Post by Conquest on Nov 9, 2021 15:30:16 GMT
"Who are we interviewing again?" The show host inquired.
Camera pans left to a woman who looked probably around a hundred thirty some odd pounds. She was taking a seat but appeared to be about six feet tall heels adding to that some. Her eyes were a piercing green, hair as red as blood. And when she spoke there was a hint of Irish and British inflection. Not overwhelmingly so again just a hint.
"Victoria Grail. Or as you will come to know me by Conquest."
"That doesn't sound like a hero title..." Tension began to build on set.
"It's not. Least not yet, one day when history is written by the victor you'll all think so. Until such a triumph though the naivety and simple minded will label me many things."
"And what title are you after. Kingpin somewhere? Corrupt mayor? President?"
"HA! No. I am the heir to it all. Queen of the World, Emperess of Terra, your God. Whatever you think fits best."
"Excuse me?"
"What part lost you? Metas are the next step for the planet, you should bow to every one of them. I don't care how they become one or what they can do. This world is changing, and while I won't say you some normal guy is inferior to them. You are to me, and if we want to progress we have to accept the demand for change."
"Ugh fine. And how Victoria will you do this?"
"Don't be nervous to play hero I was going to tell all anyways. The power that decrees my right to the world is simple. I can not die. I've tested it plenty, tried surviving in the cold wilderness with nothing on. Cold, starvation, bear biting my head none of it ended me. Cinderblock chained to ankle and tossed to the ocean. Didn't drown, I was crushed but kept recovering, break bones pounding on the cinderblock on dislocating the leg. Jumped in front of trains to be scattered. I have done the tests and I will always get back up, usually in seconds.
In addition to this I can manipulate blood. It has to be spilled before I can use it. But make it hot, cold, shapes it's plenty versatile. And sure it's not as readily available but between what I can take and fact I'll paint a whole town red to have my way I'll get by."
"Town?" It wasn't a real question just a stunned utterance of a word as he looked to the producer and camera crew with concern.
"Oh right you probably want to know tools to. Well I've not a name for it, considered something like. Nano Automatic Utility Gear Highly T-something y-something. Couldn't make it work. Multi Utility Resourse Dress Extensively Reprogramable, that seems to vague and wordy. Transformative Hemoglobin Retracting Omni Nano Equipment. And that one I like but I can't call my equipment Throne, I'm going to have a throne and that's going to be confusing."
"Right branding. Uh what's it do?"
"My clothes, swords, guns if I want them it's nano tech that uses energy stored up from use and suroundings to transform into what I desire it to be. It uses a bio coding system to change, it's not likely to turn into anything without my blood to trigger it. It's a self cleaning resource that reacts to my thought to turn into what I want it to be. I suppose the downside being that without the greater system it becomes brittle after a few minutes. It makes a hell of a bullet but I can't keep a bullet in someone to long. It's also got limited scope, I can't make a nuke. I'll have to steal one."
"WHAT THE *censored* IS WRONG WITH YOU?!"
"Oh come on, I'm the "super villain" planning world domination. I got to plan for some contingencies. It's just being practical. I'd have to just be the worst to simply fire it off moment I got one.. do you think I'm the worst?"
Room fell quiet for a moment. It felt like a time bomb of a question.
"Oh you mean upbringing? Like who abused me as a kid or something? If I was brainwashed by Alpha or maybe am starting for atttention from Aurum cause I'm into gold masks? It's nothing like that, sure my portion of the Grail shares has been sold off so I can be as separate as possible. It's not like they wronged me or anything however, I've never been kidnapped or the like. And while I think I'd look fetching at old Diva's or Aurum's side this isn't to get attention. I just grew up looking up to Alexander Great, Vlad the Impaler, Genghis Khan so many others. I wanted to study and train how to be an actual ruler and legend.
Plenty of lessons in many things to try and understand all that rank will demand in the modern age. I'm selfish I know for wanting to own everything but let's be transparent. All of you are going to die, all these heroes your children look up to they will die. That's just life, but I don't die. This world needs something that it can hold onto and will last for them. They need safety not just from the criminals and badgers, but the erything that can and will fail them. Eventually the children have to I don't know study magic because their parent can't protect them do to sickness. When everything is finite, the only way safety is guaranteed is by something infinite taking ownership."
Somewhere in the monologue police were called. And now before the host could ask more questions swat was at the door.
"Is that the best you got? You're in the age of heroes, but more importantly. An age of Conquest is coming." The video feed was cut soon after. The subsequent crime scene far to graphic to be televised.