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Is It Wrong To Skitter In A Dungeon? Omake: Underside of Orario - Rachel Lindt / Hellhound / Bitch
Omake: Underside of Orario – Rachel / Hellhound / Bitch“Come on, Bete! Hurry up!” a little girl with dog-ears atop her head planted her hands on her hips, watching impatiently as a young boy about twelve years old with dog-ears as well made his way up the hill towards her.“Don’t run ahead, Luna!” the young boy called out, puffing a bit as he ran up the side of the hill towards his energetic sibling.Both of them had grey hair and orange eyes, though the girl named Luna had darker hair compared to her brother’s lighter shade. They w...
Is It Wrong To Skitter In A Dungeon? Chapter 25: Interlude 3
Chapter 25: Interlude 3“Ouranos! Old buddy, old pal!”“What do you want, Hermes?” the God of the Sky asked, resisting the urge to sigh as he looked over to the blond god who’d entered his domain. The self-proclaimed Spymaster of Orario was too loud, and he had a headache. He really did not need this right now.“Well, I was in the neighborhood, and I thought, ‘Well, let’s ask Ouranos a few questions about why he’s favoring a random adventurer!’” Hermes said lightly, but his tone hid a hint of steel.“I made my decision. I wi...
Harry Potter Squib Tales Chapter 62: The City In The Stone
Chapter 62: The City in the Stone“Whoa,” Harry said, looking up at the four monolithic faces in awe.“Whoa indeed, Harry,” I muttered, feeling a flutter of melancholy as I looked up at Mount Rushmore. Memories of decades old summer vacations darting through my mind, recalled with perfect clarity thanks to my Occlumency.I recalled the long car drive along vast stretches of empty land, and the sweltering heat that beat down on our heads every step of the way. The greasy drive-throughs we ate at along the way. The motels, which often had no...
Quirky Row Chapter 29: Drug Gunning
Chapter 29: Drug Gunning(Monday, November 8th, 2123)The weekend in Stilwater was quiet. The Sons were watching their borders closely, while a few skirmishes between the Ronin and the Saints had occurred. The heroes had been restrained as well, the prison break on Thursday having taken up most of their time and effort over the last few days. Quite a few inmates had seen Laura’s breakout as an opportune chance to escape themselves.At the moment, Playa was going over paperwork in his office, having just finished a nice lunch. He was getting read...
Is It Wrong To Skitter In A Dungeon? Chapter 24: Panic on the Dance Floor
Chapter 24: Panic on the Dance Floor“Hestia, remind me: why am I here, again?” Taylor asked in a tone of exasperated suffering as Lucia and the two newbies Emma and Silva were helping her and Hestia shop for dresses. It’d been going on for a while already, and she’d tried on several stores worth of outfits. Literally. They’d been in and out of half a dozen boutiques and visited numerous seamstresses trying to find something for the two of them to wear.The problem was, perhaps unsurprisingly, their size. Hestia was quite short, but als...
Harry Potter Squib Tales Chapter 61: In Vino Veritas
Chapter 61: In Vino VeritasDespite Harry and Sirius taking up a lot more time than I’d expected in the broom store, we still managed to see two of the other magical districts according to the schedule. That just left the remaining two for another day.The other streets had been less impressive than Dragon Street. Less interestingly named, too. Wand Street and Star Street, respectively. Wand Street had been where they sold a lot of magical items, mostly basic things ranging from enchanted trunks to dinner plates that’d been given the Repairin...
Quirky Row Chapter 28: File in the Cake
Chapter 28: File in the Cake(Thursday, November 4th, 2123)“Well, Ladies and Gentlemen, we’ve done it,” Playa said proudly, taking a purple marker and drawing all over the former Brotherhood territories, effectively turning the southside of Stilwater purple. “The Brotherhood is gone, and their land is now ours.”Everyone in the room applauded. Inside the Saint’s office were the usual four suspects of Playa, Johnny, Pierce and Shaundi. But in addition to that was a trio of newcomers that Playa and his Inner Circle had picked out person...
