High speed movement and acrobatics is suspected.
Associated groups or capes.
Impaler – Confirmed associate and common partner in crime.
BLACKBLOSSOMFORLIFE – Suspected associate but unconfirmed.
Cape Name: Impaler (PRT given name, no official name is known).
Crimes: manslaughter, and destruction of property.
Power Rankings and abilities.
Brute (3) – Enhanced Strength, Impaler has been able to tear through metal with ease.
Blaster (2) – Impaler has been shown able to create stakes anywhere in his line of sight, these stakes have no abilities but Impaler is able to summon immense amounts of them.
Associated groups or capes.
Smoke – Confirmed associate and common partner in crime.
BLACKBLOSSOMFORLIFE – Suspected associate but unconfirmed.
Cape Name: Unknown (Has not been given any official name).
This individual is a completely unknown but confirmed Cape, the only known identity they go by is their PHO user of BLACKBLOSSOMFORLIFE.
Crimes: Hacking PHO.
Suspected crimes: Association with criminals.
Power Rankings and abilities.
Thinker (?) – Not much is known about their Thinker ability, but they seem to have a specialty with coding as they were able to alter the code of PHO and nobody has been able to fix this.
Unconfirmed Powers.
Tinker (?) – Suspected high or just specialized Tinker rating towards coding.
Kohai Rankings.
Cuteness (10) – Absolutely adorable, it is considered that BLACKBLOSSOMFORLIFE is perhaps the cutest kohai possible.
Love (10) – BLACKBLOSSOMFORLIFE is the absolute best love interest of them all! But only for Senpai.
Yandere (3) – Eeeeeh? WHO GAVE ME A YANDERE RATING?!
The End of Cape Wiki
This time Hakuno couldn't help herself, she broke down laughing, especially at that last bit, probably Melt's fault if Hakuno had to bet. After recovering from her laughter, Hakuno began to think, specifically about the Cape Wiki's and PHO.
Both were useful, but she quickly realized how dangerous they could both be. Information could be edited easily and this could lead people to fearing an incredibly weak cape, or underestimating an incredibly powerful one.
It also gave EVERYONE access to the information, from Hakuno's understanding unless they had powers regarding it, Capes bodies were as fragile as a normal human, so a well-placed bullet could kill many of them. It was a concerning thought to Hakuno.
She couldn't be sure for certain, but she suspected PHO and Cape Wiki's were created for the purpose of monitoring capes. After all, why deal with keeping an eye on capes yourself, when the curious public could do it for you? It was a rather smart plan if she said so herself.
At this point, Hakuno decided she needed to get up and do something more then watch whatever chaos BB is doing on PHO. So with that, she left the throne room to talk to someone
As she walked through Mare Aurum, Hakuno noticed how empty it felt. Sure there were civilians, but not a single Servant, even Nero was on Earth. Hakuno talked with normal people sure, but she was nervous around them, Servants were so much easier to speak to. Magus were also easier to speak to, they didn't expect you to be normal, but normal civilians? They expected a normal person, Hakuno knew she wasn't normal.
Blinking, this gave Hakuno an idea, there was someone who'd still be on the Moon Cell and enjoy a visit from Hakuno, and it had been a while since she'd visited Mare Melum.
With a quick teleportation Code Cast, Hakuno found herself at the entrance of Mare Melum and entered the territory. Hakuno unconsciously found herself moving faster towards a certain residence, it had been far too long since she'd seen the girl inside.
Knocking on the door, Hakuno waited a few seconds before it was opened and smiled softly at the girl behind it.
The girl (More a young woman) eye's widened and for a few seconds an expression of joy was on her face before it was hidden by a more neutral expression.
"Well, I can't say I expected a visit from you today". Rin Tohsaka said.
First time doing a PHO or wiki style thing, so I hope they turned out okay. This is all the chapters so far, I don't really have an update schedule besides when I'm bored, have nothing to do, or I'm struck by inspiration.
I hope you guys enjoy the story and are eager for future updates.