Chapter 46: Information Gathering, Fostering Relationships
Having the Ancient One step into my game was interesting, so interesting in fact that I thought about the interaction into the next day. I finally got my mind sorted when Peter killed that Sith in the hanger bay, the experience spreading among all of them equally as the entire world's dynamic shifted and there were tens of new missions for the Sith.
There were even some for Bounty Hunters specifically, requesting the hunt of one, 'Apollo'; Peter's character. This was good to see as it ensured that the overall system was paying attention to every player's actions.
Exiting from the in game display that I was watching all of this through, which I called The Force, I panned over to the shop app and started flicking through a section I hadn't personally gone to but had been given as a reward, the information section.
[Points: 425,527,171]
---DAILY SPECIALS---
Custom Nano Suit( 50,000,000P down from 100,000,000P)
Magical Awakening (10,000,000P down from 100,000,000P)
{{Uzumaki Clan (950,000,000P down from 2,000,000,000P) }}-Locked-
Chakra Awakening (10,000,000P down from 100,000,000P )
---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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\SHOP- INFORMATION OF WORLD/
Basic (Purchased)
Intermediate- 100,000,000P
Extensive- 100,000,000,000P
Advanced- 1,000,000,000,000P
Complete- 100,000,000,000,000P
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Without hesitation I purchased the Intermediate information package and felt my brain split, information beyond what was usually able to be stored overflowing through every inch of my consciousness.
The Flash Point, the cause of it... Beings called the Beyonders... But not just them, The Fulcrum, The Endless, Death, The Source... Images tried to flash inside my mind, my brain itself attempting to evolve to even comprehend a fraction of the mortal forms of these beings. Eventually it did and I got some flashes of bright and dark mortals, details blurred and indecipherable.
There was some sort of conflict. The Flash, representing one of the most potent forces of The Source, the... Speed force? Used his powers to restart the Multiverse and with its aid, wiped the memory of every entity, creature, power and even reality itself.
Hundreds of different people and their faces flashed inside my mind. Tony, inside a mechanical suit of armour destroying terrorists in Afghanistan, at this very moment, starting something that would become known as the Avengers; down the line. Bruce Wayne, or Batman, starting the Justice League for the security of the world... Joker, and existential anomaly or paradox of manifested chaos... He was a chaos lord in this world.
At the title 'Chaos Lords' my mind was stretched across time and space. There I was standing before a man who was summoning an ankh in mid-air, speaking in ancient Babylonian and containing a small boy with a cat on his shoulder. N-Nabu was his name? Yes, this was a Lord of Order. They were direct enemies to the Lords of Chaos. The boy's name was Klarion. His cat's name was Teekl...
Once again my mind was swept into hurricane force winds as my attention was now drawn to a large Purple Alien... He had hundreds of ships and had millions of citizens and followers, he had a goal, something important. I couldn't tell any further as something else dragged me away... A doctor worked away at a patient on a treatment table, his hands currently stable, but would not be, in a few years time? It was unclear, instable as an image.
Thousands more images flooded my brain, simply images of people who could turn out to be something. All of them were uncertain though, and heavily influenced by the present and future. Finally, after those chaotic messes of faces, came a stable defined vision.
A golden city stood before me, glorious in architecture and filled with very powerful men and women. The booming of a spear slammed down with the force of lightning and the cacophonous sound of thunder. My vision zoomed into a massive palace. Once again it exploded within my ears. I emerged in a throne room now.
There, sitting on a golden throne of the most opulent craftsmanship, was a similarly awesome figure armoured in full gold with Norse Runes curling along every single edge and lining of the armour. Most prominently however was the flowing white-grey hair, the technological eyepatch over his right eye and the sheer mental power he displayed to me. Unlike other visions though, his singular eye locked onto me... A figure beside him stepping out of the gloom of my vision, the pockets that would usually be eyes on a person being consumed by galaxies.
"Intruder, what is your purpose here?" My heart beat increased as my Norse Concept flared wildly and powerfully here. beyond this space was another one, one that was filled with death and danger, one ruled over by a lonely woman filled with anger and hatred for treachery. Odin's daughter, Hela. The one before me was Odin, the All Father. God of all Gods and the leader of all Aesir and Vanir.
"All Father... I did not mean to intrude. My, power sent me here to learn things temporarily."
"Do not use your power on Asgard without permission. Next time ask first." He slammed his spear onto the ground and a pulse of rainbow energy projected towards me in a tidal wave.
His singular eye closed, but instantly opened as my system whirred into life mid-way through my session and a shield of an energy inexplainable repelled every facsimile of his power.
"What is this!? You dare to fight me?"
