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* LoanShark: In order to buy some of his early slaves, Felix goes to [[TheMafiya Dimitry]], a loan shark working across the street from his job, and asks for $20,000. Dimitry is a little put off by Felix's directness, but likes the approach. In return, he wants double the amount in 3 months. Later on, Felix and his slaves raid a bad guy lair in retaliation for attacking him. Kit determines that some of the guys there worked for Dimitry, so Felix calls the loan shark to make amends. Dimitry appreciates the offer and the candor, which starts a beneficial business arrangement between the two.
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* LoanShark: In order to buy some of his early slaves, Felix goes to [[TheMafiya Dimitry]], a loan shark working across the street from his job, and asks for $20,000. Dimitry is a little put off by Felix's directness, but likes the approach. In return, he wants double the amount in 3 months. Later on, Felix and his slaves raid a bad guy lair in retaliation for attacking him. Kit determines that some of the guys there worked for Dimitry, so Felix calls the loan shark to make amends. Dimitry appreciates the offer and the candor, which starts a beneficial business arrangement between the two. In the second book, with his bid for governor, Felix decides that Dimitry is a loose end, so he offers the loan shark to turn his organization into a satellite of Legion. Dimitry would only be answerable to Felix, who plans to stay hands-off. Dimitry agrees and signs the contract, and Felix immediately grants Dimitry several superpowers, as well as de-aging him to mid-[=30s=].
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* ACupAngst: Being a half-Dwarf, Felicia really doesn't like being a short girl with a AA-cup. So her first request to Felix is to be made taller and to get a D-cup. [[LesYay Ioana appreciates the change]].
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** Being a half-Dwarf, Felicia really doesn't like being a short girl with a AA-cup. So her first request to Felix is to be made taller and to get a D-cup. [[LesYay Ioana appreciates thechange]].change]].
** Later, Andrea suggests a statue of her, but with bigger boobs. Then she starts wondering exactly how big they should be and decides that C is probably the max, since any bigger would make it tough to wear tactical gear.
** Being a half-Dwarf, Felicia really doesn't like being a short girl with a AA-cup. So her first request to Felix is to be made taller and to get a D-cup. [[LesYay Ioana appreciates the
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* HappinessInSlavery: Most of Felix's slaves find they really don't mind their new status, especially given the alternatives (e.g. being owned by someone with fewer moral scruples or dead). He sees them as people rather than property and doesn't like forcing them into something they don't want to do. He also starts upgrading their stats and powers, if it benefits him or as reward for a job well done. He even seriously considers starting to pay his slaves and providing them full benefits. At the second auction, Felix purchases an underage female super simply because he doesn't want anyone to abuse her. He then puts her into a nice private school, hires her a tutor, and also makes sure to purchase her brother, as well as put them into adjacent rooms. It gets to the point where his slaves/servants start seeing him as some kind of messiah, who rescued from a bad fate.
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* HappinessInSlavery: HappinessInSlavery:
** Most of Felix's slaves find they really don't mind their new status, especially given the alternatives (e.g. being owned by someone with fewer moral scruples or dead). He sees them as people rather than property and doesn't like forcing them into something they don't want to do. He also starts upgrading their stats and powers, if it benefits him or as reward for a job well done. He even seriously considers starting to pay his slaves and providing them full benefits. At the second auction, Felix purchases an underage female super simply because he doesn't want anyone to abuse her. He then puts her into a nice private school, hires her a tutor, and also makes sure to purchase her brother, as well as put them into adjacent rooms. It gets to the point where his slaves/servants start seeing him as some kind of messiah, who rescued from a badfate.fate.
** In the second novel, he realizes that slavery is his main weakness, as all it would take for him to be destroyed is for Skipper to outlaw slavery. So he has Lily draw up an indentured servitude contract, which he plans to have everyone in Legion sign, turning them from slaves to indentured servants, a status that is legal both within Skippercity and in the US (technically, any slave that leaves city limits is automatically free, since slavery is illegal in the States).
** Most of Felix's slaves find they really don't mind their new status, especially given the alternatives (e.g. being owned by someone with fewer moral scruples or dead). He sees them as people rather than property and doesn't like forcing them into something they don't want to do. He also starts upgrading their stats and powers, if it benefits him or as reward for a job well done. He even seriously considers starting to pay his slaves and providing them full benefits. At the second auction, Felix purchases an underage female super simply because he doesn't want anyone to abuse her. He then puts her into a nice private school, hires her a tutor, and also makes sure to purchase her brother, as well as put them into adjacent rooms. It gets to the point where his slaves/servants start seeing him as some kind of messiah, who rescued from a bad
** In the second novel, he realizes that slavery is his main weakness, as all it would take for him to be destroyed is for Skipper to outlaw slavery. So he has Lily draw up an indentured servitude contract, which he plans to have everyone in Legion sign, turning them from slaves to indentured servants, a status that is legal both within Skippercity and in the US (technically, any slave that leaves city limits is automatically free, since slavery is illegal in the States).
