My Villain Academy

Around the world, in those dark places where criminals felt at home various screens began to flicker to life. Some televisions and others the screens of computers would all display the same cool blue background with the letters VNN on the screen.

"This update of the Villains News Network is brought to you by Dark Bank," a soft voice rang from the speakers as various malicious entities grew quiet as they watched, with only the occasional 'turn it up' being spoken. "Dark Bank, Villainy Redefined. And Knightwatch Security Solutions, for all your henchpeople needs Knightwatch is your answer."

The screen faded away for a moment and was slowly replaced by the image of a young woman sitting behind a desk, red hair spilling behind her and a gentle smile on her face. "Good day all of you villains and henchpeople, glad to have you all here for this special announcement!" her voice was smooth and yet held an excitable quality to it. "As you have no doubt noticed today has been a rather exciting Wednesday on the world stage," around the desk a number of holographic screens appeared, showing a variety of battles being fought around the world by various costumed heroes and villains.

"Starting around noon a series of attacks by some of the most famous villains in recent history took the world by storm. From Jack Anarchy and his Jacks of All Trades going against the New Rounds and Queen Arthur herself to the knockout brawl in Russia with Leech facing off against the Winter Warriors there was certain a few shake ups," as she spoke the images flashed over the screen, showing a madman in a suit designed to look like the British flag dueling against a young woman wielding a golden sword, and then a large woman throwing around a bear toward a group of fleeing heroes.

"But most exciting was the battle in Time Square, where Pact faced off against the top hero Saint," another image flashed over the screen, showing the worlds most known superhero fighting against a legion of demons while a woman in punk attire played guitar atop a pillar of black stone in the middle of New York's Time Square. As the video played the hero Saint managed to fight off the demons and run straight toward Pact, only to be intercepted by two new figures, a young man dressed in a pure white suit who had two massive wings of light bursting from his back, and a woman in a dress made of pure shadow wielding a scythe.

The battle was brutal as the two fought against the Saint, neither giving an inch despite facing one of the most powerful heroes on the planet. It was obvious they were outmatched but performed at a level that was near inconceivable to the average street tough. Eventually however the two fell back to Pact and all three gave a bow before a pillar of light struck down from the sky, and by the time it faded all three had disappeared.

"Sources within the villain community confirm the two newcomers assisting Pact with her performance are recent graduates of Dark Bank's Villain Academy, Laurance Lucifer and Vicky Vile. I guess you really can't beat a good education." the woman gave a wink to the camera. "Remember the new year is going to be starting for the Academy soon, so dig deep into those black hearts and put forward some money to help train the next generation. After all good will only stays cheap for so long."

"This is Valentine Mortem, and this has been your Villain update."

The screens flickered off and the underworld was silent once more.

Chapter 1: Starting Point

Around the world various young men, women, and otherwise would be following the coordinates listed on the invitations they had received to attend the Villain Academy, only to find themselves in oddly nondescript places. Back alleys, a seat at the back of a dinner, even the tops of buildings with no obvious markings to declare what was going on within. Each of them would be suddenly consumed by pillars of light that would rob them of their senses for a brief moment and suddenly find that they were in a totally new location.

The room they were in was rather large and stark white from top to bottom, even going so far as to have a number of tables and couches for sitting which were an off white to make them more visible against the utter nothingness of the room. There were some magazines, puzzles, and even a few rubik's cubes sitting on the tables, making it seem like a waiting room of some kind. Light music that would have been at home in an elevator was playing, only broken up by a womans voice occasional chiming in to say 'You will arrive in your destination in, twenty minutes' before going back to the soft music.

It seemed like wherever they were there would be little explanation until the voice finally reached down from zero. So at the moment there was simply nothing to do but mingle with the other students or pick up a copy of the various magazines dotting the tables and grab a seat.

Edited by Kingxana0 on Feb 25th 2019 at 5:53:34 AM

Sybil Travers had made it to the alleyway. She was rather upset seeing the pigsty it was.

   Why the hell am I in this place!? My dress is going to get dirty and how else am I going to charm the others!? I hope to god no one tries mug me like this! I swear, I will-"    Her yelling was cut off by the light grabbing for her.

Upon making it, she did her best to stand with grace given the short notice and shut her mouth before anyone noticed. She had on a floor length pink dress adorned with bows and lace. Her blond hair was in perfect order with a pink headband holding it that way. She looked around at the other people. Most of them looked barbaric in her opinion but, oh well.

