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Myst in DC part 24
🕑 Added 2019-10-01 04:51:33 +0000 UTCWillow shivered and covered her breasts with her arms when she read the sticky tag on a pair of pliers that were lying on the Slytherin table with dozens of other magical items. “Pliers of Nipple Twisting?
“They allow you to telekinetically twist your target’s nipples if they’re within fifty feet,” Myst explained as he wrote a brief tag for the pair of rubber gloves that allowed the wearer to instantly clean things at range.
“That sounds painful and yet useful for distractions,” Xander mused.
Buffy glanced at the cat o’ nine tails. “Sort of like the cat o’ nine?”
Myst shrugged. “Technically speaking all you have to do is snap the whip once and you get the ability to permanently give reptiles human like intelligence.”
“In that case, we need some turtles,” Willow mused.
“Turtles?” Harry asked.
Xander laughed. “Ninja turtles!”
Myst looked at Xander. “Don’t start. Besides. even if they were intelligent, their legs aren’t the right shape.”
“Would that work on dragons?” Harry’s twin sister asked ‘innocently.’
Harry shook his head. “Dragon ninjas? I think my twin might be evil.”
Rose stuck her tongue out at Harry. “I’m not evil, dragons are supposed to be intelligent, back me up here Hermione.”
Hermione pulled her attention off the tag for the magical flyswatter that protected the user from insects and glanced between Rose and Harry. “Sorry, I have to side with Rose on this one, dragons are supposed to be intelligent or they’re just large lizards with wings.”
“Let’s not give the ministry a reason to slaughter all of the dragons,” Myst argued as he picked up the cat o’ nine and stuck it in his inventory before someone had the ‘bright’ idea to use it. “Besides, using it increases the user’s general aggression, I need to move the enchantment before we even consider using it.”
“That seems a waste of a perfectly good magical item,” Willow complained.
“Getting back to the pliers, do you have to actually twist the pliers?” Xander’s twin brother asked.
“Nah, you just have to be holding them.” Myst reached up and caught the bottle of multicolored ink that dropped from his Supplies wheel.
“I wouldn’t mind telekinesis, can you upgrade them into something useful?” one of Buffy’s twins asked as she looked at the tag on the magic eight ball that predicted food orders.
“Probably, but you already have telekinetic hands thanks to the ring,” Myst replied as he looked at the bottle of ink with his upgrade ability. “Neat, magic ink that can only be seen by people with magic.” He bought the Games wheel and stuck the ink in his inventory.
“What’s with the tinfoil hat?” Xander asked as he studied the flimsy looking hat.
“I’m guessing mental protection,” Buffy joked as she read the tag on a blue knit scarf. ‘I’m not sure we need cold resistance with the upgraded chocolate bars but the wind protection might be nice.’
Myst laughed. “You’d be wrong. It permanently gives you the psionic ability to sense curtains which is pretty neat.”
Xander laughed. “Sure, provided you can upgrade it to something useful.”
“Can you at least see the area around the curtains?” Harry asked.
“That’s the plan and not that I know of.” Myst reached up when his Games wheel stopped and caught the cardboard box filled with a bunch of weird controllers, old computer games, game systems he didn’t recognize and a stack of console games that he’d never heard of. “Neat.”
“Anything good?” Xander’s twin asked hopefully.
Myst set the box on the bench and glanced at the couple of titles he recognized. “Parasite Eve, Diablo, Final Fantasy 6, Mario Kart, Pokemon, RPG Maker, Demon Realm, whatever that is.” He set the box on the table then grabbed the Electronics gacha wheel.
Willow giggled as she started looking through the contents of the box. “Various controllers, an old Power Glove and a pair of VR glasses which could be fun. The Power Glove should work nicely with the VR glasses and an upgraded Game Boy. Not to mention using the combination spell to copy the crafting from Parasite Eve to Final Fantasy or Diablo sounds fun.”
“You mean broken as hell,” Willow’s twin teased.
“Those poor demons. Wait, never mind, carry on,” Xander said cheerfully.
“It’s something to tinker with while I’m playing with my gacha wheels.” Myst grinned as he picked up the Demon Realm case and realized that it was a customizable MMO that people could host on their private servers. “Has anyone heard of Demon Realm?” he asked as he showed the game to the rest of the group.
Buffy shook her head. “Sorry, just hell dimensions.”
“I’ve never heard of it and my folks play online games,” Hermione said as she looked at the graphics on the cover. “It looks decently customizable.”
Willow turned to look at Harry. “Are any of the games or parts enchanted?”
Harry laughed as he walked over and looked at the contents of the box. “Everything is mundane.”