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* WouldHurtAChild: The bad guys of the first book, [[spoiler:who are ''superheroes'',]] attack a school to draw out Felix and then [[spoiler:blow it up with kids still inside. Since Felix only owns two of them, the rest are dead permanently]].
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Felix may not be a nice man, but he firmly holds this belief. His first promise to his slaves is that none of them will be sexually assaulted or forced into any sexual act against their will. He even refuses to date any of his slaves, since he can never be sure if they like him for who he is or for what he can do for them. When a city official suggests a deal in exchange for Felix allowing him to sleep with some of his female slaves, Felix immediately shuts him down and sends him away.
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Felix may not be a nice man, but he firmly holds this belief. His first promise to his slaves is that none of them will be sexually assaulted or forced into any sexual act against their will. He even refuses to date any of his slaves, since he can never be sure if they like him for who he is or for what he can do for them. When a city official suggests a deal in exchange for Felix allowing him to sleep with some of his female slaves, Felix immediately shuts him down and sends him away. When the official starts messing with Felix's business and continuing to insist, Felix decides he has no choice but to [[spoiler:have the official assassinated, but he instructs the assassin to MakeItLookLikeAnAccident]].
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* DeathIsCheap: Felix eventually learns he can bring his dead slaves or indentured servants back to life. It costs him a sizable amount of points (both repairing the body to just before death and changing the status from "dead" to "alive"), but the person comes back without any ill effects. Lily is able to confirm that the resurrected person has a soul (i.e. not a zombie). Kit writes up the paperwork to have the slaves/servants indicate whether they would like to be revived after death. Predictably, it splits based on their religious views. The only one who can't be revived after death is Felix himself, since he can't affect himself.
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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Any time Felix's people capture an enemy, they usually get an offer to become an indentured servant. The alternative is to have Lily suck out their soul, after which they will be fed into Felicia's sausage machine. Some still refuse, mostly because they don't believe that Felix and his people would actually kill them. Since Felix isn't a movie supervillain, he does go through with it.
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* AstralProjection: Lily's brother Lucian has this ability, except no one knows. All Lily knows is that one day, he simply fell asleep and wouldn't wake up for many years. Felix upgrades his ability to allow him to return to his body any time he wants and also fixes a pre-existing mental defect (it's implied the kid was autistic, given his eidetic memory). This earns him Lily's undying gratitude.
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* CatGirl: Andrea is a wolf "beastkin". This means she has pointy ears on her head and a tail, but that's about it. Sometimes she behaves like an animal, such as sleeping on a pile of Felix's clothes or at his feet (he finds it weird but doesn't have the heart to tell her to stop it).
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* CatGirl: Andrea is a wolf "beastkin". This means she has pointy ears on her head and a tail, but that's about it. Sometimes she behaves like an animal, such as sleeping on a pile of Felix's clothes or at his feet (he finds it weird but doesn't have the heart to tell her to stop it). She later reveals that she considers Felix to be her Alpha [[spoiler:right before walking into his bedroom and making it clear she's no going to take "no" for an answer anymore]].
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* HappinessInSlavery: Most of Felix's slaves find they really don't mind their new status, especially given the alternatives (e.g. being owned by someone with fewer moral scruples or dead). He sees them as people rather than property and doesn't like forcing them into something they don't want to do. He also starts upgrading their stats and powers, if it benefits him or as reward for a job well done. He even seriously considers starting to pay his slaves and providing them full benefits. At the second auction, Felix purchases an underage female super simply because he doesn't want anyone to abuse her. He then puts her into a nice private school, hires her a tutor, and also makes sure to purchase her brother, as well as put them into adjacent rooms.
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* HappinessInSlavery: Most of Felix's slaves find they really don't mind their new status, especially given the alternatives (e.g. being owned by someone with fewer moral scruples or dead). He sees them as people rather than property and doesn't like forcing them into something they don't want to do. He also starts upgrading their stats and powers, if it benefits him or as reward for a job well done. He even seriously considers starting to pay his slaves and providing them full benefits. At the second auction, Felix purchases an underage female super simply because he doesn't want anyone to abuse her. He then puts her into a nice private school, hires her a tutor, and also makes sure to purchase her brother, as well as put them into adjacent rooms. It gets to the point where his slaves/servants start seeing him as some kind of messiah, who rescued from a bad fate.
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* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Felix admits to Lily that his dating life is likely to be worse now than before. He refuses to date anyone he owns, since he can't know why they're doing it. As for anyone outside the organization, they'd have to agree to sign a magical non-disclosure contract, since he can't have anyone blabbing about his business. He doesn't really mind, though, as the business take up so much of his time there's little left for a personal life.
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* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Felix admits to Lily that his dating life is likely to be worse now than before. He refuses to date anyone he owns, since he can't know why they're doing it. As for anyone outside the organization, they'd have to agree to sign a magical non-disclosure contract, since he can't have anyone blabbing about his business. He doesn't really mind, though, as the business take up so much of his time there's little left for a personal life. [[spoiler:It all changes when Andrea walks into his office and tells him that she's not going to take "no" for an answer anymore before walking into his bedroom and creating [[TwinThreesomeFantasy two more copies for some fun]].]]
