Line #7 Literature/Defection


1	->"We would appreciate it if time travelers, inter-dimensional invaders, and all the fairies would kindly get stuffed."
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3	Alecia is smart, driven, and above all else, bored. She is one of the best at what she does, and this is not a good thing given the sheer capacity for chaos she is capable of inciting. Jessica is a dangerous fighter, with a troubled past, voted most likely to shoot up the school.
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5	War is brewing, and the heroes fear the world will be caught in the crossfire. Everyone has secrets, everyone is hoping to keep them, Jessica is entangled in the web of lies, and Alecia knows an unfortunate number of truths.
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7	''[[https://taulsn.wordpress.com/defection/ Defection]]'' is a WebSerialNovel by Creator/{{Taulsn}}.
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9	Complete.
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11	!!This work includes examples of:
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13	* AliensAreBastards: Alecia once foiled an alien invasion by seducing the alien scout and promising to become his consort. It later turns out that the scout was really their emperor, and that he really, really would like her to [[{{Squick}} marry]].
14	* AlternateSelf: Fey, Bluebird and [[GenderFlip Rose]] are this to [[spoiler:Alecia]], while Owl and Firebird are this to [[spoiler:Uriel]], and Blackbird and [[GenderFlip Nightindale]] to [[spoiler:Keanan]].
15	* ChronicVillainy: Keanan's mother tells him that she isn't a villain because she wants to be, but because she is insane.
16	* CodeName: As per [[SuperheroTropes conventions]], every superhero and supervillain has one. Notably, Alecia's is [[spoiler:Prysim]], her mother Sophia's is [[Literature/TheBible Uriel]], her father Bernard's is [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Ares]], and Jessica's is Koi.
17	* CreepyChild: Fey. A being in the shape of a little girl, often seen outside school gates handing out lollipops to passing children. Her pasttimes include hunting down villains, dragging them into her pocket dimension, and then going Wild Hunt on their behinds.
18	* EvilCounterpart: When travel between dimensions is relatively common, albeit only truly available to those on the larger end of the power pool, thus resulting in a lot of alternate versions of the same person.
19	* FakingTheDead: Prysim and Alecia's death are both faked in short succession.
20	* FormFittingWardrobe: Several of Prysim's power armours are stated to be very form-fitting.
21	* HowDoIShotWeb: Cinder can seemingly produce any kind of gaseous element, but is stated to know little to nothing of chemistry, he most makes things explode.
22	** Likewise Keanan's mother told him that he can use magic, but didn't actually bother teaching him any.
23	* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: Alecia's reaction upon meeting Bluebird.
24	* MadScientist: Prysim most definitely qualifies, along with Alecia's mother, and Alecia herself. Owl, too.
25	* MultiversalConqueror: This seems to be what the [[EvilCounterpart evil counterpart]] of [[spoiler: Ares]] is.
26	* OnePersonOnePower: This setting seems to work this way.
27	* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Fairies are any sentient being not currently residing in their dimension of origin, I.E. A dimensional traveler. Strange things happen when you aren't where you are supposed to be.
28	* PocketDimension: Alecia mentions at one point that she has one.
29	* PoweredArmour: Prysim has never been known to show herself in anything less than something capable of keeping up with the A-listers.
30	* RealityWarper: Jack, who rewrites the world so he can always escape, and Gaslight, who can turn any place into a GeniusLoci given a few hours, are referred to as this.
31	* ScrewYourself: Alecia claimed to have had sex with an AlternateUniverse version of herself.
32	* SecretIdentity: As per [[SuperheroTropes conventions]], most superheros and supervillains successfully hide their civilian identities. This is particularly important for Prysim, since she's the supervillain daughter of two superheros.
33	* {{Superhero}}[=/=]{{Supervillain}}: It ''is'' this kind of story.
34	* TeenGenius: Teenagers with intelligence boosting powers are seen attending special classes in a special school for gifted or connected people.
35	* WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma: Meta example. Defection started as a plot bunny to waste time on in between working on ''Literature/RaisingAngels'', this means that the first fifteen chapters or so should be bad enough to give a grammar nazi an aneurysm.
36	* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The greater effect your power has on your mind, the greater the chance is that you are bug-out nuts.
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