Fandom InFamous: Repercussions of War

[Mist Demon]

As it turned out both bags were filled with poker chips the worth of which was several thousand that Nico had won starting with nothing else than five fake dollars. As Xavier and Merlin approached Nico began to stir and wake up. He had fully stood up by the time both of them had looked into the bags.


"I learned from my memories that Zabuza knew how to count cards. That accompanied with all of my heightened senses... they never stood a chance," Nico said as he let out a deep yawn.


"If you ever feel the need to use real money instead of fake, we can cash these poker chips in," Nico said as he was rubbing his eyes to wake up more.


Then Nico finally noticed how red Xavier's face was. Considering how Xavier more than likely just woke up, Nico had a slight idea of what had possibly happened. He began to sniff the air as his sense of smell was catching the strong smell of something..

 

[UnwantedTruth]

Sphinx's eyes fluttered open. When Felix began having bad dreams and night terrors, she'd become a light sleeper, sometimes even having insomnia for days at a time. She turned over to the crying Felix. She said nothing as she gently placed a hand on his shoulder. "Felix?"

 

[Assailant]

Felix turned over to look at her and wiped his eyes. He knew how the stereotypes went: The big strong man would always be there to help the fragile woman. Yep, those were the stereotypes. But that wasn't how this relationship worked, and he was always glad that he had someone who could deal with that. He hugged her. "I dreamt about Daniel." Felix says softly. "Not a day in my life goes by where I don't regret that..."

 

[UnwantedTruth]

Sphinx sighed, eyes growing damp. She wrapped her arms loosely around Felix. "Oh Felix..." She said, placing her wing on Felix. "You know it wasn't your fault..."

 

[Assailant]

"Yes, it was..." He looks into her eyes. "Psych and Shadow are all parts of me... and even if we disregard their actions as separate from mine, I was still in there. There was a decent portion of me that wanted to lose myself. I wanted him dead so badly..."

 

[UnwantedTruth]

Sphinx shook her head. "No...you loved Daniel...I know you wouldn't want him dead..." She said shakily.

 

[Assailant]

Felix opens his mouth to say something, but stops. He looks down at the bed. "I wanted Shadow dead so badly, I was willing to let myself become something I swore I never would become. I wish I could accept retribution for that, but no... Daniel, sweet, innocent, harmless Daniel payed the price. Daniel, who survived the war without killing a single person. Daniel, who was always there for everyone. Daniel, who would stop an attack because his enemies told him to... Daniel, the man we were sure wouldn't survive the war." Felix looks back up to Sphinx. "He did. He outlived the enemies. He survived the war... and I took that away from him. He never... he never got to amount to anything. I'm a psychopath, Sphinx... I want to hurt and torture everyone... and yet I so, so strongly don't want to... does that make me a good person?"

 

[UnwantedTruth]

Sphinx clenched her eyes shut and hugged Felix tight. "I'm not sure what it makes you...but no matter what it makes you, in the end you are a good person...for an assortment of reasons." She whispered.

 

[Assailant]

Felix sighed and hugged her back. "I'll take your word for it..."

 

[Otakuyaki]

[QUOTE="Zabuzas Son]As it turned out both bags were filled with poker chips the worth of which was several thousand that Nico had won starting with nothing else than five fake dollars. As Xavier and Merlin approached Nico began to stir and wake up. He had fully stood up by the time both of them had looked into the bags.
"I learned from my memories that Zabuza knew how to count cards. That accompanied with all of my heightened senses... they never stood a chance," Nico said as he let out a deep yawn.


"If you ever feel the need to use real money instead of fake, we can cash these poker chips in," Nico said as he was rubbing his eyes to wake up more.


Then Nico finally noticed how red Xavier's face was. Considering how Xavier more than likely just woke up, Nico had a slight idea of what had possibly happened. He began to sniff the air as his sense of smell was catching the strong smell of something..

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"How many times did you play?" Merlin asked, amazed.


"This is insane," Xavier murmured. With only card counting, the user had a 51% overall chance. With his heightened senses? Possible; although, how did he gain this much without getting kicked out? Nico really was like Zabuza, "You're luck is out is out of this world..." Xavier glanced at Nico, whose head was tilted up.


"Is something wro-" Xavier's question was interrupted by a loud clanking sound. Amalgam had gotten up, it's head looking around, as if trying to catch onto something.

 

[Mist Demon]

"I thought I could smell something really strong but I'm not sure what. Maybe Amalgam is able to tell it as well?" Nico questioned as he continued to try to figure out what he had smelled. Sleep deprivation should of been hitting him but Nico had more than enough adrenaline left throughout his body from the night in the casino.


"We should also get into contact with Felix as early as possible. I still have the number if you can lend me a phone to try and call him. He may not be awake but I'll go ahead and try. Do we wish to set up the place or should we let him pick somewhere?"

 

[Otakuyaki]

[QUOTE="Zabuzas Son]"I thought I could smell something really strong but I'm not sure what. Maybe Amalgam is able to tell it as well?" Nico questioned as he continued to try to figure out what he had smelled. Sleep deprivation should of been hitting him but Nico had more than enough adrenaline left throughout his body from the night in the casino.
"We should also get into contact with Felix as early as possible. I still have the number if you can lend me a phone to try and call him. He may not be awake but I'll go ahead and try. Do we wish to set up the place or should we let him pick somewhere?"

[/QUOTE]
"Hmm..." It should be alright, I have plenty of devices... Xavier pulled out a phone and inserted a SIM card into it, before handing it to Nico.

