While sitting at the oval office desk filling out some physical documents about group activities. I occasionally fed one of my various companions while, Death Merchant, my weird ghost thing laid on the desk appearing asleep. But if I've learned anything over the few months that its now December nearing Christmas. It's that just because the orbs in its eye sockets are blacked out, doesn't mean its asleep. The thing is just standing by for commands, or passively doing work.
Finishing up my documents I stuff them into a file before swiveling in my chair. Placing them into a filing cabinet that Alucard kindly opened preemptively. Once in and in the right spot I closed the cabinet shut before stretching out. This was when Laura decided to pipe up, as she hummed a bit seeing that I'm finally finished. Everyone has learned that while I'm busy doing paperwork, to just shut up or I'll make a paper knife and cut them. Being in military jails or enemy jails at times in this life, from what I understand of this version of me, just reinforced that prisoners are creative.
"You know Dakota, it's almost the time of year when Saint Nick and Krampus, two rather famous mythos visit the material plane right?"
Looking at the giant black wolf lounging in essentially my office I just shrug. As I eye her while resting my arms behind my head as I get comfy in my seat.
"Surprised you know my ex-lifes name, then again the name in my status window was the name I always found best for me, let me disassociate myself from my family. But that we can talk about later, why are you bringing this up now Laura?"
She lightly chuckled at my question while smiling a bit at me. Her eye's looking at me softly while speaking once more in a humming but soft voice. Her front paws flexing a bit against the ground as she seemed to remember something.
"While your definitely different this time line Dakota, your soul stays the same. Although more fractured than when we first met... Regardless of your name or timeline I'll always remember the time we met. It was after all a moment of my life that struck me as important. As for why I mention grandpa Nick and grandpa Krampus. It was around this time of year that you, my sweet broken husband, brought the mythological world partly into the life of everyday mortals."
She looked at me with hints of regret and sorrow at times in her eyes that it just irked me. But I didn't lash out as while I barely know her in this life. I undoubtedly mattered to her, and hurt her somehow some way. This just stirred the pot of my deep rooted issues, thus I refused to actively try upsetting her. I've caused to much sadness and hurt, my only worth is dying trying to help others, even if nothing remains of me.
"If you want to just call me my old name then okay Laura, go for it. As for this piece of news things will very likely be different given that, there's differences."
She chuckled a bit at my words while shaking her head but not out right denying them. As she looked out the windows of the office one by one. Before finally looking at me once more, her tone this time a bit sorrowful as she looked at me.
"I know but would you humour me and take a stroll with me? Some time between the two of would do us some good I believe. As we likely have much to talk about dear..."
Shrugging I didn't exactly argue with her as I slowly got up from my seat after several hours. Alucard as a fingerless skull armored glove on my right hand, Death Hazard was holstered on the left of my waist. Death Merchant flickered to life before flying at me and vanishing into my chest. Before I followed Laura out as Myriad and Glacial stayed behind to sleep, being tactful at least. As we exit the oval office and walk down the white house halls.
Silence between us for the most part as we exited the white house we paused briefly. Looking up at the sky as night sets in with the moon rising. We look at it for a while before walking on once more towards an abandoned cafe. As we enter the shop Laura turned into her humanoid form as we sit down around a counter. Laura putting candles on it as she pulls them from a bag on her human form. I light them with a flame of death giving us a bit of special lighting.
As we sit in a bit of silence I eventually start a random topic to clear the air. Laura chuckling a bit warmly at my attempt as she grabs my left hand.
"So on a scale of shit to great how have I been as a husband?"
"Honestly pretty damn mediocre in this time line, but that can be worked on. What about me?"
"Great, better than my reset self needs as I don't know what the fuck to do."
She glares at me a bit as she lightly elbows my ribs, I return the favor. We both smirked a bit before the next topic came up between us. Laura speaking in soft caring voice as she squeezes my left hand.
