The More You Know
As the enhanced group settled down in the meeting room, Anderson was the first to speak up. "So who are we huntin'?" he demanded of Jackie.
"What does it matter?" Alucard asked playfully. "We just go out there, make a ruckus, and they'll come to us."
"Do secret societies that live in shadows normally go out of their way to engage in dramatic confrontations?" Jade asked curiously. "That doesn't sound right."
"Not until they're enacting their big plan, anyway," Hsien Ko pointed out idly.
"Secret Society, eh?" Anderson asked curiously. "I've fought a few o' those. What can ye tell me about 'em? Maybe we can narrow it down."
"Well, we believe they use bloodline magic focused in rings," Sweetie Belle offered helpfully.
"Well, that narrows it down ta human societies," Anderson admitted as he pulled out a small book and began flipping through the pages. "Ring have a symbol on it?"
"Yeah, but we didn't get a good look," Jade admitted ruefully. "It was a quick meet up."
"As a symbol, it wasn't inherently magical, though," Hsi pointed out. "I was able to tell that much in a quick glance."
"Narrows it down a bit more," Anderson allowed as he flipped through more pages.
"What's that book, anyway?" Jackie asked curiously.
"Everythin' ah know about everyone ah've ever run afoul of that isn't six feet under," Anderson explained with a wide grin. "It's a lot bigger'n it looks, since ah ain't culled it in a while." He turned back to the group at large. "Were their clothes uniform? Anything odd about how they spoke?"
"They wore grey cloaks with blue cowls," Scootaloo spoke up quickly. "They also wore a larger version of the ring symbol on a pendant around their necks. I probably couldn't draw it, but I'll know the symbol if I see it again." When that got her surprised looks, she shrugged. "I was flying at the time. I take in a lot of details like that." Jade and the other fillies nodded in understanding, having long been aware of that peculiarity.
"Not sure if it's a peculiarity of speech that's consistent, since they only said two sentences before we started running," Viper offered helpfully. "When Jackie accidentally opened the door to their little meeting spot, one of them said..." She cleared her throat before mimicking the voice of the robed figure they'd seen. "He hath found the secret switch! He knoweth too much!"
"Jesus Christ, not the Magisters again!" Alucard complained loudly.
"Magisters?" Jackie asked in confusion.
"This symbol?" Anderson asked Scootaloo, showing her a picture that looked a bit like a stylized tree marking with a missing portion in the upper right.
"Yeah, that's it!" Scootaloo declared excitedly. "That's exactly it!"
"Aye, that's the Brotherhood o' Magisters, alright," Anderson grumbled irritably. "Bunch a magic supremacist nutjobs, the lot o' them."
"What can you tell us about them?" Jackie asked curiously.
"The Brotherhood of Magisters was a cabal of powerful human mages back in the time before the development of technology," Hsien Ko explained readily, having pulled a book from her sleeve and reading from the text contained therein. "They ruled over large portions of the world, managed human magic and the interactions between humans and non-humans, and more or less ran things unchecked aside from reporting to the Jade Council. This lasted until technology - which functioned independent of magical energy but could be made to utilize it - started to develop. The Magisters saw it as a threat to their power and rule, and sought to stamp it out, but it persisted. Eventually, it reached the point where the Brotherhood of Science - a group dedicated to protecting Inventors and their Inventions from the machinations of the Magisters - had grown strong enough to directly defy the Brotherhood of Magisters...and that's when the Jade Council was called in to rule on the issue."
"Ya see, the Jade Council's happy ta leave mortal affairs ta mortals, only gettin' involved if a conflict's gonna threaten the planet...or the Council directly," Anderson explained calmly. "Nobody knows exactly why they do things that way, though some o' the fanatic higher ups in Iscariot believed it was cause the aspect of The Creator that we know as God ordered them ta do things that way...and Lucifer ain't commented on that one way or another. But the Brotherhood o' Science and the Magisters duking it out, that coulda torn the planet apart."
"The Jade Council said magic and science both was to be allowed to develop freely, with no more of that rival interference," Alucard continued the story. "The Scientists and Inventors were fine with that, since all they wanted to do was keep building and discovering and they'd only banded together to fight back. The Magisters, on the other hand, got all pissy about their powerbase being taken away and refused to abide by the declaration. Then the Big Three told them they could either recant that or regret it." He grinned widely. "When they refused to recant, Louie sicced me on them."