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* HealingHands: In a manner of speaking. Felix's ability to modify any object or person he owns also allows him to repair damage to them. However, he doesn't actually have to touch them or even be in the same room as them. At one point, one of his slaves is hit with an electrical attack, causing her heart to explode. Watching from his command center, Felix brings up her character sheet, sees that she's seconds away from death, and repairs her heart with points in moments. Afterwards, the woman is assigned as his temporary bodyguard, and she's clearly in awe of him.
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* {{Teleportation}}: Felix upgrades a group of normal humans, giving them teleportation as well as the equivalent of 4 years in medical school as knowledge. Their task is to teleport in during engagements, retrieve the wounded, and teleport back, where they can stabilize them and either heal them using normal means, put them into one of Felicia's medical beds, or wait for Felix to heal the damage using points. They are a large reason why Legion sustains zero permanent losses during a major assault on their HQ.
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* MesACrowd: Andrea can create multiple copies of herself. Felix initially assumes they have a HiveMind until he observes that each Andrea is subtly different from the others. In fact, Andrea Prime actually has [[SplitPersonality multiple personalities inside her]], and she splits them off when she wants to and re-absorbs them afterwards (while also absoring their memories and learning new skills). Most Andreas are about the same, although a few are different. Eventually, she asks for an upgrade to be able to re-absorb the others' memories selectively rather than completely. She was previously a mercenary known as Myriad, who would accept pretty much any job and leave behind a large trail of bodies. While she normally acts incredibly silly (Felix notes that her Intelligence stat is really low), when it comes time to fight, she turns into a cool-headed soldier, who can quickly analyze a situation and act accordingly. Things get even more complicated when [[spoiler:Felix learns that Andrea has a twin sister named Adrianna]].
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Kit's years of being the hero Augur have taught her this trope. Being unable to shield other people's thoughts without her helmet means her enemies have learned to bombard her with nasty thoughts. Thanks to Felix's upgrade, she is now free of that particular weakness.
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Kit's years of being the hero Augur have taught her this trope. Being unable to shield other people's thoughts without her helmet means her enemies have learned to bombard her with nasty thoughts. Thanks to Felix's upgrade, she is now free of that particular weakness.
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* MesACrowd: Andrea can create multiple copies of herself. Felix initially assumes they have a HiveMind until he observes that each Andrea is subtly different from the others. In fact, Andrea Prime actually has [[SplitPersonality multiple personalities inside her]], and she splits them off when she wants to and re-absorbs them afterwards (while also absoring absorbing their memories and learning new skills). Most Andreas are about the same, although a few are different. Eventually, she asks for an upgrade to be able to re-absorb the others' memories selectively rather than completely. She was previously a mercenary known as Myriad, who would accept pretty much any job and leave behind a large trail of bodies. While she normally acts incredibly silly (Felix notes that her Intelligence stat is really low), when it comes time to fight, she turns into a cool-headed soldier, who can quickly analyze a situation and act accordingly. Things get even more complicated when [[spoiler:Felix learns that Andrea has a twin sister named Adrianna]].
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Kit's years of being the hero Augur have taught her this trope. Being unable to shield other people's thoughts without her helmet means her enemies have learned to bombard her with nasty thoughts. Thanks to Felix's upgrade, she is now free of that particular weakness. The only person whose mind Kit is unable to read if Felix, presumably because he's her master.
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Kit's years of being the hero Augur have taught her this trope. Being unable to shield other people's thoughts without her helmet means her enemies have learned to bombard her with nasty thoughts. Thanks to Felix's upgrade, she is now free of that particular weakness. The only person whose mind Kit is unable to read if Felix, presumably because he's her master.
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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Kit's years of being the hero Augur have taught her this trope. Being unable to shield other people's thoughts without her helmet means her enemies have learned to bombard her with nasty thoughts. Thanks to Felix's upgrade, she is now free of that particular weakness.
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Felix may not be a nice man, but he firmly holds this belief. His first promise to his slaves is that none of them will be sexually assaulted or forced into any sexual act against their will. He even refuses to date any of his slaves, since he can never be sure if they like him for who he is or for what he can do for them.
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* BarrierWarrior: One of the spells Lily can cast is a magical shield, which is powerful enough to stop most attacks. She starts to habitually cast one over Felix when he goes outside after people start trying to assassinate him. At one point, Felix takes a 50-caliber round from a sniper miles away. The shield takes the brunt of the impact, but Felix is still knocked down from the residual kinetic energy.
