Author's Note:
I'm still in my Genshin Impact and MiHoYo fan phase.
In my head, I have three ideas for crossover stories between Genshin Impact and DC or Marvel.
But every now and then he has to give a little love and attention to my older children.
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Story Arc: Welcome to a Parallel Earth
Episode 1: New York City is full of surprises (IV)
Chapter 4: My Room, My Senpai, My Kohai
Plot: Bruce walks the streets with Mash in his arms looking for a suitable place that can serve as a time base, during this process he meets a certain medical nurse.
After this meeting the Master-Servant couple find a place where they settle down. Then they have their little moments of intimacy.
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POV Narrator
Not even an hour has passed since the Master and Servant duo left the restaurant.
Unfortunately, between the two strangers from a parallel land, only one of them is awake.
And that person is Bruce, the Planeswalker who has spent the last years of his life on worlds filled with magi that could be mistaken for places in a storybook or the settings of a popular card game.
In short, Bruce has become accustomed to living in a much more… libertine place than Earth.
While Mash has remained grounded, often ending up acting as a metaphorical anchor for her Senpai.
It is at this moment, the Demi-Servant girl is passed out in Bruce's arms, who is walking through the streets of New York City in search of an abandoned and lost place, which suits his tastes.
The couple with a complicated history ended up in Hell's Kitchen, also known as Clinton and Midtown West, is a neighborhood located in the borough of Manhattan.
As mentioned before, the Planeswalker is carrying the unconscious girl in his arms bridal style.
A number of people have been giving Bruce and Mash strange looks, New York City has seen it all.
But an effeminate young man with very long purple hair, dressed in a tight suit with a shawl over it, carrying a beautiful young woman in a red dress... attracts attention.
Some more positive people think that Bruce and Mash are a cute and quirky couple.
Many men and some women have thoughts of envy towards Bruce, having in his arms a beautiful woman who looks like a sleeping angel in a fabulous and sexy dress.
A minority of people who see Bruce and Mash feel disgusted, believing that they are a lesbian couple due to the Planeswalker's effeminate appearance.
The more pessimistic/realistic passersby believe they are witnessing the prelude to a kidnapping crime or worse.
Especially when they saw that Bruce was transporting Mash to a bad area of New York City.
Despite Daredevil's night shift, Hell's Kitchen remained an area with a bad reputation.
Almost all the passers-by decided not to get involved, not wanting to get involved in other people's problems, having their own problems to solve.
But in the sea of people coming and going, one woman decided to act on her own judgment.
This person is Claire Temple.
Claire is a beautiful Hispanic woman, average height, thirty years old, long black hair, brown eyes, dressed in a casual dress.
Claire's job is to be a medical nurse at the local hospital, but she is not your average nurse who you find in every hospital.
Claire is a special woman who unwittingly got involved in the nightly adventures of Daredevil, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage.
Claire basically has the gift of being a magnet for supermen and superwomen, although the rank of this ability is somewhere between Rank-E or Rank-D. So far she hasn't met anyone who can lift anything bigger than a car.
Claire is a nurse for street-level superheroes and vigilantes, a job that brings in no money but introduces her to interesting people.
Today is Claire's day off, she wanted to go visit her mother who lives in Harlem. But seeing something suspicious in the Master-Servant couple, she decided to act.
"Excuse me." Claire said, stepping into the Planeswalker's path, quite literally.
'I'm having a feeling of Déjà vu, is this woman a variant of someone I know?' Bruce thinks, finding Claire's facial features vaguely familiar.
"What do you want?" Bruce asks, showing no concern whatsoever for Claire's presence.
If it was the variant of an important person, he would have recognized her or sensed something from her.
"Is your friend okay?" Claire asks, trying not to sound like she's accusing anyone.
After all, a lot of weird stuff happens in New York City, and a lot of it doesn't involve supermen and superwomen.
Claire's week at the hospital saw a little girl with her head stuck in a bucket and the rest of her large family covered in feathers, glue, neon paint and glitter.
The Planeswalker shifts his gaze to Mash's sleeping face, his good eye looking cold and unapproachable, but for a moment there is a flash of warmth.