"I remember that," Hsi Wu mused in interest. "After that, the Jade Council declared the Brotherhood of Magisters terrorists against the Will of the Council and ordered them disbanded or wiped out, and then they vanished."
Jackie and the fillies slowly let this all sink in, taking in the differences between the history they remembered with the history of the new world. Jade, having received both sides through the Chosen One Repository - as she thought of the vast memories of her previous lives she could draw on by association - responded almost immediately. "So they're anti-technology, and the sort to use violence to get their way?" she clarified. "And they see the whole rest of the world as their enemy, including the Jade Council?"
"Aye," Anderson confirmed dryly. "That they are."
"In that case, we should look for an old, decrepit, seemingly abandoned castle somewhere outside London," she concluded. "Their Olde English wasn't entirely accurate, closer to dramatizations of Olde English used by actors in Shakespearean plays, so they're going to want a flashy, dramatic confrontation when they start their actions. They probably think Stonehenge is a magical super weapon, and tonight's a Lunar Eclipse. That'd be the perfect time to start destroying government and science centers if Stonehenge is a magical super weapon...and they'll probably start with London to destabilize the local magical networks so no one can teleport in to stop them until they're finished."
"In that case," Alucard declared with a wide grin, "I think it's time we went for a walk. And I know just the place..."
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Guess it's real convenient for Jade now that she can easily have Chosen any One of her previous lifetime memories for comparison. Hopefully the castle Ally was talking about isn't the one I'm thinking of because that one has Camelot in other media.
It's weird seeing Alucard and Anderson more or less amicable with each other
Take his phone and play all the Andrew W.K. he’s got.
Watch out, Alucard's going for a midnight stroll!~
So... 'goes for a walk' become one of Alucard's job description?
...yep. Magisters are screwed.
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When hope is gone...
Undo this lock...
and send me forth...
on a moonlit walk...
release restrain level
ZERO
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Have you seen the TFS abridge for hellsing?
If not you should, then you'll understand this Alucard
So discount illuminati.
Set it on fire.
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Right???
Not that I'm complaining, but it's like something out of the twilight zone...
...which, technically, this is???
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Basicly
Wonder if he'll get his intro music right this time.
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You'll soon find that these walks are the "very enthusiastic" kind.
You know... I have got to ask. Will Alucard ever take the girls out for a nice normal neat and nifty walk through a park? Maybe get some ice cream! Or will he casually introduce them to Mary Poppins while beating back zombie rockstars with a stick?
Who knows?! What I do know is YAY STORY!
Can't speak for anyone else, but the inline image doesn't load at all for me.
Edit: Oh, it's because it's WEBP, which Firefox doesn't support yet for some dumb reason. (What the hell is wrong with JPG/PNG, anyway?)
8982229 Absolutely nothing. It's being changed for no reason than to fuck with us.
Hm, feels like a bit of an info dump this time around, but considering this is a whole new world including other worlds that I still haven't finished watching (*grumble grumble*), I'm grateful it's here. That, and the way you intersperse all the information with comedy is just gold.
Chapter One Hundred Eighty-Eight
"Bad Day"
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"I'm not his/your Mistress!"
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*runs off, whooping repeatedly*
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*off in the distance, a city collapses*
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I can't see it either and I have Safari on an IPad.
I would feel sorry for this group but they have defied the Jade Council so my cares have gone to zero. Still why do I think Wong is part of this group and will conveniently be exiting stage right when he picks up Ally and Anderson coming for them?
Chapter One Hundred Eighty Eight
"Aiyah!"
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"One More Thing!"
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Oh Magisters, oh Magisters,
You all are now deadsters,
Oh Magisters, oh Magisters,
You've run afoul~ A-Lu-Card!
Ah, Scootaloo takes after her ""sister"".
You mentioned divine magic being passed down to children last chapter. Could that mean we might see references to the PJO franchise?
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most pegasi would have the ability to lean in that way, as it makes the most logical sense
Kids. Don't go with him unless you want to have nightmares for the rest of your life.
Whelp... The Magisters are fucked...
Hoo...boy they should NOT have chosen that name. *Calls Magister Paladay* Hey Magister Paladay, could you get the rest of the magisters and other Plumber members together and contact Ben, Gwen, Kevin and Charmcaster? We have a possibly level 11 threat of human mana origin on the terrorist side of things and they're pretty much stealing the names of your rank and planning to activate a possible magical superweapon which may or may not wipe out 90%+ of humanity and any aliens and magical beings currently residing on Earth. It's looking to be far far worse than the Incurseans invasion and the Annihilarrgh combined..wait scratch that the Annihilargh was Universe erasure bad, still this is pretty serious. Yeah thank you, I'll see you guys soon.
