Angel leads Alistair to the living room.
"Well, besides lacking the necessary materials it's really impractical. I mean, the giant robot idea was more practical."
"I dunno...Eisenhower didn't drop giant robots on Japan, did he?"
"It has been argued a bit while she was asleep whether Selina is an unintentional pervert or not, so possible pervert number 3."
"WH-what...?" Selina is really confused by what Conny just said.
"News to me."
Angel is confused. Nuriel is intrigued.
Marie sighs and puts them down.
"Yeah, in retrospect it was never going to work. Also, I'm more for the molestation. It's funny and occasionally adorable."
She is smacked by Will.
"Molestation is never funny."
He heads out of the room to wash his hands.
"I know. If I lacked morals I would have flirted with her. Although she is an adult in both body and mind..."
"No offense Marie, I just don't know where--wait, what? No, Kyle."
<We'll see~ 
>
Marie laughs and hugs back, also hugging Kyle because why not. She also pulls Elf's characters into the hug even though he's offline. And in fact, pretty much everyone in the room.
"Eek!"
Will squirms, accidentally hitting a couple people. Once released, he hurries to the bathroom and begins taking a shower.
Breakfast. Angel is sitting next to Alistair. Will is enjoying select slices of bacon, plus some scrambled eggs. He made enough for anyone who wants them.
"Kyle, you have enough girlfriends. Now you're trying flirt with the Horseman of Pestilence?"
"Kyle has many redeeming traits. Monogamy compatability is not one of them."
"Oh, and let's not forget the interview!"
"If their website is to be trusted, it'll be live, so don't make huge idiots of yourselves. Oh, and I'll be watching, so keep your bracelets on for explanations, advice, and commentary."
"Someone wanted directions or something."
"Oh. Okay..."
Ester jumps up as the doorbell rings again. She quickly glances out of the window and pulls back just as quickly as she recognizes her father.
"Hello, Mr. Schamthing. Don't remember your last name, obviously. Anyhoo, didn't you promise to pick up your daughter yesterday? Awfully rude of you. Oh, and that suit looks rather ugly on you."
Yes, he is deliberately provoking him.
Kyle gets up and puts the helmet on again before opening the door quickly.
"Why are you interrupting my breakfast?"
Marten stares at Kyle for several minutes. He has bags under his eyes, and is wearing a wrinkled suit. "Who the hell are you and where is my daughter?"
"In the time you spent not picking up your daughter, she got kidnapped and sold into sex slavery...man, you shoulda seen the look on your face."
How long will it take Will to get punched in the face?
Richard chimes in.
>Fucking KAMINA, that's who, Kyle.
But seriously, if I was there, that prick would get his nose broken.
I really don't like people like him.<
<Short-sighted. Gets you in trouble for assault. See, what you do is prod him a bit, always at a level where it would make him look like at least a bit of an ass if he brought it up in court as justification for your eventual punch-absorbing. Then, you charge him with assault and whatnot, and that's a black mark in the custody case.>
Oh. That...makes sense? It certainly explains his attitude.
"She's got nothing to be afraid of from me. It's you she should be scared of!"
"I'd say your smell is enough for her to be afraid of."
"Some punk who's gotten between me and my daughter." he growls.
"Technically, he's behind your daughter. Which means she's between you and him. Which I'm sure you're very very disappointed about. Not that Kyle swings that way, anyways."
Abraxas sighs...[?]
..HK is teleported behind him.
>Mister Johnson, that is inadvisable to try and use your robot to threaten him.<
<Couldn't you have said that out loud? I've got some good lines I could have used from that.>
"And what makes you say that? Have you asked her personal opinion on the matter? Or have you made her so scared with your anti magic talk that she goes along with what you say purely out of fear?"
"I've looked after Ester my entire life. Don't you dare imply that you know her better than her own father!"
Will raises his hand. "Can I claim to know her better?"
Marten jabs at Arya with his finger "I've never touched a hair on her head, which is more that I can say for you. Where. Is. Ester?"
"Gee, your manner is so kind. Perfect for going a-rampaging with Mongols."
"Because I've raised her properly and she knows all about what you are!"
"And do you know what she is?" Will considers implying Ester is a lesbian before deciding that it would annoy Ester more than her father.
"Your daughter is in my house. Safe from you, for now."
"I dunno, I could smell him before he even knocked on the door. That alone is probably traumatizing."
"Didn't really explain why she'd be afraid of us."
"Mr. Staggering is of the primitive belief that all magical thingies are inherently evil and bad. He probably waves a cross whenever he sees a Harry Potter cosplayer."
"Ask her then. Or ask her mother, or any of her friends. I've. Never. Hurt her."
"Not to implicate, but that could just mean you've beaten her and her mother into silence behind closed doors. Ooh, or maybe you beat her friends, too! Ooh, ooh, I know! Did you ever sexually assault them?"