"She's fine, she just passed out, she'll have to wake up soon." Bruce replies, knowing Mash's sleep and fainting patterns all too well.
"Did your friend pass out? People don't pass out for no reason." Claire said, looking at the unconscious girl for signs of violence.
'There's not a scratch on her. Could it be allergies or drug abuse?' Claire thinks, going into doctor mode.
"I'm a medical nurse, does your female friend have any allergies or is she on any new medications?" Claire asks, wanting to understand why this girl is unconscious.
"No need, I'm a doctor, if Mash needs any surgery or medical treatment I'll do it for free." Bruce said in a serious voice, not wanting Mash to be seen by anyone else for both personal and logical reasons.
Mash is a Demi-Servant and a Designer Baby, her body does not function like a normal person's and contains secrets that must not be revealed.
"You're a doctor, how old are you?" Claire asks, not believing Bruce's claims, who seems too young to be a doctor.
"24 years old, and soon I'll be 25." Bruce replies, with an indifferent expression, used to being asked about his age.
His Inhuman blood grants him a very long life expectancy, so he has the appearance of a teenager in late puberty, which makes it difficult to do certain things or enter certain places.
"24 years old?" Claire exclaims, finding this even harder to believe.
In his eyes Bruce looks like he belongs in high school or early college.
"I'm 24, Mash is 21." Bruce said, also giving the Demi-Servant girl's age, so he avoids questions about her parents or legal guardians.
"You seriously look younger than you are." Claire said, not sure if Bruce was faking it or telling the truth.
"Good genetics, everyone in my family is like that, me and my aunt pass as brother and sister, if I dye my hair blonde and wear a dress, we pass as twin sisters." Bruce said, not joking about this fact.
Once in Chaldea, Bruce was convinced by Merlin to impersonate Artoria Pendragon (Saber) and managed to fool many people or even pass himself off as a newly summoned version of the King of Knights.
"You're 24 and already a doctor, are you some kind of genius or prodigy?" Claire asks, unable to find an explanation as to how a 24-year-old is already a doctor.
"I prefer the title of mad scientist, but you guessed it, I'm a super-genius, at least in the top five smartest people in the world." Bruce said, having no problem stating the facts.
On Earth-2126, SHIELD ranked him as the fourth most intelligent man in the world, after Hank Pym, but ahead of Tony Stark.
'Who calls himself a mad scientist out loud? If he was one of the five smartest men in the world shouldn't he be as famous as Reed Richards?' Claire thinks, alarm bells going off in her mind from this discussion.
"I know what you're thinking, if I'm as smart as I say why am I not known as Iron-Man and Doctor Doom?" The Planeswalker said, easily guessing what Claire was thinking.
After all, Bruce is a detective, specializing in the occult and unexplained phenomena, but a detective nonetheless.
"Intelligence and world fame are very different things," Bruce said, as if explaining a lesson to kindergarten children.
"Who is smarter, Doctor Doom and Mister Fantastic, who are known throughout the world and are being watched by every spy agency and government on the planet.
Or, the unknown mad scientist who can work in peace without being disturbed by anything or anyone." Bruce explains his opinion on how anonymity is more useful than fame for a scientist who wants to achieve progress and results.
'He's not entirely wrong.' Claire thinks, having to agree with the effeminate boy on this matter.
The medical nurse looks at the unconscious girl again, her mind conjuring up a new explanation for her loss of consciousness.
'Did her friend faint because of an experiment gone wrong?' Claire thinks, inventing a new theory.
"I don't experiment on people I care about. Despite my medical and surgical degrees, I rarely operate on living beings, preferring to work on cadavers in forensic medicine or with machines in engineering and robotics." Bruce says, having his own ethics and preferences when it comes to his work as a sorcerer/scientist.
'This is a relief.' Claire thinks, believing that Bruce is sincere.
"If I understand correctly, you are a doctor and a graduate engineer, all at the age of 24." Claire said, not knowing she was talking to a man of many talents.
"I'm a man of many abilities. However, I would like to continue chatting with you, but I have a lot to do, so I'll give you what you want." Bruce said, not wanting to waste his time with Claire anymore.
"What do you think I want?" Claire asks, raising an eyebrow.