   "Let us not stand around like animals. Let's take the time to get to know each other. My name is Sybil Travers. Charmed to make your acquaintances."    She says to the others. Her voice was polite though there was an air of almost being threatening.

   I think I have made a good first impression given the short notice. I'll see who I may like to keep close moving forward. If any them try to cross me, oh they will goddamn pay in the future."   

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The Room

Zap. And she was elsewhere. Doctors had sent her off with great enthusiasm, and then she was zapped. Some ratty street corner. She wasn't paying attention. She rarely did.

“Oh.”

Dull, pale red eyes scanned around the rather drab looking room for a moment before landing on what was practically one of the only sources of colour in the entire space. A Rubik's cube.

“Cute.”

She grabbed the thing and took a seat, already flicking through it with rapt intensity. The music was nice, at least. Decoration sparse. Hurt the eyes. Needed a good lick of paint, she thought.

Whether there were others there or not she didn't even notice. She was in her own little world. She perhaps looked like some sort of asylum inmate or test subject against that stark white background—barefoot and clad in the simplest of clothing. Almost like a child. Albeit blank.

Oh, wait. People. She sighed, setting the puzzle down and clasping her hands in her lap.

“Elisabella Hutchinson. Salutations. Hope you won't be a nuisance.”

She picked up the puzzle again and continued to fiddle with it.

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Edited by NickTheSwing on Feb 25th 2019 at 6:48:01 AM

Su had made it to the dirty old allyway before the flash of light hit. Truth be told, she still wasn't sure about this. She had wanted to be a hero. Beating up the bad guys and having fun while doing it. Only for the authorities and other heroes to make her the bad guy. So what if she'd stuck her stick up a guy's ass or beat them senseless? They deserved it! And then there was that thing about not having a license. Well, if they were gonna demonize her, make out to be a villain for doing what came naturally, then they were the guilty ones here. Every one. And she had no doubts about the path she would take.

Once the flash of light enveloped her, she blinked once or twice before finding herself in a room of pure white. Along with a couple of others. Her classmates she presumed?

And then the one in the dress had to open her big fat mouth.

"Let us not stand around like animals."

"Hey, I resemble that remark!" She lept over to Sybil, looking her over as she scratched her hairy ass. "Anyway, name's Su. How do you do? So yeah, not really sure where we are or whatever but I'm just here to show those fuckers calling themselves heroes what for and bust some heads. So don't get in my way or else Imma' gonna put a stick up your ass. Same goes for anyone else. We cool?"

Edited by kkhohoho on Feb 25th 2019 at 9:20:18 AM

Charlie - Starting Point

Initially he'd been pretty sure whoever had given him the location was fucking with him, because in the abandoned warehouse he'd been led to all he'd found was a homeless man either being eaten by or cuddling with a pile of rats. Charlie couldn't tell.

Then the light hit, proving that he had indeed found the right spot.

"Well shit, that's one way to do orientation. Coulda warned a guy." His eyes adjusted, and he took in the motley collection of wannabe villains. Nothing too impressive, from what he could see-

And then his eyes landed on Su. A rough-talking monkey girl who immediately threatened to shove something up everyone's ass. This, Charlie decided, was going to be fun.

"You know, little miss monkey, some people might be into that sort of thing." He grinned, and winked at her. "Charles Lavere, by the by. But call me Charlie. Nice to meetcha."

What is so amusing about this? Why do you take lives? How can you forget?

Daniel – The Room

Wow...that was something. Seeing that they gave him the coordinates of some random back alleys, he thought that he got tricked to come here and then, someone would ambush him. But apparently, it's nothing bad.

   Hmmm...   , Daniel scanned the new area he was in.    This...is not too shabby...   , he commented.

If anyone was there, they would see an hooded individual approaching them.

   Hehehehe...I'm certainly not into monkey girls shoving sticks up my anus..   , the individual said jokingly, with a calm and friendly tone.

   Oh! I need to introduce myself   , he said with a jovial tone.

   Greetings. My name is Daniel Dédrome. I hope we will have a very interesting year together...   , he curtsied politely, with a smile.

You might know everything I'm going to do...but that's not going to help you, since I KNOW EVERYTHING YOU'RE GOING TO DO! STRANGE, ISN'T IT?

Sage Miller, The Mad Artificer

Sage came tumbling face first into the room, with her packed rucksack slamming down right next to her.