"Of course. I didn't drive twelve hours just to be yelled at!"
"Aw, thanks! I knew I was funny."
"...Y'know what fuck this. CUDDLES. >:C"
Marie tentacuddles Marten whether he (initially) likes it or not. Because reasons.
<...Dammit. Can't think of any hentai-related jabs.>
Marten grunts and slaps at Marie's tentacles, trying to escape.
"Ooh, kinky."
<Perfect.>
"None of that matters if we didn't have magic in the first place! You freaks brought those threats on us and sooner or later you'll slip up and that'll be it for all of us!"
"Factually incorrect, sir. The Layar's ships were powered by technology, not by us giving them magic. They were also an inherently violent race, attacking Earth because they ran out of other easy conquests. Also they brought nose plugs for when they had to subjugate you. Also, we prefer the term 'differently powered individual'."
"And I suppose you can just will magic out of existence, eh? That'd be beyond magic."
Marten snorts, "I'm no idiot, but at least I can keep my daughter educated!"
"Sir? Sunday School and private Bible study doesn't count as an education."
Marten's shoulders suddenly sag, all of the fight suddenly out of him. "I don't care. I just want my daughter back, safe and sound."
"Aren't those...mutually..."
<Dammit, now I feel like shit for saying all that.>
"Why were you bringing her up the stairs if you wanted her to see her dad!?"
Kyle leads Ester to the door that is on the same floor as the kitchen.
"I think you should tell him. Then at least he can redeem himself to everyone if he wants to."
Ester finally nods, and slowly follows Kyle. Outside, father and daughter stare at each other for several moments. Finally, Marten sweeps up Ester in an embrace. "I was so worried about you," he whispers, while Ester just stands there mute.
Will kinda slinks back a bit.
Marie smiles at the reunion.
She also tentacuddles Meme and Momo gently because woo!
Momo cries and grips Meme with his claws.
Kyle coughs.
"She has something to tell you."
Ester looks at Kyle with an expression of terror, and then slowly nods.
"Um... Can we talk somewhere private?" Ester says to her father, who looks confused but leads her to his car. The two talk inside for a minute or two, though it's hard to tell exactly what's happening through the tinted windows. Finally the passenger door clunks open and shut, and the car speeds away to reveal Ester, looking thoroughly miserable.
"...I feel like we should intervene somehow."
Kyle rushes over to Ester and hugs her. HK-47 takes a potshot at the cars tire as it drives away.
"...Not that way. The shooting, I mean--the hugging is good. But the shooting..."
Kyle rushes over to Ester and hugs her.
Arya runs over to hug her, as does Maria and Lily. Abraxas just looks....calm.
Marie tentaclehugs the entire everyone!
Ester just stands in the middle of everyone, sobbing.
Will looks at this for a moment, before sighing and walking over, patting Ester on the back.
Stella joins the hugging.
"I am following directive. Evil individuals are to be dealt with in a timely manner. If I take a potshot to show what will happen if he tries to take revenge then he shall either bring more people and thus expose more evil one or he will stay away."
"Kyle, could you add a 'Don't commit crimes unless really needed' directive to HK?"
Sen shouts from in the kitchen, "I swear to the gods of old if that robot comes after me with a bag of salt again I will destroy it and put a curse of infertility on you so your kids can't make the same mistake you did Kyle!" Sen is still agitated by the robot. She doesn't actually mean to curse Kyle. Probably.
"Too late, Sen. Kyle has at least a couple more kids coming, if my guess is correct."
"I don't have to say it again; there was no Pestilence before I."
"Not my fault you guys don't have enough Horsemen of the Apocalypse."
Sen teleports away to the demon realm after mumbling something about "devouring their immortal souls" and 'desecrating their corpses'
<Man, right in front of me. Someone let me know when the jerk comes back, he needs a good whallop.>
"Oh okay, just out of curiosity, what are your hobbies?"
"...writing f-fanfic...."
"The plague of modern literature. And I sense I might have just insulted you. Fanfic is sometimes great, but almost all of it is crap. See you later."
Will heads inside, pondering, then deciding to phone ahead to the police station, reporting how Ester's father promised to pick her up yesterday but showed up a day late before kicking her out of the car when he found out she was magical.
He also reports that Conny had to heal a black eye and some other bruises on her after she got out of the car, because any goodwill and guilt he had towards Ester's father evaporated when he kicked Ester out of the car. Discriminating based on powers is about as out-of-date as sexism where he's from.
[To: all but Ester] <...Oh, by the way, I reported that Conny healed bruises on Ester's face after she got out of the car. We need to keep the story straight, okay? I'm getting a definite vibe of some kind of abuse off him...>
Sen reappears outside of Maria's house covered in demon's blood. Her clothing is shredded, but enough of it is left to keep her from being nude.