"You are a woman with a high moral and civic sense. When you saw me, you had the thought that I might take advantage of Mash and do something bad to her. Something that will never happen as long as I am alive." Bruce said, with a protective voice, bringing the Demi-Servant girl closer to his chest.
The Planeswalker's voice is serious, as are his intentions, if anyone tries to harm his Kohai will die or worse, be transformed into a zombie and thrown into a catacomb full of horrors.
"I'm sorry it's just..." Claire makes excuses, feeling embarrassed, probably having too much time with her vigilante friends.
"No problem, if more people were like you, there would be fewer victims in the world and less work for Detectives and Coroners." Bruce said, finding Claire's behavior as something positive.
"For a mad scientist you're reasonable." Claire said, her tone joking.
"My madness is often described by those around me as eccentric behavior." Bruce replies, trying to paint his twisted nature as pure eccentricity typical of geniuses.
'That explains a lot.' Claire thinks, seeing herself being deceived by Bruce without knowing it.
"I must explain to you to put your worries to rest. Mash and I have completed a complex job abroad, we have earned enough to take a long vacation through North America." The Planeswalker summarizes the events that have happened to him and Mash in a way more understandable and acceptable to a common person.
"Our first stop on the trip was New York City, we ate at a Turkish restaurant, towards the end of the dinner we had a debate about Captain America." Bruce is talking about an event that happened not even sixty minutes ago.
"It's not a common topic of discussion at lunch, maybe if you're a historian or a vintage hero buff," Claire said, having last heard of Captain America in her high school history books.
"I'm a mad scientist and she's my personal bodyguard/female assistant. We're an unusual couple with unusual discussions." Bruce said, rarely discussing normal topics.
'I can believe this pretty girl is his personal female assistant. But not the bodyguard thing.' Claire thinks, believing Bruce is exaggerating.
"She and I made a bet, she says that Captain America is just a frozen corpse nowadays. I say that Captain America is alive, but in animated suspension he just needs a little warmth and he will walk among the living again." Bruce explains what his bet with Mash consists of.
"I think you're going to lose the bet." Claire comments, siding with Mash.
Claire, like many others, learned that Captain America was a legend of World War II and died making the ultimate sacrifice for his country. It's hard to change that idea with a simple theory.
"I've never lost a bet in my life." Bruce said, with a small smile, knowing he had enormous luck when it came to gambling.
"There's always a first time." Claire comments, unaware that she's talking to a person who has brought numerous casinos to bankruptcy.
"Whoever wins the bet can give the loser an absolute order without limits. I proposed to Mash, that in case of my unlikely defeat, that she can order me to marry her, I made some wedding-themed pranks, then she fainted." Bruce said not feeling ashamed for what he did.
'This is such a crazy story that it can't be false.' Claire thinks, having never heard anything like it in her entire career.
At that moment, Mash began to move, slowly opening her beautiful eyes.
Being half asleep and finding herself in the arms of her dear Senpai, Mash, she thinks she is dreaming.
The lilac/pink haired girl reaches out and puts her hands around Bruce's neck, thinking it's one of his corny dreams.
"Hi, Honey, where are you taking me?" Mash asks, trying to flirt with her Senpai in a "cheeky" way.
"Mash, I don't know what you're thinking, but this is not a dream and we're in Hell's Kitchen, New York City." Bruce said, making his Kohai understand what's going on.
Mash's eyes widen, he moves his head and sees Claire, realizing he's not dreaming.
"Honey, really? That's what you call me in your dreams when you try to be a 'bad girl'. Mash, you're worse than Jalter in this department." Bruce said, slightly amused at Mash's act, "cheeky girl."
Mash blushes, starts moving her legs, wanting to get off her Senpai's arms.
'They certainly are an unusual couple, and not just because of their hair colors.' Claire thinks, seeing that she has worried for nothing this time.
Bruce, maintaining a stoic expression that hides a hint of amusement, puts Mash down.
"You're a very pretty woman when you're embarrassed." Bruce comments, finding Mash's blush cute.
The Demi-Servant girl, with a slight blush on her cheeks, turns to Claire.