She bounced up, greeting all the people there with a cackle and a wave, even though they weren't that far away. She also jaunted (for that was the only way to describe her gait: an odd mix of a limp, shuffle, and a swagger) over to the nearest couch and slumped into it.

"OOH! Soft! Wonder how they made this. If they made it bouncier, maybe it would be a trampoline! A trampoline to launch people to wherever—Heaven OR Hell!" she remarked. "Good morning! Good afternoon! Good evening! I don't know what time it is! That's FUNNY!"

That was all said like each individual word was each the most interesting thing in the world.

"I'm SAGE MILLER! HI!" she waved yet again—and the few Rubik's cubes she had picked up and soldered together into one big monstrous puzzle spun clicking into place on her other hand's fingertip.

Sage tossed it about from hand to hand, then stared at it, losing interest.

"How long did that take? A short while. How am I going to wait for twenty whole minutes!?" she shrieked in apparent distress before brightening up. "Oh! Wait! There's magazines here!"

Her eyes lit up once again as she snatched up the nearest science magazine.

I wear the skin of the Elder Things, having come unto my own.

Arakawa Rin, Meeting Point

The girl that appeared next in the room could be considered almost entirely unassuming in her appearance. While there were a couple of exotic things about her - like the fact that she was wearing a black seifuku or a pair of state-of-the-art prostheses that moved just like ordinary arms would, holding a sheathed katana in one - there wasn't much special in the newcomer. Rin assessed the people present without a word, eyes darting between one person and another. Most of these people likely had some kind of supernatural power, obvious or otherwise.

They were also noisy and undisciplined, for the most part. She had to wonder just how many of them dipped their feet in villainy before. An educated guess would always be "more than expected", but some of these people seemed more of a danger to themselves than the others. Having found herself a fitting enough spot in one of more secluded parts of the room, she sat down on her knees, putting Sensou in front of herself.

"Arakawa Rin." She introduced herself with a clear tone, not unlike steel, albeit with a strong Japanese accent, and a slight nod. That was all in the way of introduction her peers would get for now.

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The Room

Elisabella sighed.

“Nuisance it is then. Must you shout?”

At least the so-called ’Arakawa Rin’ was quiet. That was a small relief. Seeing as there were very little people there she'd be able to tolerate staying in five feet of for a prolonged period of time, Elisabella picked up a spare Rubik's Cube and stiffly walked over to her. In a manner mimicking the other girl's more disciplined behaviours, she set herself down next to her—offering out the thing with an inclined head.

“Do you like puzzles?”

Elisabella's eyes were too wide and glazed to be belonging to someone healthy.

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The first thing Torin noticed about his fellow classmates is they were loud, and ANNOYING.

Loud screamers, obnoxious cacklers, feuax politeness, one of them was an actual fucking MONKEY-

He sure hoped the rest of the school year wouldn’t be as terrible as the first impressions seemed to be building up to. He stood in the middle of the group, taking in personality clashes, blatant flirting and one young lady who looked ready to cut up the class without even a moments hesitation.

The portion of his body made of the tune stone gave off crackling energy that was easy to hear and easier to feel: those would hair near him could feel it stiffen near him like he exerted a tremendous amount of static electricity.

One hand, the human hand, came up and gently brushed through his hair, scowling around him. These were his classmates, screaming monkeys not-withstanding, so perhaps it would be a good idea to introduce himself...

Or at the very least start moving. He could smell the energy coursing through his body was starting to melt the tile from prolonged exposure. He stepped off, leaving a pair of melted prints in the tile as he looked for anyone not too drawn into their own selves to have a proper discussion with...

Or a fight. Fight was good too. His body was starting to ache anyway.

Is it selfish that I'm happy as we pass the setting sun?

Daniel – The Room

   ...I can already see who are the nutjobs in the group and who aren't...   , Daniel snarked with a smirk.    They would still be interesting and fun to talk with   , he admitted.

Sage is totally a crazy nutjob, but Danny knows that she may have some good knowledge of science. She obviously is the mad scientist of group.

Arakawa, however, seems to be calm and introverted...

Daniel waved at Arakawa when she introduced herself, with a smirk.

You might know everything I'm going to do...but that's not going to help you, since I KNOW EVERYTHING YOU'RE GOING TO DO! STRANGE, ISN'T IT?

