"What kind of asshole puts an alarm on a motel clock?" I asked myself as I brushed my teeth.
I got woken up earlier than I wished to because some asshole decided to put an alarm on the clock in this motel room that went off at 7:00 AM, which made me mad cause I wanted to sleep until at least 9:00 AM, but it seems like someone decided otherwise for me.
Also turns out that everything that happened yesterday night was real. I was kind of hoping quietly that it was a dream but it was not.
Not that I really have an issue with that at all cause I don't have any kind of responsibilities like that anymore other than keeping myself alive, fed and happy.
But there is one major issue for me.
Money.
Because honestly, no matter where one goes we need money or some form of currency which is really sad, cause I wish I could be somewhere that I don't need money.
With a sigh, I put my toothbrush into my backpack, and I put [Archangel] into my waistband as I put on my coat.
"I wonder if the food here is good..." I muttered as I double checked my backpack to make sure that everything is where I want it to be at.
I got a few plans for today. First one is to get some food into my stomach.
Putting my backpack on my back, I looked around the room to make sure I am not forgetting anything before I head out.
Nodding my head at the fact I did not forget anything, I left the room and went to the front office to give the key back to who I assume owns this motel.
While walking to the office, I am on my phone looking for a place to eat, and my phone can fully access this world's internet by changing the modes on it so lucky me.
But I really hope that no one can hack my phone, to which I doubt that they can if my phone can access information of another world, but the reason why I am worried about that is cause my phone holds some really dangerous information about all the people in this world that are important.
And now that I have been thinking about it, DC is on the better side of comic worlds that I could be in.
Anyways, I made it to the front desk, and the lady is there at the desk drinking some very strong black coffee. I am starting to not like these enhanced senses that much.
When the lady saw me, she looked over at the clock on the wall then she asked as she looked back at me "Check out?"
"Yes ma'am" I said to her as I put the key on the desk.
"I hope you enjoyed your stay here and I hope you have a good rest of your day" She said to me as she grabbed the key and put it on the wall behind her.
"Thanks, and you too" I said as I walked out of the office and I headed off to a place to eat something.
I have noticed that there is a lot of traffic here and there are a lot of people just walking around too.
I think that I might be going to steal a car or a motorcycle from some criminals cause I am going to need a ride for myself at some point and I can't get a car in any legal way, or I can try to find an underground illegal car dealership, which I bet is a thing here cause this is Gotham.
But I will need connections for that and I don't have that. Hell I personally know no one here in this world.
Sure, I technically know every important person in this world or better said I have a phone and computer that I can use to look up any person in this world that is mentioned in the comics, and yes I could use that information to blackmail people here but I am not going to do that at all cause I am not that kind of smart for that. Like I consider myself smart but I am not manipulation kind of smart, I am more of a nerd kind of smart that knows a bunch of random things.
Like in theory because of how the liver works, you can use the liquid inside of it as a poison or as something flammable.
Also cannibalism is not illegal itself but it's more of the way that you get the meat itself. Don't question why I know that, if you do then I will find you and show you why I know that.
Anyways, I walked into the place I picked to eat at for breakfast and it's a Mexican place cause it's the closest thing plus it's also near Gotham Public Library which is where I plan on going after I eat.
Now the reason why I am going to the Library is for a few of them. First is if Barbara Gordon both works there and if she's paralyzed then I can get a rough note on the timeline of this universe. The second reason is that it's like the safest place in Gotham that I can think about to read my Grimoire cause I am not reading it out in the open like that at all. And the third is that I plan on making my plan on what I am going to do here in this world.
I walked into the restaurant and I sat myself down like how most Mexican places work.
"Good morning sir, what can I get you to drink" The server said to me as he put the menu onto the table for me.
"I would like just a coffee for now" I said to him as I picked up the menu to read it.
"I will be back quickly with your coffee sir"
Then he left me alone with my thoughts as I read the menu, and I quickly knew what I wanted. Honestly the best Mexican food is from some taqueria down in Texas when I went there a few times cause my drunken piece of shit uncle needed to do some things down there.
"Profile" I muttered under my breath and the screen appeared in front of me like it did last night. Also turns out other people cannot see it at all which is good.
Now the reason why I pulled it up is cause I want to read the lore behind my race that I am now.
Wow, there is a bunch of little things that I missed. Like I am an empath, like a real one, so no wonder I could feel the malice while walking to the motel yesterday.
Also turns out that all Kitsune are natural linguists, meaning I know and understand all mundane languages and I can learn quickly non-mundane ones.
I paused from reading my profile and I turned my head as the server came with my coffee.
