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The odds 96 unbetaed (Patreon)

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2022-06-23 11:47:45
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I'm back from Sevilla, and I come bearing gifts!

Well, not gifts from Spain directly (Olé!) but the unbetaed chapter 96 of The odds were never in my favour, also known as the second part for the Third Task's day.

Its title is War Courts. I think you will understand before the end of the update why...

I will try to update regularly the betaed chapter 95 as fast as possible on ff.net, I promise.

As far as the writing schedule go, next story to be written will be An Impractical Guide to Godhood. It is time for me to return to a certain mad Demigod and his insane adventures...

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El

That was interesting, let it be said. And of god, I wish I had a photo of the face of Ra when he learn Eleanora temporary allegiance !

silversight1111

It’s about to get intense. If Alexandra’s court shapes up the way I’m thinking, she’ll have the skills surrounding her that are necessary to pull victory from the jaws of defeat-provided she can keep some of the stronger personalities contained. I won’t fault Lyudmila for choosing another court, if only to cause chaos for the powers that be, but I hope this can be the start of a beautiful friendship between certain champions. Side note, will we ever find out just how she acquired Gungnir? Happy to see that Eleanora is willing to back up her motivations let’s see if she has some real talent to see it through. I also hope the time is drawing nearer for Montague’s unlamented passing to take place. All that aside, glad your vacation went well and happy to see you backs at it!

j0ntsa

Its finnally confirmed, potter line has blessings, curses of all chaos gods and goddess's and maybe few fate ones, otherwise it wont make sense how utterly stupid her enemies are at times

windoverwaves

Why do I have a sneaking suspicion that that is an Jade Imperial egg?

Lee Shilo

War Courts? You should entitle it 'The Death of Innocence' for a titular, titillating, tantalizing title.

chubster

> Montague Oh how are you so stupid? It can't just be the inbreeding. > Egg of Cleopatra Yeah sure, that's definitely Cleopatra's egg, uhuh. Fingolfin did not just get a new sibling, yep. > Fleur AH ehehehehehhh, I wonder how much her daddy shackled her, and if she's silly enough to continue thinking she's superior. I'm honestly just picturing Fleur getting her head bashed against a wall in the streets repeatedly. > carnival reveal Dreadnought, I bet two Dreadnoughts against the coastal village people. I really doubt it'll happen but I can picture it in my head that Alexandra causes a mass panic and evacuation and then bombard a place with a military arsenal and blames 'terrorists,' > Eleanor Sweet girl needs hugs and headpats, she's hated The Light for being abusive with their authority and power from the beginning and has decided enough is enough. I hope she and Sforza can do a buddy up scene because they used to be friends and everything. Henri might join to under the pretense of "debilitating the enemy" just to keep Eleanor company, or actually sabotage the Doge Court.

Nicholas

Good chapter. I want to share one kind of silly reaction I had right off. I've been wondering for a while just how much Ra and Merlin changed the light. I've got a suspicion that there are a number of aspects of Innocence under lock and key because Ra doesn't think they are truly light. Maybe one of the Furies as the aspect of Innocence betrayed/defiled? I was thinking Ginny might end up with that aspect as a patron but now I wonder if Eleanor's patron might have changed?

Jack

I’m really hoping that the dreadnaughts make an appearance in the upcoming carnival, even if it’s just for some big gun support for non magical mercenaries, which o fully expect Our dear dark queen to use as another force multiplier. After all she has seen that Exchequer uses them and padding out her support personnel with some Squib muggle mercenary handlers essentialy to help canvass for keys would make sense. Or her even just going fuck it and putting out a ‘Carnival Quest’ among the muggles for the keys to help hide her own key finders and maybe even just get lucky and have one or 2 be ‘returned’ for a special prize. Would also force the day and doge court to scale back magical protections to non lethal or else the increased muggle media attention might cotton on to the rising death toll

Sebiraider11

So this is another well written chapter. And it nicely indicates the things to come. In task number 4 Osiris is playing the powermove of all powermoves. He is showing his opponent how exactly he is going to beat them, with a funny bit of roleplaying done by schoolkids ... That will totally not be humiliating for the old Birdbrain, absolutely not. That said, my predictions will have Fleur and Falk dying by "accident" or "suicide". "It is totally not my fault, that Fleur here stumbled into Fragarach. I actually tried to warn her .... such a shame." - Alexandra Potter "Hey, don't look at me like that. First that bastard stabs himself thirty times in his back and then he gives me the knife he used for this tragic suicide with his dying breath in order to frame me ... I am honestly totally innocent! - Eleonora da Riva ... after having been found standing laughing over the cooling corpse of Frode Falk. I am actually awaiting the next chapter now ... Lady Morgane and Alexandra having a nice heartfelt discussion. And yes, a chapter title ala "Death of Innocence" would be fitting for that one ... How long will it take for Alexandra, Lucrezia and Eleonora to realize, that they have been chosen for the totally loved duty of fenrirsitting?

Pilgrim B

Now that I think of it, we haven't seen anyone cease to be a Champion of Magic without dying. Given her decision here, it might be time for Eleanor and her god to have a "parting of the ways". That could be a kind of Death of Innocence.