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* BarrierWarrior: One of the spells Lily can cast is a magical shield, which is powerful enough to stop most attacks. She starts to habitually cast one over Felix when he goes outside after people start trying to assassinate him. At one point, Felix takes a 50-caliber round from a sniper miles away. The shield takes the brunt of the impact, but Felix is still knocked down from the residual kinetic energy. During another fight, a [[SuperSpeed speedster]] tries to outmaneuver Lily, assuming it takes time for her to cast spells and not realizing that Felix has recently upgraded her power. The speedster runs face-first into one of her barriers and breaks a lot of bones.
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* UndercoverCopReveal: The first favor Dimitry requests of Felix is for Felix to bring Kit to Dimitry's place of business and mind-scan his employees to find a rat. She uncovers a cop, who has been embedded in Dimitry's organization for six years, in a matter of seconds. However, instead of simply turning him over to Dimitry, Felix gives him the option of becoming his indentured servant. He would continue being an undercover cop in Dimitry's organization, but also provide intel to Felix and funnel disinformation to the cops. The cop decides to agree, since Dimitry would also go after his family.
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* EliteMooks: While Felix isn't exactly a supervillain, his original six slaves end up becoming his key assistants in running Legion. He also tends to upgrade them exclusively, so they are also among his most powerful assets.
** Lily is in charge of all legal and accounting issues, including keeping track of his points.
** Kit runs his HR department, which also doubles as intelligence, since Kit and all her subordinates are telepaths.
** Ioana is Felix's chief of security.
** Felicia is in charge of housing and all things technical.
** Miu is Felix's personal bodyguard and trainer.
** Andrea is... well, she's many things, including a cook, a secretary, a personal assistant, and Felix's own [[MesACrowd private army]].
** Lily is in charge of all legal and accounting issues, including keeping track of his points.
** Kit runs his HR department, which also doubles as intelligence, since Kit and all her subordinates are telepaths.
** Ioana is Felix's chief of security.
** Felicia is in charge of housing and all things technical.
** Miu is Felix's personal bodyguard and trainer.
** Andrea is... well, she's many things, including a cook, a secretary, a personal assistant, and Felix's own [[MesACrowd private army]].
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* SuperSpeed: A speedster tries to outmaneuver Lily, knowing that her GerometricMagic takes time to cast. However, he doesn't know that Felix has recently upgraded her to InstantRunes and slams at full speed into a shield she has cast in front of him.
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* MesACrowd: Andrea can create multiple copies of herself. Felix initially assumes they have a HiveMind until he observes that each Andrea is subtly different from the others. In fact, Andrea Prime actually has [[SplitPersonality multiple personalities inside her]], and she splits them off when she wants to and re-absorbs them afterwards (while also absoring their memories and learning new skills). Most Andreas are about the same, although a few are different. Eventually, she asks for an upgrade to be able to re-absorb the others' memories selectively rather than completely. She was previously a mercenary known as Myriad, who would accept pretty much any job and leave behind a large trail of bodies. While she normally acts incredibly silly (Felix notes that her Intelligence stat is really low), when it comes time to fight, she turns into a cool-headed soldier, who can quickly analyze a situation and act accordingly.
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* MesACrowd: Andrea can create multiple copies of herself. Felix initially assumes they have a HiveMind until he observes that each Andrea is subtly different from the others. In fact, Andrea Prime actually has [[SplitPersonality multiple personalities inside her]], and she splits them off when she wants to and re-absorbs them afterwards (while also absoring their memories and learning new skills). Most Andreas are about the same, although a few are different. Eventually, she asks for an upgrade to be able to re-absorb the others' memories selectively rather than completely. She was previously a mercenary known as Myriad, who would accept pretty much any job and leave behind a large trail of bodies. While she normally acts incredibly silly (Felix notes that her Intelligence stat is really low), when it comes time to fight, she turns into a cool-headed soldier, who can quickly analyze a situation and act accordingly. Things get even more complicated when [[spoiler:Felix learns that Andrea has a twin sister named Adrianna]].
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All this changes when he accidentally purchases a super-slave (he thought he was buying a box full of bismuth he planned to turn into gold and sell). The super is nearly dead, having been tortured and mutilated for nearly a month. Since he now owns her, his power allows him to modify her as well, but he also learns that he can draw on her power to increase his daily point allotment. Realizing this, he quickly buys two more supers in the same condition. He uses his power to slowly repair their physical damage. To his surprise, after a brief period of adjustment, the three women (Kit, Miu, and Ioanna) quickly accept the live of slavery, especially since Felix is actually a pretty decent guy, and one of his first promises is that he would never sexually assault them or force them to sleep with him (slaves are magically-bound to follow direct orders of their master).
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All this changes when he accidentally purchases a super-slave (he thought he was buying a box full of bismuth he planned to turn into gold and sell). The super is nearly dead, having been tortured and mutilated for nearly a month. Since he now owns her, his power allows him to modify her as well, but he also learns that he can draw on her power to increase his daily point allotment. Realizing this, he quickly buys two more supers in the same condition. He uses his power to slowly repair their physical damage. To his surprise, after a brief period of adjustment, the three women (Kit, Miu, and Ioanna) Ioana) quickly accept the live of slavery, especially since Felix is actually a pretty decent guy, and one of his first promises is that he would never sexually assault them or force them to sleep with him (slaves are magically-bound to follow direct orders of their master).