“With a title like Demon Realms, I wanted to check,” Willow said.
Myst grinned at Willow. “In that case, barring a quick google search, I’m going to chalk it up to my gacha being weird and enjoy the money we should be able to make off the MMO and off the RPG Maker games.”
“I doubt you’ll make more than pocket change on the first couple of games,” Willow shook her head when she realized Myst was just going to cheat with his upgrade ability, “unless you cheat with magic.”
Myst smirked at Willow. “I should be able to turn a basic game into something decently impressive.”
“Do you need help designing games?” one of Willow’s twins asked.
“Welcome aboard. Have you picked a name yet?” Myst asked as he glanced around at the various twins.
“Danielle Willow Rosenberg.” Danielle figured swapping her first and middle names worked well enough.
The other twin shrugged. “Laura Willow Rosenberg.”
“Not Morgana or Circe?” Buffy teased, mostly joking.
Laura shook her head. “Nope, I don’t want either of them showing up to complain or curse me.”
“Probably just as well considering their tempers and power.” Myst turned to look at Xander’s twin. “Name?”
Xander’s twin shrugged. “Alex no middle name.”
“Anne Elizabeth Summers,” Buffy’s twin said.
“That hurts.” Buffy mock pouted at her twin.
Willow snickered as she went back to looking over the various items on the table. “What does the blue lipstick do?”
“It permanently gives dolls electrokinesis, never mind that dolls aren’t generally intelligent or mobile,” Myst said with a shrug as he caught a light blue gel pad that dropped when his wheel stopped spinning.
“Is it supposed to be glowing where you’re touching it?” Hermione asked.
“No idea,” Myst replied as he set the gel pad on the table. He blinked when he looked at the pad with his upgrade ability and realized it was a telepathic input device. “Great, I’m going to need Cyborg to design a receiver.”
“What does it do?” Willow asked as Zatanna walked into the great hall with both of Hermione’s sisters and Tara following behind her.
“It’s basically a telepathic mouse and keyboard and no you don’t need telepathy to make it work though it’s probably easier,” Myst mused as he bought the Hat wheel from his gacha menu.
“Best of luck dragging Cyborg away from the ship,” Zatanna said as she walked over with the girls following her.
Myst smiled at the girls. “Any luck with the secret passages?”
“We’re making progress, Puck and Sabrina sent us to get food,” Wendy said as she walked over and hugged Harry from behind.
Harry smiled as he leaned against Hermione’s twin. “Food sounds good.”
“Which one is Puck?” Myst asked as he caught a ten gallon hat with a yellow ribbon when his wheel stopped spinning.
“Our brother,” Sophia said as she pulled Hermione into a hug from behind and rested her chin on her sister’s shoulder.
“I guess that makes more sense than Buffy’s brother or any of the Kryptonians picking Puck,” Myst said as he looked at the hat with his upgrade ability.
“I think he was going with Brandon,” Anne piped up.
‘At least he didn’t go with Biff,’ Xander thought as he glanced between the girls, appreciating the view of the naked witches. “Pizza sounds good.”
Myst spent the 100 mana to upgrade the hat so that it could produce whole milk or chocolate on command. “That’s better, ten gallons of 2%, whole milk or chocolate milk on command,” he said cheerfully as he stuck the hat in his inventory and closed his empty gacha menu. “Now we just need an endless apple juice enchant and we’ll be set for feeding everyone we’re going to recruit.”
“What about pumpkin juice?” Sophia teased as she played with Hermione’s breasts.
Myst walked over to the Ravenclaw table and started conjuring pizzas, pretending that he hadn’t heard Sophia.
Harry laughed. “It’s not actually that bad once you get used to it, but I’d rather have butterbeer.”
“Why would someone enchant a hat to conjure milk?” Buffy asked as she walked over to grab a piece of pizza.
“Probably because it’s a ten gallon hat and they had a warped sense of humor,” Myst said as he created several stacks of pizza, figuring he had enough to feed a small army which should at least take the edge off. He opened his gacha menu and looked over his options. ‘Books 500, Necklaces 10,000, Toys 200, Portable Structures 3,000, and Armor 1,000. Portable structures? I should probably walk outside before I grab that one.’ He selected the Necklace wheel then grabbed a piece of pizza. “I should be able to make a pitcher knock-off that conjures milk.”
“Speaking of knock-offs, can I talk you into making a knock-off snow globe like the castle?” Alex asked hopefully.
Myst turned to look at Alex. “As soon as we find some decent snow globes I’d be happy to create a couple of pocket dimensions for everyone.”
“That would be awesome,” Sophia said as she absently played with Hermione’s nipples.