Is It Wrong To Skitter In A Dungeon? Chapter 23: To Build a Brighter Future
Chapter 23: To Build a Brighter Future"Welf.""Taylor. Or, it's Weaver now, isn't it? I heard about the Level Up.""You can keep calling me 'Taylor.'""Hm. Cool."Welf was standing in the doorframe of his smithy, while Taylor was in front of it. The two of them stared awkwardly at each other for a bit, neither sure about what to say or do. It'd been a day since she'd gotten her Alias and two since the events in the Dungeon, and Taylor was wondering what exactly she'd done to deserve gettin...
Harry Potter Squib Tales Chapter 60: Gumbo and Good Times
Chapter 60: Gumbo and Good Times“So, this is the United States, huh?” Sirius muttered, looking around the city. We had finally arrived at the Crescent City earlier that morning. The flight from London’s Heathrow airport had been a long one, something that had caused the last son of the Black family a lot of trouble. He had a problem with sitting still once the novelty of the trans-oceanic flight had worn off. I’d packed a Sleeping Potion, having anticipated this, and he’d snoozed through most of it.Harry hadn’t exactly enjoyed the f...
Quirky Row Chapter 27: The Next Target
Chapter 27: The Next Target(Wednesday, November 3rd, 2123)“Damn, Playa! You looking fly!” Shaundi praised as she walked into his office. Johnny was already there, and they were only waiting on Pierce to join.“Thank you, Shaundi, it’s gonna be part of our new merch line we’re launching next week,” Playa chuckled.He was wearing a purple shirt today. Nothing too outrageous. He often wore purple shirts. But what did have his Head of PR grinning was the fact that there was a picture of a bloody Fleur d’Lys covered in thorny vines burst...
Is It Wrong To Skitter In A Dungeon? Chapter 22: Hail Weaver!
Chapter 22: Hail Weaver!“You’ve really kicked the hornet’s nest this time, Taylor,” Hestia said with a sigh as she watched her tallest child take off her shirt in preparation for the Level Up ceremony.It had only been yesterday that the 18th Floor had been assaulted by the Black Goliath and a monster Stampede, and the Hestia Familia (and friends) had only gotten back to Orario a couple hours ago, but already rumors about what had happened down below had reached the surface and spread to every corner of the city thanks to other adventuri...
Harry Potter Squib Tales Chapter 59: The Truth Comes Loose
Chapter 59: The Truth Comes LooseIt was a quiet night. A pleasantly warm one, too, right at the cusp of summer. Tomorrow was the day Harry would be returning from Hogwarts, and while I wanted to go and pick him up, I knew that the Dursleys would have to have him for the next two weeks. Best if I don’t show my face around them until then.I’d seen the emergency edition of the Daily Prophet that had just come out. The front-page picture was of Harry standing in front of a massive Basilisk corpse while shaking the hand of a very nervous and ove...
Quirky Row Chapter 26: Aftermath of the Brotherhood
Chapter 26: Aftermath of the Brotherhood(Monday, November 1st, 2123)Dane Vogel walked through sterile white hallways, approaching a massive steel blast door. It was early in the morning, but he had places to be, things to see, and people to fire. First on his agenda was dealing with what the Thule Society had tried to smuggle into his city.It had cost him a lot of money and favors to get it transported down here into the Pyramid – as well as to arrange a few ‘accidents’ for anybody who’d seen what it was after it’d been dredged up fro...
Is It Wrong To Skitter In A Dungeon? Chapter 21: Giantslayer
Chapter 21: GiantslayerFor whatever reason, the Black Goliath was not rampaging. In fact, it seemed almost confused, perhaps even a mite curious. It was looking around, eyes narrowed as its nostrils flared every so often as it scented the air. It was searching for something. Or someone. And Taylor had a sinking suspicion that it was her the enormous monster was trying to find.‘It appeared right after I granted Lucia and Iris their Shards,’ Taylor thought to herself, glaring at the Black Goliath. ‘And Hestia said that she’d been able to ...
Harry Potter Squib Tales Chapter 58: Heir of Slytherin and Gryffindor
Chapter 58: Heir of Slytherin and GryffindorHarry POV“Wooo!” Ron exclaimed, throwing his hands into the air. “Finally! It’s over!”“It wasn’t that bad,” Hermione said with a shake of her head, though she had a smile on her face all the same.“I’m also glad our finals are over,” Susan said, leaning back in her chair with a groan.“You can say that again,” Padma Patil commented, sitting next to her twin sister. Murmurs of assent came from the rest of the Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs sitting nearby, while Hermione and the Rav...