"You know I'm sorry, I couldn't help you in the first timeline. I failed you as a wife essentially because I wasn't able to help you when you needed it. Now here we are in a second chance and I still feel like I'm failing..."
"Its fine Laura whatever mostly happened the first time is erased, ya know? So you've been doing a good job, since I don't remember our marriage much. So as far as I'm concerned you are doing just fantastic as a wife."
"That doesn't really make me feel better... But thanks for trying. Ah just in case your curious on how I know your past name, myths have fragments of themselves in multiple worlds. So I may of been watching you secretly in the Origin World."
"Ah fantastic, I had a big pretty Barghest stalking me before my sorry ass exploded. Hope that show was not to bad, just what all exactly happened after that?"
"Most of the New York Central Park area you were in was destroyed. That bomb had apparently five pounds of C4, and uranium in it, along with the pagan spell Shatter, in liquid mercury form. So when it went off everything in eighty feet was practically up rooted and shattered. Your physical body basically vaporized as you were in the epicenter."
"Well fuck I was carrying a literal magical radioactive bomb. At least I died instantly though, my lungs and legs were going numb from running though. As I wasn't fuckin fit in that life I admit that!"
We both were silent after that before we snorted and started laughing at what we just discussed. As we just casually talked about my sorry ass being vaporized by a magic bomb. Like fuck I always believed in the supernatural but to get bombed by it? Never really thought about that happening to me!
"So how exactly do we proceed from here? Since it'd be nice to actually try and being seen with you. So I can say I have a wife and keep the hyenas away."
"What? Can't handle having three lovely girls as your wives, that you seek to show off me?"
"Since when do I have three wives?"
"Ever since us three girls decided your ours to claim. It's quite normal the alpha male of the pack must have at most two alpha females."
"Okay now your just fucking with me! Can't try pushing that on me when I don't see that being the case."
"Oh but it is my dear husband. I'll be keeping the human mongrels off you and help you. Myriad keeps your soul from exploding and has already jumped you, so she's technically your second wife. Glacial, that poor girl she tries so hard to keep your territory safe, she honestly has our permission to try jumping you. Three lovely ladies abd one alpha male, you should be proud."
"Your not gonna stop trying to push this are you?"
"No."
"This is a weird marriage, a very weird one with the wife trying to force things. Plus sooner or later me and Myriad will leave for the next journey. Can't exactly take Glacial along as she's not soul bound, you'll probably pop up immediately in the next world."
"Oh but you can take your big old kitty~ just buy a contract class skill from that system of yours."
"... You know quite a bit about my shit don't you?"
"I'm your wife its my job to know."
『Buy Mythology Contract skill mentioned by Laura, daughter of Fenrir the god eating wolf? Y/N』
Sighing I bought it and instantly watch as all of my money shot to zero, before bouncing to fifty thousand.
『Mythology Contract - active lvl max: Create a contract with mythological creatures or items. Creatures not of a mythos origin when contracted by this skill will have their origins updated. Updated origins will be of a ancestral myth tied to the creature or item. Rare chance for a new mythology origin to be created.』
Laura looked at me with a bit of a smug grin as she seemed to enjoy the dead look in my eyes. Shaking my head I flick her forehead roughly causing her head to bend backwards with a pained yelp. She looked at me as if I had wronged her but I only chuckled softly at her pouting. Our moment was interrupted seconds later by two men entering the shop.
One a rather large round old man carrying a Remington shotgun as belts of shotgun shells cover his chest. His clothing is essentially well that of what you'd expect from saint Nick. The other was a young man in a frosty blue hoodie carrying a grom. The two were very obviously saint Nick himself and Jack Frost, two well known myths tied to Christmas. They looked at us both for a bit before Jack gave an exaggerated bow as frost dripped from his hair.
Looking at them I only care to really ask two things to the two men.
"So why the human weapons?"