She walks inside saying something about needing a bath.
"Judging by the ingredient list, the body wash in the blue bottle should be best at getting the blood out. Assuming it's not too far from human blood."
Will is now working on a neat mail, intended to be sent to major news networks and individuals around the globe, including Mr. Stigson on a list of other religious whackjobs and such discriminating against magicians, comparing it to the KKK.
((Will, being an AU!verse American, is more familiar with the US's history of racism than the Australian history. Plus the US has a much richer palette, and anyways it should draw suspicion away from Northdale.))
Ester blushes a little bit, "I know, I... just feel like I should have said something to make it better, you know?"
"Like what? Your father's fear of magic seems to be rooted in superstition of a religious nature, and let me tell you, religious beliefs are tenacious. I've heard of priests arguing with their gods about religion. Short version being, there wasn't anything you could have said."
Selina is asleep in her bath now...
<...Anyone seen Selina recently? And if not, could Ashley teleport into the bathroom she was bathing in so she doesn't catch hypothermia again?>
Kyle serves everyone a slice of cake if they lack one.
"Busy. I'll wrap up this paragraph and then eat it."
Fifteen seconds later, Will is eating cake.
"Thanks!"
Stella thanks Kyle.
<Do I get my own slice?>
if yes: Nuriel waits for Angel to finish, pestering her some, then enjoys her cake with gusto.
if no: Nuriel gripes.
Kyle leans over Ester and just puts his head on top of hers... for about five second before he bolts upright.
"Shit, I have to put the fear of me into criminals still."
He dons his helmet again and goes out on patrol. Someone sharp may note that HK-47 has disappeared.
Once Kyle leaves:
"Would someone who hasn't triggered depression in Kyle mind trying to dissuade him from his attempted superheroics? There aren't enough supervillains, and trying this crap on normal criminals gets you hit with charges of vigilantism and, in most cases and quite likely in Kyle's, assorted variations of assault, battery, murder, attempted murder..."
She gives Kyle's hand a gentle squeeze before he leaves, "Stay safe."
"Thinking of joining the harem?" Will is half-joking.
Luna takes over the sleeping Selina and puts the bracelet on.
<Geez Selina needs to stop doing this! ...Or someone needs to be in here with her.> Luna then walks out, still soaked and naked, as she headed for Selina's room.
Will averts his eyes.
"Luna, it's considered rude to walk around naked when people you aren't sleeping with are present.
<Guys, I'm done for today. And I swear to all my favorite immortal being that if you laugh I'm going to hurt you.>
When Kyle gets back to the house people may notice the blood on the front of his armor... and the pink smiley face on his back and arrow that points to his but saying 'come here for a good time'.
"Your new decal is on the wrong side."
Even when he's trying not to tease Kyle, he couldn't resist. But he did at least say this with a straight face.
Lucas now appears to be a little girl. Or at least, a Little girl version of himself. If such at thing makes sense.
"Uh... What just happened...?"
"We don't even quite finish off one crazy before another starts. This place is finally starting to feel like home."
"Until Luca becomes normal. Dibs on raising her." Sen practically lets out a meow as she pseudo adopts Luca.
"I believe Arya has dibs on any small children created in her house." Will chuckles a bit.
"Well, the graffiti is what is upsetting me. The blood is from punching the guy who did it one to many times... Maybe Cyrielle is right in calling us hardened veterans as I don't feel a bit of remorse for it..."
"Did you kill, maim, or cripple him? If not, and he deserved it, that's normal. ...Well, back home, and people are pretty sturdy here. Knock someone out once and they get brain damage."
<The person who was in Maria's house, didn't leave at any time and whom we haven't seen despite all the commotion.>
<You'll need to be more specific.>
<Check the nature of their injuries! If they were still in their seats they were probably wearing seatbelts, meanwhile Tobias was presumably on the floor, if anything, he should be dead and the passengers alive...>
<Something is very suspicious here...could someone get me on-site?>
Will finishes his cake.
"And you just decided to shoot the tire... and kill two men... and leave them in their van to rot... pleasant."
Will is clearly resisting the urge to say something unkind.
To the prisoner: "Shut up or I will devour your soul and raise your corpse as a puppet for entertainment." Sen becomes cross with the prisoner before putting him in the jail cell.
<BS.>
<...I really hope this is just a false-flag, because otherwise, these people are far too stereotypical.>
<Also stupid.>
In response to cake:
"Sure."In response to the decal thing:
"I know at least one person who can attest to that.In response to what he did to the guy:
"I may have brake his nose... and other bits."In response to the lack of comment on flirting with Lily:
"You know, I would have thought you would also talk about how I flirted with Lily."