"Here you go sir" He said as he put the cup onto the table and then he took out his notepad and asked me "Are you ready to order yet sir?"
"I am, I will take the Steak and Eggs" I answered him as I closed my menu and handed it to him.
"How would you like your eggs and what kind of tortillas do you want?"
"I want my eggs fried sunny side, and I will like some flour tortillas"
"Well then your food will be out shortly" After he said that he left.
I turned back to the screen in front of me to keep reading the lore on my race.
"Huh, that fucking sucks..." I muttered to myself.
Turns out, I am more alike to a fox than I would want to be, because I now have some of the biology, behavioral cycles and social habits of a real fox.
Now I don't really mind that at all cause it makes sense that I got the instincts of a fox, but there is one thing that I do not like about this.
I now have rut cycles.
And I hate that I got that. Now it's not so bad from what I am reading and it will only really last 2 to 3 weeks and it's in late winter when it should happen, but because of it, all of my emotions will be basically on 100 during my rut, and my magic will be harder to control.
Also I got other things like nesting instincts and territorial instincts but I will really only have nesting instincts unless my 'mate' is pregnant.
And my illusions for my tail and ears may just give out randomly while I am in rut.
Now this is going to be a little hard to control but I think that I can handle it cause I think that I still think as a human.
...No, that is wrong. After last night, this is the first time that I even referred to myself as a human in any way.
Actually thinking about it now, I am pretty sure that the only thing still human about me is my mentality, and I am pretty sure that is bound to change too as time goes on.
I am not sure how to feel about that.
"Calm down Tod, let's not have a breakdown in public now" I told myself quietly as I took a deep breath.
I decided that I am not going to think much about anything while I am eating.
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Finally I am on my way to the library after I ate. The food was good and it was pretty cheap too so that place most likely is going to be my go-to spot to eat breakfast from now on.
Anyways, there is less malice in this part of the city. Also I kind of have figured out how my empathy works. I can both feel and kind of see emotions. Like I figured out that very dark red means malice or I guess better said very dark red means hate, and there is a lot of that here.
Also I can kind of feel the curse of Gotham, I think at least. Like this whole city feels off and wrong. It's most likely my magical nature talking right now.
But all of that aside, I made it to the library.
And boy is this place huge.
Luckily for me, it's a public library.
I entered the library and it smells so good in here. I love the smell of books.
Looking around the place, there is a bunch of cameras here, a lot of them, and normally I doubt that I would really notice the cameras but due to [Novice Ninjutsu], I notice things that I would not really see normally.
Wait.
If Barbara Gordon does work here, would she notice [Novice Ninjutsu]?
I mean [Novice Ninjutsu] can be classified as assassin things depending on how you view it, and she might view it as me being a part of the League Of Assassins.
Wait, who am I fucking with, I am not even skilled enough to be a part of the League so I really doubt that she would really notice it.
So I went to walk by the main desk where the Librarian should be to get a quick look at who is there.
After a little bit of walking, I made it to the main desk of the Librarian.
And I got both goodish and bad news.
First the goodish news, so Barbara Gordon does work here and she cannot walk either.
The bad news is that Dick and Tim are with her right now.
Side note, both Dick and Barbara are hot as fuck in person.
Anyways, now that I know what I want, I am going to find a spot to brainstorm and to read my Grimoire quietly.
Now I know that reading my Grimoire in a library that three Bats are in is very fucking dumb.
But I really don't care.
I don't have an Identity to hide at all in this world. I'm fine as long as I don't make too much trouble for people.
I found a spot in the library that is away from people but not too away from people cause it will be noticeable that I am avoiding people like that if I am far away from people.
I took out a notebook from my backpack and a pencil, then I started to list down ideas to make a living here in this world.
So after a while, I have come up with one idea that is the best for me that aligns with the things that I am willing to do.
Freelancer.
Or I guess a better way to say it, I am going to take odd jobs of almost all kinds.
The reason why I am picking this is because it's a quick way to make money, no one is really going to question who I am depending on who I am working for, I can pick the jobs that I take and do, and it can help me build up a reputation to get things that I will want that typically involve me needing an identity to get.
And you might be wondering how I am planning on getting out there that I am for hire, well that is simple.
Flyers.
Yep, you heard right. I am going to print out a whole bunch of flyers and just put them out around the city. Now don't worry, I am not going to put my real phone number on it. I am going to get a burner phone and put its number on the flyers.
I am going to have to design a flyer so I took out my laptop, and I started working on it so it's nice and simple.
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It only really took me a solid whole 20 minutes to make, cause I wanted it to be good even if it was nice and simple.