Quirky Row Chapter 25: Halloween Truce
Chapter 25: Halloween Truce(Sunday, October 31st, 2123)Playa strode through the streets of Southside, watching with a tiny smile on his face as children in costumes rushed about, begging for candy from adults.Halloween had come, and it was a joy to see so many people out and about. According to Johnny and his other lieutenants, Halloween in Stilwater for the past five years had been a somber, stilted affair, as nobody had wanted to risk running afoul of the gangs that roamed the city.Even though the Trick-or-Treat Truce was in effect back then,...
Is It Wrong To Skitter In A Dungeon? Chapter 20: Duels and Fools
Chapter 20: Duels and Fools“So, this is the City Below, huh?” Welf said, looking up at the rough wooden palisade wall surrounding the town of Rivira.“Doesn’t look like much,” Lili commented. “And it’s more of a village than a city.”“Agreed, it’s no Orario,” Iris agreed.“It’s impressive that they’ve built anything down here at all, though,” Lucia pointed out, something that the rest of them could all agree with.The settlement of Rivira was nothing at all like the place in France that vaguely shared a similar name. F...
Harry Potter Squib Tales Chapter 57: Easter Rising
Chapter 57: Easter Rising“I feel like a guinea pig,” Sam grumbled as Delilah and I poked and prodded his body. We had been doing this to him for a couple days, now, and we were inching closer to being finished.“You are, though,” I told him. “A cute little piggy wiggy we’re gonna test all kinds of stuff on.”“That is so much worse,” Sam drawled, giving me a deadpan look.“Heh, you’re welcome,” I snickered, Delilah hiding a giggle from behind her hand. She was acting as my nurse today, helping me with the ‘experiments.’...
Quirky Row Chapter 24: Interlude 3
Chapter 24: Interlude 3Welcome to Quirky Message BoardsYou are currently logged in, Rat-a-tat-Gat(Quirk Groupie)You are viewing:• Threads you have replied to• AND Threads that have new replies• OR private message conversations with new replies• Thread OP is displayed• Ten posts per page• Last ten messages in private message history• Threads and private messages are ordered by user custom preference.■♦Topic: This Week In The News – Saints Cripple BrotherhoodIn: Boards ► News ► Local ► Gangs►Stilwater Channel Six Of...
Is It Wrong To Skitter In A Dungeon? Chapter 19: Celebrating Survival
Chapter 19: Celebrating Survival“Thank you again for your potions,” Riveria said gratefully to Taylor after treating the injured and poisoned members of the Loki Familia. “You may have saved several of their lives.”“Like I told Finn, it was no problem, and the right thing to do,” Taylor replied.“I wish more people had that attitude!” Tiona, an Amazon and executive of the Loki Familia, said with a wide smile as she beamed at the parahuman.It had been an hour since the rescue party had descended to the 18th Floor, and so far, the ...
Harry Potter Squib Tales Chapter 56: Moving Forward
Chapter 56: Moving Forward“WOOO!” Sirius shouted at the top of his lungs as he waved his shirt and a copy of the latest Daily Prophet in the air while standing on a table. “I’M FREE!”“Take it off! Take it off!” Hildegarde chanted, the young dwarven woman pounding the table excitedly as she watched. She wasn’t alone. Several people were watching the crazy man proclaiming his freedom in the middle of club while standing on a table, many of whom had appreciative looks in their eyes as they took in Black’s chiseled body. A few mon...
Quirky Row Chapter 23: Breaking the Brotherhood
Chapter 23: Breaking the Brotherhood(Saturday, October 23rd, 2123)“I’m so, so, sorry!” Rafflesia wept, apologizing to Skunk as she cradled her broken arm. She was kneeling on the ground at the top of the parking lot complex next to the Wolf’s Head, a couple minutes after Maero, Donnie, and the last members of the Brotherhood gang escaped from it.With morale and resistance from the Brotherhood in the Wolf’s Head demolished by Maero’s abrupt exit, the fighting had quickly ended in an overwhelming victory for the Third Street Saints, a...