 

[Mist Demon]

Nico dialed in the number Felix had given to him from the slip of paper. Like many things, Nico had never used a phone before but seemed to instinctively know how to use it just from memories passed down to him from Zabuza. He placed it up to his ear as it began to ring again and again while he waited for Felix to answer it.


"You still didn't answer my question Xavier. Do we want to set up the place to meet or should we leave it up to Felix? Will you also be joining in to talk now that I've paved the way for him to not attack you on sight?" Nico asked as the phone continued to ring.

 

[AvidElmV2]

Jacob and Hayabusa sat up against the wall, Flux and Blake staring down at an arm, a leg, and what seemed to be pieces of meat forming together to make a torso. "So....…. Why did you invite us here to see a.... What is that, anyways?" Flux said. Jacob simply stared at the body before he tipped over, snoring. "Its a body we found at a cemetery. It was marked Daniel. Were gonna bring him back. Just do us a favor and call Felix. Here's the number." Hayabusa fished the card out of his pocket and handed to Flux, who, without hesitation, dialed Felix's number. "Hello, I'm calling for a Felix Shane?"

 

[Assailant]

Felix heard the phone ring and turned over and picked up his phone. Good thing this does group calls. "Hello." He says over the phone to Jacob, Hayabusa, and Nico. "So... I still have yet to tell Sphinx what's going on, so I'll re-explain, make sure everyone knows what we're doing, then we'll meet." Felix shifts the phone, looking at Sphinx while he talks. "We are going to be storming a presumably high security First Sons base to retrieve Nico's father, who for unknown reasons has been captured and is being tortured. Everyone got that?" He says, but is mostly looking at Sphinx.

 

[Mist Demon]

"I didn't realize you were psychic Felix. I haven't even introduced myself yet and this phone isn't mine so how did you know it was me..." Nico said in slight shock. He shook his head as he put this out of his mind.


"Regardless, where do you wish to meet? I'll also be bringing along Xavier and possibly even Merlin, so preferably don't attack on sight please. This way we'll be able to better work out the plan"

 

[Assailant]

"Two people call me at the same time after I hand out my phone number? Not hard to figure out. Anyways, Just make sure neither of them do anything stupid, and we should be fine... I have an idea." Felix then proceeds to tell them the address before hanging up.


20 minutes later.


Felix walks into an old warehouse and looks around before dropping his bag. "Home sweet home."

 

[Otakuyaki]

[QUOTE="Zabuzas Son]Nico dialed in the number Felix had given to him from the slip of paper. Like many things, Nico had never used a phone before but seemed to instinctively know how to use it just from memories passed down to him from Zabuza. He placed it up to his ear as it began to ring again and again while he waited for Felix to answer it.
"You still didn't answer my question Xavier. Do we want to set up the place to meet or should we leave it up to Felix? Will you also be joining in to talk now that I've paved the way for him to not attack you on sight?" Nico asked as the phone continued to ring.

[/QUOTE]
"Oh right," Xavier's head snapped up, "You can leave it to Felix, I guess I'll come as well. I have nothing else I need to do right now." Xavier replied.

 

[Mist Demon]

Twenty minutes later Nico had arrived at the warehouse where Felix had asked them to meet with both Xavier and Merlin presumably alongside him. When Nico first met Felix, him and Xavier didn't leave upon the best of terms. However, he was confident that Felix would keep his word about not directly attacking.


"We're here," Nico called out as they arrived. He looked around and took in his surroundings as he walked in.

 

[Assailant]

"Great!" Felix says. "Now we just have to wait for Smokey and Hayabusa and we can begin. Though we can see if we can gather Twi and Dax. Twi will definitely want to see the First Sons tech."

 

[Otakuyaki]

"I don't mind what she takes, I just need more memory chips," Xavier walked into the warehouse alongside Merlin. The warehouse wasn't much different from the cistern, there was nothing much by way of decoration in it.


"Boo!" Merlin waved at Felix, smiling as per usual.

 

[Assailant]

Wasn't she the one who tried to kill us all in a fiery wall of death? Felix waves back. "While waiting for the others, story time. This place was my original home, and the original FFA base. We had to abandon it for an apartment building, then a crystal bunker, then a mansion. Zabuza and I worked together for a short period of time, and this was where we'd meet... I can't believe I ever worked with him..."

 

[Otakuyaki]

Wasn't she the one who tried to kill us all in a fiery wall of death? Felix waves back. "While waiting for the others, story time. This place was my original home, and the original FFA base. We had to abandon it for an apartment building, then a crystal bunker, then a mansion. Zabuza and I worked together for a short period of time, and this was where we'd meet... I can't believe I ever worked with him..."

"Understandable," Xavier replied, "Everything up till now has been a rollercoaster ride." Xavier's feet began to glow a faint green aura as he sat curled up, floating in the air. Clinging onto a pillow he conjured, he yawned before continuing, "Are any others coming today, or are we simply concretising a plan?"

 

[Assailant]

"Well, Smokey and Hayabusa know to meet us here. Dax and Twi need to call me. I'll give them an hour to do so before we start."

 

[Mist Demon]

"Then it sounds like we have an hour to get to know each other better. I've had plenty of time to talk with Xavier and he's tried his best to answer a lot of my questions. On the other hand I haven't got very much time to actually get to talk to you Felix and get to know you."


Nico felt somewhat uneasy at this point. It had been made clear in the past the Xavier and Felix had never seen eye to eye and now Nico was attempting to get both of them to work together.