The Room

"Hm?" Su turned to Charlie. "Oh, hey. Yeah, well, you try anything funny and that's where it's going." Although, he was kind of hot. And he didn't seem like a total jackass. "Though I wouldn't mind getting to know each other a bit better. If you know what I mean. You doing anything after this?"

There was nobody at the park bench Eva was supposed to meet her guy at. Was it the wrong one? She checked the message she got and confirmed it was right. She sat at her appointed bench, all done up with a nice band tee and jeans, on what would be a sunny and beautiful day if there wasn't the threat of getting clapped hanging over her now. Or black-bagged. So she was understandably surprised when it was a white light rather than a black bag.

When she phased in, The Drake was already scaled up and crouched down into a readied position, her arms turned into massive armored claws. So when she saw a bunch of other young adults arguing and flirting she dropped her guard a little bit. The stance at least, if not the claws. She backed to the outer edge and kept her distance for a moment, before abandoning that at the sight of several treasures she had to have, no fucking compromise. Rin, it was apparently called.

She settled down next to the girl with the ninja sword and the schoolgirl uniform. The craftsmanship on the sword was phenomenal as were her prosthetics, to say nothing of how nice the girl herself would look in a hoard. Remembering her manners at the last second, she retracted her claws before squatting down next to her.

"Hey." She said, "I'm Eva. I like your sword." She nodded up to the girl with the Rubik's Cube. This here was an opportunity! "Never got the hang of those things, you should show us how to solve it."

Sybil was polite on the surface but, under the surface though:

   "You need some manners! Also, scratching your ass in public is disgusting! Also, there is no way in hell you will be able to do such a vulgar acts like that! I am a Travers! I will win! Still, you could be a good ally. I will be nice for now."   

She tried to smile a bit and folded her hands.

   "Sorry, it was an expression. I should have been a bit more considerate. Regardless, I understand not crossing you. I am very much the same way."    She says Sue, trying to be genuine for once.

   "It is also nice to meet you all Daniel, Charlie and Rin."    She says to them, given they were nearest. She was trying not to wince at the noise behind her.

   "With the infernal noise in the background, I hope some of these people can be taught what some actual etiquette is."   

Edited by LovelyMagicianSavvy on Feb 26th 2019 at 6:43:45 AM

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Daniel – The Room

   It's nice to meet you too, miss Travers   , Daniel said politely.

He then had a puzzled look on his face.

Hmm...what's that?

There was something that has possibly piqued his interest.

It was that half...rock monster guy. He didn't introduce himself, did he? And he seemed like the easily irritable type.

   Half-Rock monster dude!   , Daniel called him,    It's rude to not introduce yourself with your new classmates!   , he said, with a politely smug tone.

Edited by Theyja on Feb 26th 2019 at 3:51:25 PM

You might know everything I'm going to do...but that's not going to help you, since I KNOW EVERYTHING YOU'RE GOING TO DO! STRANGE, ISN'T IT?

Torin

Torin's attention turned to the loud cry of someone calling him a "half rock monster dude", and despite the crackling purple energy coursing over his skin, a sign of immense annoyance...he was right.

So he stomped over to the small collection of students, staring down at them (as he was DECENTLY Tall) and eyed over each one of them slowly, before suddenly his hand, his human one, swung over and hit the rock side of his chest, like a salute to his new comrades.

"Apologies." He boomed, his voice deep with a gravely inflection on it, like he wasn't used to talking. "I am not used to being around fellow people. A pleasure. My name is Torin. But you may call me Runescar if you so desire."

Is it selfish that I'm happy as we pass the setting sun?

Arakawa Rin, Surrounded By Gaijins (Or Am I A Gaijin This Time?)

It didn't take long for her to find herself in a company. First it was the unhealthy-looking girl with a Rubik's Cube. Rin's eyes slowly opened as she regarded this Elisabella. "Not particularly. I lack the patience for them." She replied softly, turning her attention to the others approaching her. The girl with draconic claws - slightly shorter than her, actually - seemed to be looking for a way to compliment her without complimenting her. Thus, Sensou becoming a "nice sword".

"Thank you. I like it as well." She nodded with a completely straight face. Whether this was just how she was or her own way of messing with others was to be decided yet. "Arakawa. Charmed." Rin added in after a moment to introduce herself to the newcomer. The girl in a pink dress said hello, and she regarded her curiously for a moment (one of the others called her a Travers, and she has heard good things about that family) before returning to those closer to her, trying to tune out the noise the other ones were making.