{Threat has been detected in Information Discovery mode... User will be compensated and all entities within range will have memories of this interaction wiped.}
The voice sounded from everywhere in the Throne Room before it all faded to White-Hot nothingness. As if nothing had happened there, I was consigned to puncture through hundreds of different veils, experiencing other dimensions as I was gradually returned to normality and shunted back into my body.
And, there, I sat in my chair reeling from my crazy experience... A singular system prompt sitting before my very eyes.
{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- 23:59:57}
I couldn't even comprehend what was being offered at the moment. There was just, too much going on.
For starters, I had just seen Odin. THE ODIN. The central god of my faith and of Odinism, and he wasn't too please by what had happened, though my system said it wiped all of their memories... Secondly, I now knew about a shit ton more lore. One such facet of that 'lore' was Susan's relationship with Mister Fantastic.
He had cheated on her with a woman named Talia al Ghul. She was the daughter of Rahs al Ghul, the leader of the League of Assassins and had charismatically convinced him, in a moment of passion, to have sexual relations with her... Susan, found them, and ran... Ever since she has been on struggle street due to the interference of Talia and other members of the League of Assassins.
'So that is why the Uchiha are sometimes reporting strange people in the local area...?'
'Susan needs a raise. Fuck it, she'll have a house nearby and a salary of 1 Million a year.'
Shaking my head I gathered my thoughts and dove further into the reservoirs of knowledge. Talia also had had a son with Batman out of some form of twisted love for the stalwart billionaire. His name was Damian, that made sense, I kinda already knew that, but besides that he had used a pool named the Lazarus pit to gain lifespan and empower himself immensely.
Connected to this League of Assassins was an organisation that had spanned back through history... But their name was hidden from me... Hydra, was not their name, but they were there as well, connected to an international Spy Agency known as Shield. Not only that, they were connected to a frozen hero in the North Pole called Captain America.
My processing would have continued, had it not been for the extreme hunger I felt and the necessity to check in with Shisui, Naori and Itachi. Thus, I set aside my exploration, feasting on a purchased burger and then stepping outside of my Apartment.
Low and behold, as I stepped out I was face to face with someone who was utterly bored and saddened, Picard. He was staring out of a nearby window, as if a prisoner kept behind bars...
'Perhaps Data would help him out here? I know he could be of use to me.'
\SUMMONS- STAR TREK/
Q- 100,000,000,000,000P
Data- 10,000,000P
Deanna Troi- 8,000,000P
William T. Riker- 8,000,000P
Jordy Le Forge- 8,000,000P
Kathryn Janeway- 9,000,000P
7 of 9- 15,000,000P
Kes- 50,000,000
Spock- 15,000,000P
Captain Kirk- 15,000,000P
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He turned towards me and immediately noticed me tapping the air before me, a golden hue washing down in front of him as I spent 10,000,000 Points for an awesome ally and someone that would help Picard chill the fuck out.
[Points: 415,527,171]
Picard barely got any shocked noises out before Data stood in front of me, his android eyes scanning me in microseconds as his sensors no doubt examined the entire building and probably even recognising Picard before he came into visual range.
"D-data...?"
The yellow shirt wearing android turned and inclined his head slightly towards the middle aged Starfleet captain.
"Captain? You are here also? Most Curious. Freya, could you please inform me of my purpose for being present here."
"Picard is very lonely and is struggling with finding something to do that doesn't draw his morals into question. I summoned you to help him adapt and also to aid me in my work to maintain my company."
"Interesting. Company, a early 20th century Human term for a business or entrepreneurial venture. Popular exampled from the early 20th century are 'companies' such as: Apple, Microsoft, YouTube, Twitter, Tesla, SpaceX."
Picard chuckled a little, a smile slipping out amidst his gloominess. It would seem that he was enjoying the presence of someone familiar to him. Looking to me he frowned and blinked, not verbally sharing his thanks but quietly doing so despite his best efforts, just from his emotions.
"Yes Data. I need you to follow the orders of Picard for the most part... I trust you fully Picard, please do not think that I am ignorant to your value or your problems, or more importantly, your humanity."
His expression loosened as Data observed the both of us, his interest obviously piqued.
"T-thank you Freya."
"No need for thanks amongst friend and allies. If you need anything else, or anyone else, let me know." I grinned widely as I waved my hand over my shoulder, walking off towards the entrance, my destination the Uchiha mansions.
"Freya. I will follow your orders. Thank you for helping our captain." I stopped for a second and then continued.
...
I arrived at the Uchiha mansions to find Itachi speaking comfortably with Hope, who was lightly displaying her witch powers by floating a cup in front of herself. This of course, wasn't unnoticed by her family, Klaus staring out of a nearby window and gazing at her with an overprotectiveness akin to a Helicopter Parent.