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* BloodKnight: Ioanna, Ioana, aptly known as War Maiden, used to challenge any super to a fight (frequently to the death). She didn't care if the other person was a hero or a villain. It was the fight that mattered and proving herself to be better.
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* BarrierWarrior: One of the spells Lily can cast is a magical shield, which is powerful enough to stop most attacks. She starts to habitually cast one over Felix when he goes outside after people start trying to assassinate him. At one point, Felix takes a 50-caliber round from a sniper miles away. The shield takes the brunt of the impact, but Felix is still knocked down from the residual kinetic energy.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Thanks to Felicia's design, Andrea's workforce, and Felix's ability to upgrade his property, they quickly expand their homebase into a large underground complex, filled with apartments, cafeterias, training rooms, workshops, etc. Felix's eventual plan is to buy up all the property in the area and connect everything into a vast underground neighborhood with schools, shops, and all other things people need. Felicia can only salivate at the opportunity to build something so grandiose.
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* MesACrowd: Andrea can create multiple copies of herself. Felix initially assumes they have a HiveMind until he observes that each Andrea is subtly different from the others. In fact, Andrea Prime actually has [[SplitPersonality multiple personalities inside her]], and she splits them off when she wants to and re-absorbs them afterwards. Most Andreas are about the same, although a few are different. Eventually, she asks for an upgrade to be able to re-absorb the others' memories selectively rather than completely. She was previously a mercenary known as Myriad, who would accept pretty much any job and leave behind a large trail of bodies. While she normally acts incredibly silly (Felix notes that her Intelligence stat is really low), when it comes time to fight, she turns into a cool-headed soldier, who can quickly analyze a situation and act accordingly.
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* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Felix admits to Lily that his dating life is likely to be worse now than before. He refuses to date anyone he owns, since he can't know why they're doing it. As for anyone outside the organization, they'd have to agree to sign a magical non-disclosure contract, since he can't have anyone blabbing about his business. He doesn't really mind, though, as the business take up so much of his time there's little left for a personal life.
* MesACrowd: Andrea can create multiple copies of herself. Felix initially assumes they have a HiveMind until he observes that each Andrea is subtly different from the others. In fact, Andrea Prime actually has [[SplitPersonality multiple personalities inside her]], and she splits them off when she wants to and re-absorbs themafterwards.afterwards (while also absoring their memories and learning new skills). Most Andreas are about the same, although a few are different. Eventually, she asks for an upgrade to be able to re-absorb the others' memories selectively rather than completely. She was previously a mercenary known as Myriad, who would accept pretty much any job and leave behind a large trail of bodies. While she normally acts incredibly silly (Felix notes that her Intelligence stat is really low), when it comes time to fight, she turns into a cool-headed soldier, who can quickly analyze a situation and act accordingly.accordingly.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Felix can do that at will, provided he has the points, but only to others and only to those people he owns. His power will also inform him of the stat requirements for the chosen power. Some powers are cheap, while others can take most of his daily point allotment.
* MesACrowd: Andrea can create multiple copies of herself. Felix initially assumes they have a HiveMind until he observes that each Andrea is subtly different from the others. In fact, Andrea Prime actually has [[SplitPersonality multiple personalities inside her]], and she splits them off when she wants to and re-absorbs them
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Felix can do that at will, provided he has the points, but only to others and only to those people he owns. His power will also inform him of the stat requirements for the chosen power. Some powers are cheap, while others can take most of his daily point allotment.
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* SuperSpeed: A speedster tries to outmaneuver Lily, knowing that her GerometricMagic takes time to cast. However, he doesn't know that Felix has recently upgraded her to InstantRunes and slams at full speed into a shield she has cast in front of him.
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* GroinAttack: When a super-strong hero lands on the roof of their car, Andrea calmly takes out her gun and empties it right into the hero's junk. While it's not enough to do any permanent damage, it still ''hurts like hell''.
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* MesACrowd: Andrea can create multiple copies of herself. Felix initially assumes they have a HiveMind until he observes that each Andrea is subtly different from the others. In fact, Andrea Prime actually has [[SplitPersonality multiple personalities inside her]], and she splits them off when she wants to and re-absorbs them afterwards. Most Andreas are about the same, although a few are different. Eventually, she asks for an upgrade to be able to re-absorb the others' memories selectively rather than completely. She was previously a mercenary known as Myriad, who would accept pretty much any job and leave behind a large trail of bodies. While she normally acts incredibly silly (Felix notes that her Intelligence stat is really low), when it comes time to fight, she turns into a cool-headed soldier, who can quickly analyze a situation and act accordingly.
* OneNoteCook: Andrea can only really make one thing in the kitchen: pancakes. But no one complains, because her pancakes are ''delicious''. It helps that she can split into multiple Andreas, so she can probably feed all of Felix's slaves with the mountain of pancakes she makes every morning.