“It would make hauling around my books easier,” Hermione agreed as she rubbed her behind against her sister’s crotch.
“I’m more than happy to help.” Myst kept most of his attention on Hermione and her twin as he tilted his head enough that he could see Harry out of the corner of his eye. “Do you think you can make a portkey to Diagon Alley?”
Harry laughed. “Not a chance, but I can get us to London and we can walk there. Technically speaking I’m legally allowed to use magic in public and create portkeys because Constantine works for the Crown and I’m his apprentice, but I’d rather not deal with the paperwork.”
“In other words, we drop in and leave the area before the aurors show up?” Myst asked with amusement.
“Ideally,” Harry agreed with amusement.
“Wouldn’t we need a passport?” Willow asked.
“Only if we’re caught,” Rose replied with a grin.
“On that note, I’m going to make some nap pillows for the people that want to grab a quick nap then we can head to London and do a bit of shopping.” Myst reached up and caught the strange leather and bead necklace with a familiar upside down curved question mark and crescent moon symbol on a copper disk. “Fianna?” He looked at the necklace with his upgrade ability and blinked as he realized that he really needed to give Remus a copy of the necklace.
“Irish heroes?” Hermione asked.
“Nah, Irish hounds in this case. This would completely fix Remus’s problem provided the local goddess doesn’t find him unworthy.”
Hermione blinked. “How?”
“It should purge the curse and leave him able to change into a large irish wolfhound.” At least that was what he was assuming the necklace did based on what he could see with his upgrade ability.
“We should let him know,” Harry said excitedly.
“Would that work for us?” Rose asked.
Myst shrugged. “From what I can see, probably. The only downside is that you’ll have an urge to transform and hunt on the full moon and you won’t be able to get a different animagus form. On the upside, you don’t have to risk going through the animagus process either.”
“Hunt what?” Buffy asked warily.
“Deer, rabbits, someone that has stained their soul with the blood of innocents,” Myst listed off as he bought the Books wheel.
“In other words, better than being a werewolf. Can I get a copy or borrow it for Oz?” Willow asked.
“Sure.” Myst gestured at the necklace and made a mundane copy then tried to make a knock-off copy. He frowned when his magical ability found nothing to copy and he got the sense of an amused teacher shaking her finger at him. “Huh, it’s not actually magic, it’s a relic.”
“Like Wonder Woman’s lasso?” Zatanna asked.
“No, that’s an artifact,” Myst replied as he studied the necklace. “If I had the right material and enough time and magic, I could make a copy. The necklace is more of a placeholder and a way to get the goddess’s attention which means there is nothing to copy.”
Rose held out her hand. “Can I try it?”
“If you want,” Myst handed her the necklace and caught the leather bound journal with his other hand. He looked at the book with his upgrade ability, knowing that spell books were often cursed.
“Are you sure?” Hermione asked warily as Rose slipped the necklace over her head.
“I’m sure,” Rose assured her then changed into a massive shaggy black dog with green eyes.
“You’re adorable,” Tara said as she held out her hand toward the massive dog that could look her in the eyes.
Myst looked up from the magical gardening journal and smiled when he saw Rose. “Tara’s right, she’s adorable.” He stuck the book in his inventory and worked on eating his piece of pizza.
Rose licked Tara’s hand then sat down and gave Tara her best puppy dog eyes look.
Tara smiled as she scratched behind Rose’s ears. “Can you change back?”
Rose shifted back to her human form then floated back to her feet and took the necklace off. “You just have to want to change back. What type of dog was I?”
“You looked like a cross between a wolfhound and a Newfoundland,” Sophia said as she held her hand out. “Can I use it next?”
Rose handed her the necklace. “Sure.”
“I wouldn’t mind being able to change into a dog, they have great noses,” Xander mused.
“Doggie style,” Anne teased as Sophia took a step away from Hermione then transformed into an even more wild haired version of Rose..
Buffy stared at Anne in disbelief. “I think my twin is defective.”
“It’s not like you didn’t think about Oz and Willow fucking during the full moon,” Anne teased her sister.
“You’re not a Slayer, I can put you over my knee,” Buffy warned her.
“You promise?” Anne teased.
Buffy shook her head. “Moving on.”
Myst snickered and selected the Portable Structures wheel. “I’ll be back, I’m not sure how large the portable structure is going to be.”
“Sounds good,” Harry said as he reached over and scratched Sophia behind her ears. “We’ll get everyone transformed and ready to go.”