Parking my car fully, I disembarked and opened the entry gate with my mind. It was far easier to control electrical signals after my venture in the 'information discovery' mode.
Straight away Itachi locked onto me, his kunai slipping into his palms for a few moment until he noticed it was me, sheathing them instantly. Hope was already looking at me as her senses had informed her of my arrival a while ago, the sound of a car was rather loud to Vampire and Werewolves.
"Freya." Itachi called out to me lightly as I walked inside and got within twenty metres of them.
"Yes Itachi?"
"The Mikaelsons have been good guests. I was to tell you that they can stay here as long as they would like; a message given to me by the elders." His tone was rather unemotive, but the slight twinkle in his eyes wasn't missed, it seemed he liked this change.
"Is that so? Well isn't that good... Hope?" She nodded swiftly and blushed a little at my gaze. She was only 17, so I wasn't interested, but she was going to be a looker when she got older.
Unfortunately my presence attracted the rest of the Mikaelson Clan and they all emerged out the front, with the exception of Kol and Davina. Elijah was the first to speak, Hope giving him a little touch of a cold shoulder due to the events that occurred before he and Klaus chose to die.
"Madam Freya, if we might have a word, in private." He glanced towards Itachi, who simply stared at him as if unimpressed. This caused a slight cock of Elijah's head but that was quickly moved past as he turned to face me once more.
"Of course, Itachi, please follow me so you can share the results with your elders." The boy simply nodded and stood up, stepping beside me and joining me in facing them directly. Klaus was smiling deviously and somewhat proudly at the gumption of the boy.
"If pleasantries have finished, why don't we go upstairs already?"
I nodded and walked through them, Elijah and Klaus exchanging a glance and spark of emotion. They were intrigued by my attitude and my 'followers' attitudes; namely Itachi.
Minutes passed as I made my way through the mansion to a reasonable sitting space, where they were all waiting for me. My speed was nerfed in comparison to theirs, but little did they know that I could probably put most of them into an emotional coma for centuries. Psychic powers were nasty like that.
Sitting down I was offered some tea by an Uchiha Ninja. Taking it I thanked her and slurped it whilst watching them all for a couple moments... Finishing my sip, I placed down my teacup and crossed my legs.
"So what do you have to discuss with me?"
The Mikaelson's all looked at one another before Klaus spoke up.
"We would wish to know of this world and the dangers you have thrusted upon us. So speak your piece."
I could almost feel Elijah facepalming emotionally as everyone inside the family physically did so... Hope being the exception as she was looking at me and frowning slightly.
"This world, is dangerous, I won't lie to you. But... it also comes along with massive benefits for you all and opportunities." I paused to sip again and then continued. "First of all, the weakness to white oak remains but is not an issue currently due to the non-existence of the specific white oak that you are all bound to."
Elijah shifted on his feet and slipped his hands into his pockets, his happiness evident in this movement. The rest of the family was similar but had minor differences, Hope mostly remaining neutral.
"Second. Witches of your type, Frey and Hope, are amateurs here. The spells you know and hexes you can cast are utterly useless against proper mages and sorcerers here. Except, for the daylight rings and moon rings."
Freya, or as I called her for simplicity, Frey, was rather conflicted about being told her entire study of magic was useless here. Hope was also a little bewildered, but she had other parts of herself that could be useful to protect the family.
"This doesn't mean that you can't learn this world's magics and become massively powerful, just that your current magical knowledge would be considered child's play. Also, Kol, you can learn magic as a vampire here, it just requires you to learn from certain people or come across a grimoire." He and his wife had joined mid-conversation.
"Now, for the downsides. There are other types of Vampires and creatures. Werewolves exist also. Gods also exist, Greek ones, Norse ones and even more... Superheroes exist and Aliens are present on the planet; although many look more human-like than you would assume."
Frey, Hope, Davina, Kol and the rest were all flabbergasted at my statements. Never had they seen someone so calm in the face of monstrous fables such as themselves and also the horrors of mythology also. Klaus was Klaus though...
"What, are we supposed to be frightened by these fair tales, I suppose you would say that Dragons are real next."
"Indeed they are. In fact, one grants power to a mortal titled the Iron Fist. There is also a cosmic dragon named Fin Fang Foom who is destructive beyond measure." Klaus stuttered a little in his expressions as my succinct answer was, disconcerting.
"In fact, there were dragons and such in your original world. They were just sealed away."
"What...!?" Frey was mightily frustrated at my knowledge it seemed...
'I have that effect on people now, huh?'
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