XD so who else thinks these mages are screwed? Especially if the Plumbers are stationed in this story with all this stuff going on?
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Agreed, even more so if the Plumbers get involved. "You're under arrest for impersonating a Magister of the law, you have the right to remain silent and anything you say or do will be held against you in a court of law or before a council. and you really don't want Rath to have a bone to pick with you."
To hell with formalities. I'm gonna join Ally on that walk.
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Only to end up with Meredith Brooks again.
*tossing many items too big to fit into the chest that they came from*
Let's where is... aHA!
*pulls out gatling-laser*
Perfect for the small time cronies... now-
*starts shuffling through chest again*
- where is 'big boom-boom'?
*pulls up a nuke-shaped grenade*
Nah.
*throws it behind himself*
*BOOM*
I know it's in here som-
*tink*
Ah, there she is...
*clunk*
*blinks*
*looks into chest*
*facepalms and groans*
*starts tugging on handle of some big gun*
COME ON! IF I GOT YOU IN THERE, THEN I CAN GET YOU-
*chink- whiff!*
OUUWAAAAAAAAH!
*CRASH*
*runs back up holding a -HOLY SHIT THAT IS A-*
A 'Big Fucking Gun'? Yeah man you took way too long with that joke
*...*
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just looked this up...
"when hope is gone, undo this lock...and send me forth on a moonlit walk..."
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A very enthusiastic walk.
I get the feeling we're going to see Dracula at some point soon, if for no other reason than scare tactics.
On a side note, that is by far my favorite quote of the entire series now, easily.
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No "went for a walk" is what's written on the expense reports.
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I suppose so.
Man, you almost feel sorry for the secret society guys.... there is so much hurt coming for them they are going to have to die several times over.
Alucard: Gives the ponies guns.
AB: But I can’t use a gun.
Alucard: Then get this pony a cannon! Ponies love cannons!
Scoot: I GET A CANNON?!
Alucard: No. You already have godly lightning powers. You get a rail gun.
Jade: Do I get a cannon?
Jackie: NOBODYS GIVING MY GIRLS CANNONS!
Viper: Can I get a cannon?
Jackie: Viper is an adult and an exception.
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I doubt it's going to be the curb stomp we think it is going to be.
The Magisters will still wind up in a world of hurt and a number of them will STILL end up dead several times over, but this isn't going to be a quick and easy fight.
For if it were a curb stomp, Alucard wouldn't time to play with his food. XD
Seriously though, Tats probably has something up his sleeve that's going to throw everyone (including everyone's favorite vampire) for a loop. The main question is what is it going to be? I have absolutely no idea what that could be since Tats has been pulling from just about EVERYTHING to make this fic the amazing epic is it.
Either that, or we're about to find out how good the Magisters' health plan is.
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Usually against orders. When Integra drops the formalities, The World Shudders. She's dropping the formalities.
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Hey, as long as the bad guys get the fate they deserve I don't care how long it takes... though I bet Alucard will pout if it's over to soon.
1: its amazing on how much one can remember on a first glance.
2: so these guys are an super old terrorist brother hood?
3: now jade is way to OP in knowledge right now thanks to past lives.
4: why am I getting such a great feeling of dread right now when alucard wants to go for a walk??
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Feeling dread when Abridged!Alucard wants to "go for a walk" is a perfectly appropriate reaction.
I have been binge reading this stuff for a while and I was just about to automatically reach for the next button when I saw this was the end...
...Excuse me...
*Walks off into the Void where one can here cursing in fifteen different languages.*
Something good for Jade, she can't fail History Exams.
Should I be worried about the girls or the Magisters . The girls come first. Also please don't let it be stupid.
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Dammit, you beat me to it!
On that note, what's the situation with the CMC's memories of their siblings? I know that time flows differently between the two worlds, but the CMC have been on Earth for years. And to my knowledge the girls haven't even mentioned their families back in Equestria, aside from Apple Bloom knowing her apple tree comes from home, and Scootaloo's inexplicable liking to Cumulo being blue, and ability to fly at high speeds while leaving a rainbow trail. Do they even remember them?
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As far as I can tell, they don't remember any of that, but it'll come in time.