But I am only missing one thing, and that is a symbol that I can be known for, and I decided to use the symbol on my backpack and it's a fox head with a spear behind it.
It's a simple symbol and I don't think people are going to question it, and if folks asked why that symbol then I will just say that my favorite animal is a fox and my favorite weapon is a spear.
Anyways, now that I am done with the making of the flyers, I am now going to read some of my Grimoire.
So I took it out of my backpack, and put it onto my laptop in a spot that the cameras should not see it like that. I have angled it to where if someone checks the cameras then they should just see me reading something, they just should not know what I am reading.
The Grimoire flipped to the pages that I wanted it to, and that is a basic mana control guide due to the fact that I don't know how to control my mana at all really.
And boy are there a lot of ways to learn to control mana. Hell there are a few guides on how to learn mana control for Kitsune.
So I read each one cause if I am going to pick one then it's better to know what each of my options are, because each one focuses on something like one focuses on speed of the mana but in return it weakens the strength behind it.
After some thinking, I decided to go with the one that is the middle ground for it. This one does not focus on anything, it just teaches basic mana control, and honestly I think it's the best choice for me at the moment. Now in the future I will learn a different kind of mana control but that is in the future.
In my notebook, I started to write down the instructions only, as I have noticed before, the Grimoire talks about everything related to the topic. Like if I mess up the mana control, I could fry my nerves bad.
Normally I am sure I would have been confused on some of the things written in the Grimoire. I actually understand it pretty good. I am sure it's because of [Intermediate Conceptualization] so I am happy that the being that sent me here gave me this skill. Hell I am really grateful for the things I have been given, but I am still mad that I got sent to another world.
Also I am still confused if I was isekai'd or was I transported. The reason I want to know is because I am going to be pissed off if I died while driving.
Well there is no reason to really linger on it cause I doubt that I will be getting answers at all from the being that brought me here.
With a sigh, I put everything away into my backpack cause I need to go get a burner phone so that I can put the number on the flyers then I can get my flyers made and spread them around the city, and after all of that, I am going to practice mana control for the rest of the day unless I get a job, which I doubt I will today.
"Damn, it's only 11:00 AM..." I said as I looked at my phone for the time.
Putting my backpack on, I then headed to leave the library.
I decided to pass the main desk again just to see if they are still there, and it's only Barbara and Tim there now.
I do wonder when am I going to have an interaction with the Batfamily. Like I know it will happen, it's just a when, and honestly when I do have an interaction with one of them then I will have a huge nerd orgasm.
As I left the library, my breathing started to quicken fast and I quickly sat down on one of the benches outside.
"Fuck, I am in DC..." I said to myself as I calmed my breathing.
I think that I finally have processed the fact that I am in DC. I am in a comic universe, and the fact that I am a fucking Kitsune.
"Get ahold of yourself Tod, no having a breakdown in public..." I told myself as I gripped my thigh and I dug my nails or I think better said claws cause my nails are now claw-like.
I just sat there for a few minutes to calm myself properly, and once I was calmed down, I got up and went straight to a store that I saw on my way here.
On a side note, I think that I should make myself a mask like a kitsune mask. Like I have an urge to make one. It might be the Kitsune in me that wants that but that is not going to happen until I get some money to buy all the things.
Anyways, I am at the store now and I entered it, and boy is it full of brands that I don't know, which makes sense cause I am in DC. Also there are a decent amount of things that are Wayne brand. So I am not getting a burner phone that's Wayne branded cause he 100% tracks those things.
So I grabbed a cart cause there are some things that I need to get, like water, some food that does not need to be heated up to eat because I am not trying to eat out all the time cause doing that all the time will eat my wallet up.
After I have gotten all the things that I needed, I did make sure to keep in mind the weight of everything. I am pretty good cause I doubt everything that I got even passes 50 pounds combined.
Fun little fact that I just learned, I can smell if a fruit is ripe or not, which is pretty cool for me and helpful.
Once I got everything that I needed and paid for it, by the way things are pretty cheap compared to my old world but that might just be a Gotham thing.
But all that aside, I am on my way to get my flyers printed out. While I am walking, I am setting up my burner phone which was really easy. Also the burner phone that I got was a flip phone that's able to get pictures sent to it.
Soon enough, I got to the place and I entered it. There were only like three other people in here from the looks of it.
I looked at the wall to my left cause it had the instructions on how to send what I want printed out, so after reading it, I went to sit down on one of the couches and I took out my laptop so I can add the burner phone number to the flyer, and once I did that, I sent it over to the email it said to send it to.
Then I put my laptop away into my backpack and I went up to the desk to the person working here.
