The Name Broker

You sit down across from the Fae. "I'm here to buy a name."

Foreword: Another r/WritingPrompts-inspired piece.

Sureshot: A New Angle

You are a Villian who's a single parent of a son. Recently they started dating someone. When you arrived to their house, you notice how their parent is the hero you fight daily. Your son and date went outside for some alone time, leaving you and the hero some time to talk.

Foreword: Inspired by a prompt from r/WritingPrompts. Set in my "Allied Heroes Commission" world.

Concept: John Wick Anthologies

Anyone that knows me knows I love the John Wick movies and the universe they've built up over the course of four movies, a television series, and other expanded universe material. The first movie was masterful with its "show, don't tell" world-building, which just kept getting deeper and more complex with each successive movie. And they were great fun action flicks on top of it.

The universe keeps expanding, with Chapter 5 announced, a side-story movie (Ballerina) due out in 2025, a television series (Under the High Table) and anime series in development, all of which makes me excited for their eventual releases. However, I'm of the belief that Chad Stahelski could take it a step further with two other concepts, by using the anthology concept. 

Destiny 2 - Transcript of a Therapy Session

TYPE: Transcription

DESCRIPTION: Excerpt from a psychiatric counselling session

PARTICIPANTS: One (1) Human-type [Doctor]; One (1) Guardian-type, class Warlock [Patient]

// TRANSCIBER'S NOTE: Per regulations concerning psychiatric sessions, names of both parties have been redacted throughout. --MIL-921

ASSOCIATIONS: Darkness; Deathsinger [Hive]; Hive; Ir Tasarakh; Lucent Brood; Ohr, Wahei; Old Paris; Parisian Catacombs; Red War; Themis Cluster; Winnower; Witness, The

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Destiny 2 - Transcript of Debriefing

TYPE: Transcription

DESCRIPTION: Debriefing of Guardians following incident during pirate hunt on 1633 Chimay

PARTIES: One (1) Guardian-type, class Warlock, designate Ikora Rey [REY]; One (1) Guardian-type, class Warlock, designate Aunor Mahal [AM]; One (1) Guardian-type, class Titan, designate Donovan Morgan [DM] (POI #0268); One (1) Guardian-type, designate Wahei Ohr [OHR] (POI #0247); One (1) Ghost-type, designate Vizier [viz]

ASSOCIATIONS: Cabal; Catacombs; Darkness; Eliksni [AKA Fallen]; Deathsinger; Hive; Lucent Hive; Old Paris; Pirates; Pyramid; Relics; Salvation, House of; Themis Cluster

RELATED RECORDS: REP #AAR-2022-1633C-THC-326

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Destiny 2 - Account of an Ambush

Donovan Morgan, Captain of the Skyspear, stood back as he watched the feeds, quietly loading his shotgun and prepping his armor. In front of him, Soap sat in the sensorium chair, his eyes flicking about as he collated the various feeds, communicating with the ketch's sniper team. They could both hear the flurry of activity going on, until the single blast of a Golden Sniper round went off, bringing everything to silence.

Morgan leaned forward. "What's happening, Soap?"

The younger Titan raised a finger to him, requesting momentary silence, his other hand lifting to his ear. After a moment longer, a voice came through. "Control, this is Longshot Actual," Rega-7 reported. "Jackpot. Repeat: Jackpot. Tango One is down."

Soap glanced at one of the feeds, then pointed it out to Morgan, where they could see a sprawled Fallen body, its neck ending in a smoldering ruin. Morgan bumped his fist against Soap's shoulder, murmuring, "Damn fine shooting. Have them maintain overwatch. I'll take in our ground team to sweep the lair. You keep an eye on things here, Soap."

Soap relayed orders to the Longshot team as Morgan stepped away to join the ground team. Revenant-19 was frowning at the other two members of the team, and it soon became clear why. Eliksni and Cabal glowered at one another. Bokta Tren had his two reaver's swords drawn in a ready stance, the larger sword pointed forward, nearly touching the point of the cleaver held by Maal'kemat, the gladiatrix from the ketch's Cabal contingent. She bared her teeth and lowered her jaw, as if leveling her tusks for a goring attack.

Morgan stepped up with a louder tread than necessary, the thump of his boots breaking the staredown between the two. "Is there going to be a problem here?"

Tren flicked a pair of eyes toward him, then back to Malka, who let her other arm, which had been poised with her other cleaver for a roundhouse chop, fall to her side. "No problem, Captain," she grunted, a sentiment echoed by the Eliksni.

The Titan glowered at them. "What's the rule?"

Now Tren eased up, and the two took a step back from one another. "One ship, one crew," the pair chorused, lowering their weapons completely.

"If you two want to establish primacy, do it after we're finished here," Morgan ordered them. "I'll clear the fight deck for you, you can get it out of your system, and then I'll even stand you your first two drinks at the Ether Tank."

Tren grunted, sheathing his swords. "Aye, Captain." Malka followed suit. Morgan glanced to Revenant, who rolled his eyes before fastening on his Stag helmet. The team went to the transmat pad, in an adjoining chamber to the bridge. As he walked in, however, he saw a familiar purple-skinned figure waiting for them, and sighed. "Wahei, what do you think you're doing?"

Destiny 2 - Transcript of a Sniper Duel

TYPE: TRANSCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION: Communications between Guardian and allied shooters during a pirate hunt.

PARTIES: One (1) Guardian-type, class Titan, designate Soap [SOAP]; One (1) Guardian-type, class Hunter, designate Rega-7 [R7]; One (1) Guardian-type, class Hunter, designate Arion-5 [A5]; One (1) Guardian-type, class Hunter, designate Luna [LUNA]; One (1) Eliksni-type, designate Halsiks [HAL]; One (1) Ghost-type, designate Wachter [wac]

ASSOCIATIONS: Eliksni (Fallen); Pirates; Relic; Salvation, House of; Themis Cluster

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