--> '''Andrea:''' PANCAKES!!!
* OneNoteCook: Andrea can only really make one thing in the kitchen: pancakes. But no one complains, because her pancakes are ''delicious''. It helps that she can split into multiple Andreas, so she can probably feed all of Felix's slaves with the mountain of pancakes she makes every morning.
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Felix may not be a nice man, but he firmly holds this belief. His first promise to his slaves is that none of them will be sexually assaulted or forced into any sexual act against their will. He even refuses to date any of his slaves, since he can never be sure if they like him for who he is or for what he can do for them.
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''Super Sales on Super Heroes'' is a 2017-2018 series of [[SuperheroLiterature superhero novels]], taking place in a world where superpowers are fairly common. It's a world of GreyAndGrayMorality, where heroes aren't always the good guys and villains aren't always that bad.
Felix Campbell lives in a city that has recently been taken over by a supervillain named Skipper. Skipper and his cronies immediately declared independence from the rest of the country, renamed the place [[{{Egopolis}} Skippercity]], and made a number of changes to the law. Many crimes are now legal, including slavery. Despite this, the city's economy is booming thanks to no longer having to pay federal or state taxes, while also taxing any formerly illegal activities. Any remaining superheroes in Skippercity are either killed by citizens for a hefty bounty or captured to be sold as slaves.
Felix has a unique ability to modify any object he owns, which he sees in his mind's eye as a stat sheet, as if in a role-playing game. Any modification costs a certain number of points. Unfortunately his daily pool of points is too low to made good use of his power, so he's stuck in his job managing a fast food joint and living in the house his aunt and uncle left him after skipping town.
All this changes when he accidentally purchases a super-slave (he thought he was buying a box full of bismuth he planned to turn into gold and sell). The super is nearly dead, having been tortured and mutilated for nearly a month. Since he now owns her, his power allows him to modify her as well, but he also learns that he can draw on her power to increase his daily point allotment. Realizing this, he quickly buys two more supers in the same condition. He uses his power to slowly repair their physical damage. To his surprise, after a brief period of adjustment, the three women (Kit, Miu, and Ioanna) quickly accept the live of slavery, especially since Felix is actually a pretty decent guy, and one of his first promises is that he would never sexually assault them or force them to sleep with him (slaves are magically-bound to follow direct orders of their master).
Felix hits on the idea of buying a pawn shop, which he can use to buy items for cheap, improve them with his power, and resell them with a sizable markup, especially since Kit trains him to use his power to see stats of potential property, making him a master appraiser. He quickly buys three more slaves at an auction: Andrea, Lily, and Felicia. In less than three months, Felix is now the CEO of a quickly-growing organization of hundreds of slaves and indentured servants and attracting unwanted attention from rivals.
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!! The series provides examples of:
* AmoralAttorney: The legal firm that manages his aunt and uncle's assets, including the house he lives in. One of the first things they do in the novel is demand that he not only pay them rent but also pay them $150,000 of the rent he was supposed to have been paying for the last several years. Fortunately, once he learns that Lily used to be a lawyer, he has her look over the contract, and she manages to find a loophole.
* BloodKnight: Ioanna, aptly known as War Maiden, used to challenge any super to a fight (frequently to the death). She didn't care if the other person was a hero or a villain. It was the fight that mattered and proving herself to be better.
* CatGirl: Andrea is a wolf "beastkin". This means she has pointy ears on her head and a tail, but that's about it. Sometimes she behaves like an animal, such as sleeping on a pile of Felix's clothes or at his feet (he finds it weird but doesn't have the heart to tell her to stop it).
* FemmeFatale: Felix can't help but acknowledge Lily's stunning beauty. At the same time, he doesn't even consider the option of trying anything with her, even though she can't harm him directly. Lily constantly flirts with him, but Felix is smart enough to know she just enjoys toying with him, so he does his best to ignore it.
* GeometricMagic: Lily can cast spells by drawing glyphs. Some can be drawn quickly, while others can take hours or even days. The first upgrade she requests from Felix is the ability to cast InstantRunes.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Felicia is a half-Dwarf. Like all Dwarves, she is great at building things. Basically, anything she can think of, she can build. She does, however, demand that Felix make her taller and giver her [[BuxomIsBetter bigger assets]].
* HappinessInSlavery: Most of Felix's slaves find they really don't mind their new status, especially given the alternatives (e.g. being owned by someone with fewer moral scruples or dead). He sees them as people rather than property and doesn't like forcing them into something they don't want to do. He also starts upgrading their stats and powers, if it benefits him or as reward for a job well done. He even seriously considers starting to pay his slaves and providing them full benefits. At the second auction, Felix purchases an underage female super simply because he doesn't want anyone to abuse her. He then puts her into a nice private school, hires her a tutor, and also makes sure to purchase her brother, as well as put them into adjacent rooms.