"Hello, I'm Mash, this is my Senpai, Bruce, I apologize for anything I may have done or said." Mash said, having long since developed a habit of making up for her Senpai's social misfortunes.
"No need to apologize, your friend didn't bother me." Claire replies, not understanding the reason for the apology.
"I can be friendly if I want to, but I rarely do so towards the idiots and incompetents that fill the universe." Bruce said, showing his antisocial side that has angered and offended hundreds of people.
"My name is Claire Temple." Claire said, giving her name to the Master-Servant pair.
For Mash this name has no meaning, but this does not apply to Bruce.
'This is who she looks like, she's the Power Man variant from Earth-2126, this is what Claire-2126 will look like when she reaches thirty and if she was Hispanic instead of African-American.' The Planeswalker thinks, solving the little mystery.
"See you around, med nurse, but me and Mash, we got a lot to do until the sun goes down." Bruce said, not wanting to waste any more time.
"Have a good day, Claire, but Senpai and I have some business to attend to." Mash said, taking her Master by the hand.
Without saying anything else, the Master and Servant pair began walking away.
'They're definitely a quirky, but cute, couple.' Claire thinks, going back to doing the things she had planned to do before this meeting.
XXX
Fifteen minutes after they left Claire.
Bruce and Mash enter what appears to be an abandoned apartment building in Hell's Kitchen.
The place is a dirty and run down place, showing signs of a property that has been left to itself for many years.
"Senpai, I love you, but I don't understand how you like building a base in abandoned places?" Mash asks, unable to understand her Senpai's attraction to such places.
This isn't just limited to Bruce, his twin sister, Adeline, also has a fixation with ruined places.
In fact, Adeline has a bigger fixation than Bruce, being a famous female archaeologist in the style of Indiana Jones and Lara Croft.
The person with the weakest pathology is Miyu, the "Half-Sister" of the twins who loves watching TV shows where abandoned houses are restored and sold at high prices.
"If you don't like it, we can find an old cemetery with an empty mausoleum, an abandoned hospital, or a place in the sewers or subway." Bruce suggests, suggesting nicer places in his opinion.
Mash sighs a little, having lived in such places for a period of time due to her Senpai's needs.
Graveyards because Senpai is good at using corpses to create Night Creatures and perform Dark Magic.
Abandoned hospitals that are recycled to become laboratories for scientific projects.
Underground between the sewers and the subway lines as safe havens that offer numerous access and movement routes for important operations.
Mash has been to places like this and can say that it's easier to turn an abandoned apartment building into a home than a place filled with dead bodies or sewage.
"When I think about it, this place has potential, we can fix it with a little work and a lot of magic." Mash said, having some ideas in his head.
The Demi-Servant girl is not a Super-genius like Leonardo Da Vinci or a great sorceress like Medea or a Warrior Woman of the caliber of Scáthach, even if she comes close to the level of the latter.
However, Mash has developed several talents over time, and can be considered an almost expert woman in interior decoration.
"I promise I'll buy everything you need for your little project tomorrow and let you do whatever you want. But that's only because you're a cute woman when you wear blue overalls—thin. I rarely get the chance to see you in such attire." Bruce said, having a soft spot for seeing Mash in clothes she doesn't normally wear.
Mash has gotten used to Bruce liking to play dress up the "doll" in new clothes. But she can't help but blush, knowing that there are few women Bruce wants to get a new "skin."
"I agree to play your game, but then we'll switch roles." Mash said, wanting to see her Senpai in an outfit that isn't his tight tracksuit or Detective Noir costume.
"I'd love to play with you, Mash. After all the crazy things we've done to save the multiverse from that Dragon's megalomania, a little fun won't hurt. But I don't want my costumes to be fantasy-themed, nor do I have enough of bearded elves and dwarves." Said the Planeswalker, having traveled through too many worlds that resemble a Generic Light Novel - Fantasy.
A small smile appeared on Mash's face, happy that tomorrow she won't be the only person playing the role of the doll.
"Senpai, do you want me to get out the sleeping bags and everything else to build a temporary camp?" Mash asks, as he summons his mighty shield that holds a small supply of camping supplies inside.
"That won't be necessary." Bruce replies, gesturing for Mash to put away her shield.