"Good afternoon sir, are you here for pick up or printing?" The lady asked me as she typed something onto her computer.
"I am here to print. I sent the email, it's called ########" I told her as I took out my wallet.
She hummed as she typed some things then she asked "How do you want them printed out and how many do you want?"
"I want them to be flyers and as many that I can get for 50 dollars" I said as I reached out a 50 dollar bill to her.
She stared at the bill for a few seconds then she took out a calculator and typed some things into it, then she said to me "You can get 107 flyers for 50 dollars"
"That sounds good to me" I said as I gave her the bill.
"It should be a few minutes for it all to be done"
"I got it"
After that I went back to sit down as I waited for it to be done, and I decided to take out my drawing book and I started to make the design of the mask that I will make in the future.
I am really happy that I got [Intermediate Fine Arts] because it makes doing this easy for me in the drawing aspect of it. Heck a lot of things fall under fine arts.
"Your flyers are done sir"
That brought me out of drawing and I must have zoned out while drawing.
I set my drawing book onto my seat then I went to get the flyers from her.
"Thank you" I said as I took the flyers from her and she just nodded her head to me as she went back to her computer.
Back in my seat, I put away my drawing book into my backpack as I looked at the flyers, and they look good for being quick work.
I put some into my backpack while taking out tape, cause I am going to tape the flyers up around where I find a lot of people passing by.
Now you all might be wondering how exactly am I sure this is going to work out for me this way.
Well you see, the odds that someone looking at my flyers and calling me is low yet those that do call me and I do a good job for them, there is a chance they will recommend me to other people that they know, or at least that is how I have it planned in my mind cause these kinds of things are a throw of the dice type of thing.
Now let's get to work.
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One hour.
I spent a whole one hour looking for good places to put up my flyers and honestly I really underestimated how big this damn city is.
Anyways, I kept 15 of the flyers so that I can give them to people like business cards, and I think that I will be making business cards in the future once I got a good reputation here.
Right now, I am at the park that I appeared in yesterday and I am walking to find a spot away from people which is not going to be hard cause it's winter time so not a lot of people are here to start with, and the people that are here are taking what I assume is Holiday pictures.
After a little bit of walking and looking around, I found a spot that is covered by trees and bushes, and luckily there are rocks here too so I can sit on those instead of sitting in the snow.
A few minutes later, and I was in position to practice my mana control with the notebook that has the instructions on the mana control guide.
Now the reason why I picked the park to practice mana control is because I am in nature so I feel better and safer in here due to my Kitsune nature and so it should be able to help me in my mana control.
So with a deep and calm breath, I did step one which is Awareness or better said feeling the mana in my body.
Found it.
It feels rather heavy for me, not an uncomfortable but a nice heavy feeling.
Ok, step one is done. Now onto step two Containment aka keeping my mana from leaking outside of my body.
Now this step and the last one kind of revealed a few things to me. First is that I got what I believe is a big mana pool for a one-tail Kitsune, and the second is that I am leaking quite a bit of mana so I really hope that no one notices it.
This step is a little bit harder than the other one because I just need to keep it in my body and not leaking, and not to compress, expand nor circulate it.
After a tiny bit of effort, I was able to contain it without compressing it.
And I can feel the difference between my mana leaking and contained, but I don't really know exactly how to put it in words so I am not going to even try to do that.
It's time for step three Movement. It's me moving my mana in my body in sho-
RING RING RING
My hand shot to my coat pocket and I took out my burner phone and answered it as I said.
"Hello, Tod speaking here, how can I lend a paw to you?"
Yeah I'm going to have to work on my answering line cause that shit made me cringe hard.
"Well Tod, I was calling because I need some help with some things that I am willing to pay a good price on, so I am sending you the location to meet me at so we can talk about what I want you to do for me and how much I am willing to pay~" Said the person who I am going to assume is a woman based on her tone and voice.
"I will be on my way as fast as I can"
"Good boy~"
Then she hung up on her side.
I stood up as I looked at the location she gave me and I put it into my phone that is not the burner one.
"Let's get to work"
And I started walking to where I need to meet this person at.
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[AN: Hello goblins, it your favorite Hispanic Daddy here with a new chapter for this fanfic.
Not going to lie to y'all Ao3 is better than WebNovel in the aspect of fanfics about characters that already exist in a fandom, but that does not mean that this site make good OC fanfics cause it don't really.
Like most of the fanfics on here are straight slop and pure gooner shit, hell I make slop too and I know that so that is why I am doing this Fanfic to see how good I am at making a proper fanfic that is not just slop.
Here what the MC look like:
Anyways I hope you all like this chapter]