* HealingFactor: After Andrea Prime's arm is torn off by a hero, Felix gives her the power of regeneration, and she grows back the limb in a matter of seconds.
* HumanResources: After Felix asks Felicia to build him a machine for cleanly disposing of dead bodies, the resulting device looks like cross between a wood chipper and a toaster. The body is fed into the chute, and the device them converts it into sausage. When consumed, the sausage provides a permanent power boost. While Felix is a little squeamish to eat sausage made from human flesh, some of his slaves eagerly try it and swear by the taste and the effect.
* LoanShark: In order to buy some of his early slaves, Felix goes to [[TheMafiya Dimitry]], a loan shark working across the street from his job, and asks for $20,000. Dimitry is a little put off by Felix's directness, but likes the approach. In return, he wants double the amount in 3 months. Later on, Felix and his slaves raid a bad guy lair in retaliation for attacking him. Kit determines that some of the guys there worked for Dimitry, so Felix calls the loan shark to make amends. Dimitry appreciates the offer and the candor, which starts a beneficial business arrangement between the two.
* MagicEnhancement: Lily's second requested power is the ability to store spells in mundane objects. This way, she can give amulets to Felix's other slaves.
* MagicallyBindingContract: All slaves are magically-bound to their master. They are unable to harm him and must obey his direct orders. In addition, after Kit comes up with the idea of hiring indentured servants, Lily helps her write up a legal and magical contract, which must be signed in blood. The contract prevents the servant from divulging any information about Felix's organization or acting against the interest of said organization. But the indentured servant contract is only valid for a certain number of years.
* MesACrowd: Andrea can create multiple copies of herself. Felix initially assumes they have a HiveMind until he observes that each Andrea is subtly different from the others. In fact, Andrea Prime actually has [[SplitPersonality multiple personalities inside her]], and she splits them off when she wants to and re-absorbs them afterwards. Most Andreas are about the same, although a few are different. Eventually, she asks for an upgrade to be able to re-absorb the others' memories selectively rather than completely.
* PhoneTraceRace: The cops habitually tap people's phones. It's all perfectly legal in Skippercity, as are the bribes to remove a tap from someone's phone for a day or two.
* PsychicPowers: Kit is a powerful area telepath, although she can't turn it off without a special helmet. One of the reasons she eagerly agrees to serve Felix is because he can turn off or dial down her power at will. After a while, he upgrades her power to directed telepathy, while also leaving her the option of doing an area scan. During a firefight, he gives her [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]] as well, followed by the ability to manifest realistic illusions.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: This is how Felix deals with the principal of the private school where he put his underage slave. When the principal tries to expel her for being behind, Felix rips him a new one by pointing out that no one at the school even tried to assess her education level before placing her. Lily then buys up the school's considerable debt, and Felix uses that to buy 80% ownership in the school.
* YourSoulIsMine: Lily can suck out another person's soul in order to boost her own power. Since Felix's point allotment is directly based on the power of his slaves, each soul she consumes is a benefit to him as well.
Felix Campbell lives in a city that has recently been taken over by a supervillain named Skipper. Skipper and his cronies immediately declared independence from the rest of the country, renamed the place [[{{Egopolis}} Skippercity]], and made a number of changes to the law. Many crimes are now legal, including slavery. Despite this, the city's economy is booming thanks to no longer having to pay federal or state taxes, while also taxing any formerly illegal activities. Any remaining superheroes in Skippercity are either killed by citizens for a hefty bounty or captured to be sold as slaves.
Felix has a unique ability to modify any object he owns, which he sees in his mind's eye as a stat sheet, as if in a role-playing game. Any modification costs a certain number of points. Unfortunately his daily pool of points is too low to made good use of his power, so he's stuck in his job managing a fast food joint and living in the house his aunt and uncle left him after skipping town.
All this changes when he accidentally purchases a super-slave (he thought he was buying a box full of bismuth he planned to turn into gold and sell). The super is nearly dead, having been tortured and mutilated for nearly a month. Since he now owns her, his power allows him to modify her as well, but he also learns that he can draw on her power to increase his daily point allotment. Realizing this, he quickly buys two more supers in the same condition. He uses his power to slowly repair their physical damage. To his surprise, after a brief period of adjustment, the three women (Kit, Miu, and Ioanna) quickly accept the live of slavery, especially since Felix is actually a pretty decent guy, and one of his first promises is that he would never sexually assault them or force them to sleep with him (slaves are magically-bound to follow direct orders of their master).
Felix hits on the idea of buying a pawn shop, which he can use to buy items for cheap, improve them with his power, and resell them with a sizable markup, especially since Kit trains him to use his power to see stats of potential property, making him a master appraiser. He quickly buys three more slaves at an auction: Andrea, Lily, and Felicia. In less than three months, Felix is now the CEO of a quickly-growing organization of hundreds of slaves and indentured servants and attracting unwanted attention from rivals.