“Just ignore the mana waves, I need to make some hats and upgrade my telekinesis and defenses,” Myst said as he opened his upgrade menu and headed for the exit. He waited until he was outside then dropped 10,000 mana to increase the amount of weight he could lift with his telekinesis by 100 pounds. He continued spending mana in ‘small’ chunks as he walked down the path, trying to make a mental list of everything he needed from Diagon Alley.
‘Borgin and Burkes should have the vanishing cabinet. One of the candy shops should have the candy that makes you levitate and the junk shop should have wands which would let me avoid Ollivander’s. That would give me a decent collection of wands to see if they’re actually better at certain types of magic or if that’s just Ollivander being weird.’ Myst reached up and caught the keychain that dropped when his gacha wheel stopped spinning.
“That’s certainly portable,” Myst muttered as he studied the keychain with a picture of a blacksmith forge with a wide shouldered dark haired smith in a pair of leather shorts working in and an open air forge. “This would be easier if my ability actually told me the password.”
“Stuck?” Xander asked as he walked over.
“Pretty much.” Myst tossed Xander the keychain. “It takes a password.”
Xander looked at the picture then looked at the brace on the smith’s foot. “Have you tried Hephaestus?”
Myst shook his head when the smithy from the keychain appeared on the grass facing the path. “Thanks.”
“No problem,” Xander said, a touch surprised that his first guess actually worked. “That looks like an electric grinder.”
Myst walked over and flipped the switch on the grinder, a touch surprised when it spun to life with a low hum rather than the high pitched whine he was half expecting. “Nice.” He looked at the smithy with his upgrade ability. “Holy shit…” he trailed off as he stared at the various enchantments on the forge. “It’s like the boots of dancing, just making stuff will quickly turn you into a skilled smith.”
“Nice,” Xander agreed, thinking about the prices he’d seen for decent swords or even knives the last time he’d looked. “Can you upgrade how much skill it teaches you?”
Myst looked at the teaching part of the enchantment and smirked when he realized he could upgrade it. “Yes.”
“How high do you think you can boost it before a certain god is annoyed?” Xander asked curiously.
“No idea, it’s probably worth asking Wonder Woman.” Hephaestus was a decent enough god in most legends other than Homer’s stuff as far as he could remember, but that didn’t mean he wouldn’t get upset if he thought they were cheating or trying to cheat him by pushing the skill enchantment to the point of insanity. He bought the Toys wheel, curious if he’d get something interesting or something useless.
“It’s still weird that asking a member of the Justice League for help is a viable option,” Xander said, thinking about the fact that Giles knew Constantine. “Can you duplicate the forge?”
Myst shrugged. “I’d have to figure out how to duplicate divine blessings.”
“So twelfth of Never?” Xander asked with amusement.
“Third of Maybe?” Myst countered as he spent another 20,000 to increase his telekinesis. “I’m a bit more worried about defenses than I am duplicating something that everyone should be able to use thanks to the vanishing cabinets I’m going to make.”
“Vanishing cabinets? What are you upgrading?” Xander asked, curious what Myst was working on.
“My telekinesis,” Myst said as he walked toward the forge. “Vanishing cabinets are basically magically connected doors that let you walk into one and out the other. I want to get my telekinesis up to the point where I can fly without using magic or toss cars with bone crushing force in case I run into any stupidly durable demons or metahumans that are resistant to magic.”
“Worried about the demons after Tara?” Xander guessed.
“They certainly don’t help my peace of mind,” Myst agreed as he glanced around at the various tools. He reached up and grabbed a squishy sort of baseball sized eyeball when his Toys wheel stopped. “Okay, how is that a toy?” he muttered as he looked at the thing with his upgrade ability. “Huh, neat.” He squeezed the toy and Xander made a squeaking noise.
Xander shook his head. “Does it do anything else?”
“Nope,” Myst squeezed it again, causing Xander to squeak. “Okay, enough joking. We’re heading to Diagon Alley which means dealing with problematic wizards, I should probably boost your magic while I’m thinking about it.” He dropped 50,000 mana to boost his own magic stat then another 50,000 to boost Xander’s already impressive magic stat. He looked at Xander’s magical talents and dropped 10,000 mana to boost his talent for fire magic into pyrokinesis. “That should give you pyrokinesis.”
“As in setting vampires on fire with my mind?” Xander asked with an evil grin.
“Technically it’s magic but yeah, pretty much,” Myst agreed as he started walking down the path. “Let’s walk, I need to regenerate some mana.”
Xander started laughing maniacally when he thought about setting Spike on fire and his hands burst into flames.
Myst glanced at the fire surrounding Xander’s hands and wondered if he’d made a mistake then shrugged. ‘I’m sure it will be fine.’