Megaman Beastout

Welp I'm wondering which team will have the displeasure of having Graham Montague on their team to fill out their numbers omg lol. I'm anticipating his most amusing demise for his luck has finally run out whether it be by the enemy or by his own team. :)

Bel

Well, that was a fun chapter! Thanks for putting it there. The Champion of Innocence's decision is surprising but makes a lot of sense. Dumbledore's displeasure with the way things are going down continues to be intriguing. He wasn't happy with how Neville won last time, and now Ra is pressuring Neville like that... Really looking forward to seeing how fourth task plays out, because I think I share some other commenters decision that its not all over for Alexandria just yet :) Thanks again!

Liedral

Holy crap... innocence just joined the night court.... I see many many consequences coming up.

Megaman Beastout

After doing a refresh of ch 92, I'm slightly disappointed that Lucrezia Sforza that didn't "give [the readers/Susan] a taste of what Champion Potter will look like when the magnificent Cygnus will have taken flight." Though I suppose the 3rd Task wasn't really suited for it. Maybe the 4th task. :) Lucrezia Sforza the master of shapeshifting, looking forward to the magnificent backstabbing potential when infiltrating the enemy camp.

Nicholas

I've now had time to process the new chapter and have a few comments. First, one of the most important unresolved things for the next task is going to be, what exactly do the rules say about people who are not officially participating in the task? They joked about Alexandra using submarines to bring in an army, the submarines are the absurd part of that, the muggle train system would be much cheaper. There are lots and lots of people who could be recruited to help, how will the rules control that? And how much can they? Second, Neville is clearly over his head and doesn't realize it. I wonder where the adults who were supposed to be helping the Champions are? Neville has had a lot of problems his Grandmother could have fixed or told him how to fix if she were nearby. Last, I'm not surprised Eleanor joined the Night Court. I am surprised that people are expecting Romonov too. She is such a loner that I can't see her wanting to work as a subordinate (or even partner) to Alexandra and the Night Court is at enough of a disadvantage they need to work closely together to have a shot. I think it much more likely she will bully her way into the Court of the Doge and then ignore the other members and do whatever will cause the most Chaos. Thanks for all the hard work!

Darkarus

I disagree that Neville doesn't realize how in over his head he is I think he realized that year 3 at the latest he just has been slacking and is behind the 8 ball by being way younger and less powerful than the other Champions even Alex who has been building power with each kill since book 2 beyond working on herself since book 1. Neville hasn't been challenged that way and thus hasn't until now had to rise to the occasion.

ElricFlairgold

I finally found the time to read this and wow, Ra really shot himself in the foot here didn't he? It just goes to show that if you're going to get an addiction to leadership by mindwashing people you should at least stop pretending your the good side. I'm also still really enjoying the world building in this story, and also hoping that Alexandria finds the rules soon because speculating on how to take advantage of them sounds fun. Well, assuming we actually learn what they are in any detail when she does find them, which I hope she both does and that we do, because this is shaping up to be a fun event.

Jaco

Excellent chapter! I really loved seeing Elenora joining the court of the Night, and I hope that she and Lucrezia can maybe patch up their old friendship... That would be nice! Also a very good example of the light creating its own enemies.

Christian Biondo

Ok I don't usually do this, but it's been bothering me so I figured why not just give my two cents. The trebuchet's being partially enchanted goes against what was established in the previous chapter, and gives the judges grounds to disqualify Alexandra. I also feel it's being used to justify Alex loses 60 points instead of the 45 she would have normally lost for not actually brewing potions. This kind of annoys me because it feels like a soft recon of the previous chapter as well as a small plot whole. I understand the reason to make her score lower so she doesn't pull too far ahead, both instory and out of it to keep the tension high, but I feel like this isn't really necessary as Alexandra's goal isn't really to win the tournament, the real tension is her vs The Dark Queen. I don't just complain about things I don't like though! I also have solutions! I introduce to you, the Gobo Hobiest, namely Alex and co have the idea for the trebuchet's and ask the only people they really can for help/advice on medieval weaponry, the goblins. Leader to Gobo-Hobiest coming into play and helping the twins create and learn how to use non magical trebuchet's. I think this could be a cool reveal coming after this chapter, and it would be funny to see the judges being confused as to how they learned how to use non magical artillery in such a short amount of time. Just a random idea. This is all that really bothered me about the chapter and I loved everything else, it has me hyped for the next task, and Innocence joining the Night Court was awesome. Edit: Also Alex crushed this task, giving her such a short lead over the other competitors is bullshit. Beating the competition by over an hour and only getting 6 extra points than second place feels just plain petty of the judges. If I was Lily I would be pissed.

s22132

Count me among those side-eyeing the egg Alexandra received... The next Task is going to be chaotic as hell, and not just because Romanov is going to be participating. I'm not surprised that Eleanor joined Alexandra's court. That should really shake up the Light, because that was a huge, public slap in the face to them. I could honestly see the die-hard fanatics pushing for her assassination. I know some fans complain about how incompetent the Light is, but I feel that's the point. The Light has literally been Fated to win for so many centuries, they've grown incredibly arrogant and complacent. Why bother trying your best or thinking hard about consequences when you know, beyond a doubt, you're going to win in the end? What we're seeing in this story is both the power of Fate finally losing its potency, and the Dark's careful, long term plans coming to fruition. And possibly a third faction forming. I'm curious to see what kind of talk Morgane and Lucrezia are going to have with Alexandra. Are they going to threaten her, try to win her over, bribe her, or something else?