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!! The series provides examples of:
* AmoralAttorney: The legal firm that manages his aunt and uncle's assets, including the house he lives in. One of the first things they do in the novel is demand that he not only pay them rent but also pay them $150,000 of the rent he was supposed to have been paying for the last several years. Fortunately, once he learns that Lily used to be a lawyer, he has her look over the contract, and she manages to find a loophole.
* BloodKnight: Ioanna, aptly known as War Maiden, used to challenge any super to a fight (frequently to the death). She didn't care if the other person was a hero or a villain. It was the fight that mattered and proving herself to be better.
* CatGirl: Andrea is a wolf "beastkin". This means she has pointy ears on her head and a tail, but that's about it. Sometimes she behaves like an animal, such as sleeping on a pile of Felix's clothes or at his feet (he finds it weird but doesn't have the heart to tell her to stop it).
* FemmeFatale: Felix can't help but acknowledge Lily's stunning beauty. At the same time, he doesn't even consider the option of trying anything with her, even though she can't harm him directly. Lily constantly flirts with him, but Felix is smart enough to know she just enjoys toying with him, so he does his best to ignore it.
* GeometricMagic: Lily can cast spells by drawing glyphs. Some can be drawn quickly, while others can take hours or even days. The first upgrade she requests from Felix is the ability to cast InstantRunes.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Felicia is a half-Dwarf. Like all Dwarves, she is great at building things. Basically, anything she can think of, she can build. She does, however, demand that Felix make her taller and giver her [[BuxomIsBetter bigger assets]].
* HappinessInSlavery: Most of Felix's slaves find they really don't mind their new status, especially given the alternatives (e.g. being owned by someone with fewer moral scruples or dead). He sees them as people rather than property and doesn't like forcing them into something they don't want to do. He also starts upgrading their stats and powers, if it benefits him or as reward for a job well done. He even seriously considers starting to pay his slaves and providing them full benefits. At the second auction, Felix purchases an underage female super simply because he doesn't want anyone to abuse her. He then puts her into a nice private school, hires her a tutor, and also makes sure to purchase her brother, as well as put them into adjacent rooms.
* HealingFactor: After Andrea Prime's arm is torn off by a hero, Felix gives her the power of regeneration, and she grows back the limb in a matter of seconds.
* HumanResources: After Felix asks Felicia to build him a machine for cleanly disposing of dead bodies, the resulting device looks like cross between a wood chipper and a toaster. The body is fed into the chute, and the device them converts it into sausage. When consumed, the sausage provides a permanent power boost. While Felix is a little squeamish to eat sausage made from human flesh, some of his slaves eagerly try it and swear by the taste and the effect.
* LoanShark: In order to buy some of his early slaves, Felix goes to [[TheMafiya Dimitry]], a loan shark working across the street from his job, and asks for $20,000. Dimitry is a little put off by Felix's directness, but likes the approach. In return, he wants double the amount in 3 months. Later on, Felix and his slaves raid a bad guy lair in retaliation for attacking him. Kit determines that some of the guys there worked for Dimitry, so Felix calls the loan shark to make amends. Dimitry appreciates the offer and the candor, which starts a beneficial business arrangement between the two.
* MagicEnhancement: Lily's second requested power is the ability to store spells in mundane objects. This way, she can give amulets to Felix's other slaves.
* MagicallyBindingContract: All slaves are magically-bound to their master. They are unable to harm him and must obey his direct orders. In addition, after Kit comes up with the idea of hiring indentured servants, Lily helps her write up a legal and magical contract, which must be signed in blood. The contract prevents the servant from divulging any information about Felix's organization or acting against the interest of said organization. But the indentured servant contract is only valid for a certain number of years.
* MesACrowd: Andrea can create multiple copies of herself. Felix initially assumes they have a HiveMind until he observes that each Andrea is subtly different from the others. In fact, Andrea Prime actually has [[SplitPersonality multiple personalities inside her]], and she splits them off when she wants to and re-absorbs them afterwards. Most Andreas are about the same, although a few are different. Eventually, she asks for an upgrade to be able to re-absorb the others' memories selectively rather than completely.
* PhoneTraceRace: The cops habitually tap people's phones. It's all perfectly legal in Skippercity, as are the bribes to remove a tap from someone's phone for a day or two.
* PsychicPowers: Kit is a powerful area telepath, although she can't turn it off without a special helmet. One of the reasons she eagerly agrees to serve Felix is because he can turn off or dial down her power at will. After a while, he upgrades her power to directed telepathy, while also leaving her the option of doing an area scan. During a firefight, he gives her [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]] as well, followed by the ability to manifest realistic illusions.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: This is how Felix deals with the principal of the private school where he put his underage slave. When the principal tries to expel her for being behind, Felix rips him a new one by pointing out that no one at the school even tried to assess her education level before placing her. Lily then buys up the school's considerable debt, and Felix uses that to buy 80% ownership in the school.
* YourSoulIsMine: Lily can suck out another person's soul in order to boost her own power. Since Felix's point allotment is directly based on the power of his slaves, each soul she consumes is a benefit to him as well.