Is It Wrong To Skitter In A Dungeon? Chapter 18: Downwards to Rivira
Chapter 18: Downwards to RiviraTaylor frowned. Something wasn’t right. She glanced around the area surrounding the church with her swarm. Were people spying on her again? There wasn’t anybody like that within the range of her bugs, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t happening from further away. Who knew what unusual Skills or spells some adventurers might have that could do that?Yesterday, she’d had a wonderful night out with a few female acquaintances she’d made in Orario. Naaza and Shakti had promised to talk shop about starting up a ...
Harry Potter Squib Tales Chapter 55: Justice at Last
Chapter 55: Justice at LastMagic in the Potter-verse was the definition of ‘soft magic.’ It could not solve all problems, such as creating food from nothing, but there were few things a clever application of spellcraft couldn’t find a workaround for.Take the issue of space. Expansion charms meant there was always enough room. My junkyards were expanded and could hold much more trash that way. And spells to remove the inevitable stink made my newest venture less of a burden. The people who worked in the garbage business certainly agreed.No...
Quirky Row Chapter 22: Siege of the Wolf's Head
Chapter 22: Siege of the Wolf’s Head(Saturday, October 23rd, 2123)“Alright, everyone, listen up!” Skunk shouted out, voice magnified by a megaphone.The Third Street Saints in the underground mall stopped what they were doing, and turned to face their leader, who was standing with his inner circle by his side.“The time has come. It’s now or never, folks. The Brotherhood is the weakest it has ever been! They’ve been driven back to the Docks, and we took out almost all of their remaining lieutenants during the boat raid, as well as a b...
Is it Wrong to Skitter in a Dungeon? Chapter 17: A Day in the Life of Taylor
Chapter 17: A day in the life of Taylor“Interesting,” Taylor said, looking at the start of the so-called ‘Middle Floors’ with both her regular eyes and those of her swarm. Known as the Cave Labyrinth, it was a region where the ground, walls, and ceiling were made of bedrock, and tunnels and passages intertwined and looped back onto each other. There were also plenty of differing terrain, with wide bridges spanning gaping chasms. Pits could even appear without warning and snatch unwary adventurers, dragging them down to lower levels.Wors...
Hary Potter Squib Tales Chapter 54: Newspapers and Snakeskin
Chapter 54: Newspapers and Snakeskin“Ooo! Listen to this one!” Sirius giggled before reading aloud an article from a magazine. “‘Madam Bones was seen at the Rosewaterin the presence of Remus Lupin! Does the tight-laced Director of Magical Law Enforcement have a new paramour? And if so, does she like them wild and dangerous?’”“Please stop,” Remus begged, but that only caused his friend and roommate to laugh harder and read more from the latest issue of Witch Weekly, the premiere magazine for magical ladies.Remus had thought nothi...
Quirky Row Chapter 21: Special Delivery (Part 2)
Chapter 21: Special Delivery (Part 2)(Wednesday, October 20th, 2123)“Don’t let a single Brotherhood bastard set foot on the ship!” Skunk ordered, firing at an oncoming speedboat with a pair of villains in red life vests riding on it.His shots missed, and the Brotherhood duo whooped mockingly as they zoomed past, one of them firing an Uzi at Skunk, forcing him to duck behind the ship’s railing. Bullets pinged off, and he grimaced as he took in the situation.His call to keep the other gang off of the ship had been mostly for morale rather...
Is it Wrong to Skitter in a Dungeon? Chapter 16: Becoming Strong
Chapter 16: Becoming Strong“So, what do you think?” Welf asked as Lucia and Iris moved their limbs and admired themselves in a nearby mirror.“Wow, you do good work!” Iris said, impressed.“I like it, this is incredibly well-made and fits perfectly,” Lucia said as she checked that her armor was properly fastened.The two newest members of the Hestia Familia were in Welf’s workshop, trying on the equipment the red-headed smith had made for them.Taylor had, at some point, taken their measurements (neither of them were sure when, or how...
Harry Potter Squib Tales Chapter 53: Silver Sword of Justice
Chapter 53: Silver Sword of JusticeThe morning after the full moon of March 8th, Remus entered my office with a serious expression on his face.“What’s wrong? You look like somebody died,” I asked, looking up from my paperwork. “Also, don’t you have the day off?”“Did you give us new potions?” he asked, and I frowned.“You mean the Wolfsbane potions? No, they’re the same recipe I’ve been using since I hired you.”“Well, something was different this time,” he told me. “The wolf… was unusually quiet. And when I woke up...