Sparing the half rock monster dude by the name of Torin a look, it was time to close her eyes again. "So? What brought you here?" She asked those nearby, still as a pretty, exotic statue.

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Charlie - The Room

Had Charlie thought 'jackpot' any louder he was reasonably certain his brain would have made an audible 'cha-ching' noise. As it was, he settled for letting his grin lower into a flirtatious smirk.

"I'd be down for that, yeah. Nothin' on my plate tonight." His eyes flicked over to the dragon girl as she appeared - briefly wondering if 'animal girls' was going to be a recurring theme of the class - before focusing back on Su. "So, I'm guessing from the staff that your theme is the Monkey King? Or, uh, Monkey Queen, in your case?"

What is so amusing about this? Why do you take lives? How can you forget?

The Room

“The key is memorization. Some people have it innately. If you're struggling best keep working at it. At your own pace. Then build it up,” Elisabella spoke, quickly shifting the puzzle through a few iterations before looking up at them again. “Pattern puzzles such as this are something I know very well. Call it... indirect experience.”

Yes, these were tolerable. Even the new one was friendly enough not to be obnoxious. At least in comparison to the metaphorical slap fighting going on in the background.

“I am here to become a mercenary for hire. But that can wait for now. I have things I wish to do. Designated roles can come later. But yes, I'm here more out of obligation than any personal want.”

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Daniel – The Room

Daniel looked thoughtful at Arakawa's question. But after while, he decided to reply.

   What brought me here? I came here to, in short words, hone my powers and villainy, of course   , Dan calmly replied to Arakawa.    I mean, isn't what everyone here is mostly here for?   , he politely asked to the others who were near him.

You might know everything I'm going to do...but that's not going to help you, since I KNOW EVERYTHING YOU'RE GOING TO DO! STRANGE, ISN'T IT?

Sybil thought for a moment before responding.

   "I have a goal in mind. I wish to pursue it but, I am on a quick time frame to do so. I need to polish and improve my skills before I can do so. Also, a little thing called...retribution."    Sybil kept her hands tightly clasped.

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The Room

The moment Blake got his invitation, he was already heading off. He stuffed his costume into a backpack and left the little safe haven his father set him up at. With Nightfall in prison for his (supposed) defeat of Lady Honor, there wasn't much stopping Blake from leaving on his own. Or, really, anything keeping him around.

And boy, was he ecstatic when he arrived.

The white light engulfed him and for a moment, Blake was worried that he'd fallen into some kind of trap. But then his senses returned and he found himself in that equally white room, surrounded by similar teenagers, some of which where already mingling with each other. Blake wasn't as vocal when he first showed up, taking in the room and the other invitees with minimal interest.

And then he let out a loud, elongated sigh.

"Pathetic. Do none of you realize where you are? What is happening? We were being admitted into the Villain Academy. These are villains. And you think you can be friends? That you can exchange your introductions and form an acquaintance with your competition? If you all really want to be a villain, you cannot have time for friends. I suppose, even though class hasn't started, that this should be your first lesson..."

Blake let the point linger in the (hopeful) silence that followed, fixing his soon-to-be classmates with an intense glare. Right at the point when the awkwardness set in, his shoulders relaxed and he tossed his head back in relief.

"Hah, boy, I've been practicing that for the last hour," he said, a much friendlier glint in his eyes. "How was it? Was it good? Did it sound, like, intimidating?"

Lillian arrived to prescribed diner location a bit later than intended and was about to take her first sip of coffee before she suddenly found herself transported to the waiting room. The Blonde blinked, looking around blearily and verifying that the guitar case that had been hiding her hammer was still with her.

"Pardon me, I seem to be a bit late to the party." She commented to the assembled room. "I trust that I haven't caused too much trouble. At least not yet, anyway."

She smirked confidently.

I really hope I haven't fought any of these people's friends or relatives, I don't need enemies on day one. She thought to herself wearily.

-dramatic music ensues-

Torin looked a round as everyone gave their own reasons. Reasons he should have expected. Shoot, reasons he DID expect. Some of them were basic at wanting to hone their skills or pulled here against their will or VENGEANCE.

Torin suddenly felt a little...inadequate in comparison to his reasons. But he stated them anyway. So with a shrug, he off handedly said...

"I hurt every moment of my life, and hurting others is the only way to turn it off. So I want to hurt people better, and I may as well get paid for it."

...Simple, all things considered.

Is it selfish that I'm happy as we pass the setting sun?