"Cleaned up the north pole as my poor elves and wife became undead creatures. Luckily I had a shotgun a rather naughty drunken hunter gifted me in my sleigh."
"Simple, I can make things go boom and cause ice hell with this. I quite like it as it helped clean up the dead after I loaded my ice into it. Took a few tries to get it to fire the ice rockets but I did it!"
Nodding my head a bit at these answers I ask my second question.
"So guess your joining us? As seemingly normal humans until the grand reveal?"
"Ho ho, while its not very good I do like to pull a prank or two."
"Fuck yeah, the surprise will be hilarious!"
Nodding once more I pull Death Hazard from its holster and fire between their heads. The bullets of my gun making contact with the head of a rather dead lookin Krampus. The myths head exploding as the bullets essentially removed it from his neck. The third dead Christmas myth drops lifeless behind the two startled myths.
"Christmas execution, perfect."
『 Name: Biazar Lazurus Chimera
Race: High Human
Age: 30
Titles: Colonel, Mad Man, The Gamer, Squad Leader, Fort Chronicle President, Wolf Pack Leader, Tiger Keeper, Executioner, Judge, Jury, Nightmare, Walker Whisperer, Community Leader, Trader, Trainer, Favored Merchant by Visitors, Legendary Survivor, Evolved Human, Myths Husband, Vanguard Guardian, Regicide, Myth Killer
Job: Warlock: 1, Hunter: 33, Necromancer: 69, Soldier: Max, Technomancer: 31, Combat Medic: 409
lvl- 144 143,000/144,000
Stats
HP: 1,089,000/1,146,000
Mana: 1,900,000/100,900,000
Str: 710
Agi: 1,300
Cha: 1000
Dex: 600
Wis: 1000
Int: 1002
luck: 2000
Ki: 6,600
Points: 412
Money: $100,000
Abilities: Abilities: Gamer's Mind- passive lvl max, Gamer's Body- passive lvl max, Appearance Default- Passive lvl max, CQC- passive lvl 299, leadership- passive lvl 409, Marksmanship- passive lvl 195, Blade Mastery- passive lvl 230, Blunt Mastery- passive lvl 460 Stealth- active lvl 200, Observe- active lvl 603, Spy- passive lvl max, Thief- active/passive lvl 999, Technician- active/passive lvl 800, Doctor- active/passive lvl 600, Radio Operator- active lvl 306, Psychosis- passive lvl 800, PTSD- passive lvl 810, Soldier- passive lvl max, Assassination- active lvl 250, Builder- passive lvl 900, Multi-Lingual- passive lvl 920 Negotiating- active lvl 330, Point Gain Efficiency- Passive lvl max, Han Xiao's Machine Knowledge- passive lvl max (EX), Necromancer(EX)- active/passive lvl god, Ki Sensing - passive lvl 500, Ki Manipulation - active lvl max, Nature Attunement - active/passive lvl max, Encampment - active/passive lvl 100, Technomancer - active/passive lvl God, Twitch Chat - passive lvl 70, Night Vision - passive lvl max, Thermal Vision - active lvl max, Transmutation - active lvl max, Danger Prediction - passive lvl EX, Chimera-Nomicon - passive lvl ???, Limit Break - passive/active lvl 60, Torture - active lvl 34, Regicide - passive lvl 1, Genocide - passive/active lvl 0, Half Of All Life - active lvl 44, Necro Throwing Knives - active lvl 14, Mythology Contract - active lvl max
Gear: Prototype PMR30 railgun (handgun (200 .22 magnum ammo), M16A2 rifle with (360 5.56 rounds), Dawn Blade (long sword (6ft long), quarterstaff, Grenades (6000), Molotov's (300), thieves tools, Varying Tech Tools, combat knife, Guitar, Power Fist Gloves, Black Oni Mask, 150 cal Sniper, Implosion Grenade (400), Waker Control Drone (999), Death Hazard, Alucard, Death Merchant』