"This apartment building is built on a Leyline, I can feel the magical energy passing under my feet. I feel pretty good and with the extra energy at hand I can use MY ROOM." Bruce said, placing his right hand in front of him, summoning an orb of pure magical energy.
"Great news!" Mash exclaims, joyfully, very happy with the news.
"But don't overdo it, if he can't get the spell to completion, we can always share a sleeping bag or a tent." Mash said, regaining her composure and keeping Bruce's current condition in mind.
"It's a win-win situation no matter if I fail or succeed." Bruce said, knowing full well what Mash thinks and what she wants.
"Senpai, you know that being close to you is enough for me to be happy." Confesses the girl with purple/pink hair.
"You're a romantic woman at heart, a sweet thing. But you definitely have a problem in your head if you have feelings for someone like me." Bruce comments, not understanding why Mash loves him.
"Senpai, you should focus on bringing [My Room] to us." Mash said, changing the topic of discussion, not wanting to talk about her feelings right now.
The Planeswalker magically removes her shawl with a wave of her hand.
Bruce's good eye begins to glow, a sign that he is about to use his magical powers.
XXX
In a previous age, Planeswalkers were some of the most powerful beings in the multiverse, immortals capable of wielding enormous magical powers, traveling to every plane of reality with the same ease as mortals walk the earth.
Experienced Planeswalkers could create Planes if they wished, forging with their powers piece by piece the new Plane, including the metaphysical laws and inhabitants of the Plane.
Planeswalkers were the most powerful and capricious creatures in the multiverse, and only another Planeswalker could hope to defeat another Planeswalker.
For better or worse, events in the distant past have changed the very laws of the multiverse, reducing the power of the Planeswalkers.
The ancient, nearly omnipotent beings have been brought down to the rank of mere mortals, able to wield powerful magic with ease and travel the multiverse at will.
Meanwhile, as the ancient Planeswalkers mourned their loss or tried to find a way to regain their former glory, new Planeswalkers appeared who could only hear and read stories of the abilities of the Planeswalkers of the previous era.
Bruce Bel Bahamut Belmont is a Planeswalker who belongs to the new era, having awakened his Planeswalker Spark a few years ago.
But his status as a new Planeswalker doesn't mean he should be underestimated—whether it's magic or science, Bruce is among the best of his Plane.
This is demonstrated by the fact that he managed to replicate a small part of the powers of the Ancient Planeswalkers, albeit on a small scale, very small, but it's a start.
However, for Mash, this little Planeswalker trick is something that makes her life more comfortable, and in certain situations it becomes a real advantage.
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Bruce, with magical energy coursing through his body, walks towards a wall with paint so dry it had long since fallen to the floor.
Bruce extends his arms, causing two spheres of magical energy to appear surrounded by a ring of runes.
In addition to drawing on the power of the world, the Planeswalker uses his own internal Energy, activating his Magic Circuits, causing neon purple circuit-like symbols to appear all over his body.
Bruce puts his hands together, your spheres join together and change shape, creating a sort of key-like construct, surrounded by several runic rings.
The construct comes into contact with the surface of the wall, the "key" begins to slowly sink into the wall, with every inch forward, a combination of circuit-like symbols and archaic runes appear on the surface of the wall, creating the outline of a door.
"In the past, those with my gift could create entire worlds. Nowadays, I can only do this, a small-scale imitation." Bruce mutters, drawing on the power of his Planeswalker Spark to perform his magic trick.
Using a little push from his unique power, the mosaic of symbols transformed into a simple white door with a black handle and a black plaque that read: My Room.
"Senpai, you shouldn't be so self-critical. You managed to create a dimensional chamber that can be summoned across the entire multiverse, no matter where or when, that's incredibly useful magic." Mash said, placing a hand on her Senpai's shoulder.
"I appreciate your attempt to make me feel better, but [My Room] is not what I wanted to achieve, not entirely. The problem is the small size, unfortunately my talent is in time magic, Adeline, on the other hand he is talented in space magic." Bruce said with a slightly dejected tone.
Bruce is a perfectionist with high standards for himself and his surroundings, especially in his work as a sorcerer.
Bruce's Origins are Evolution and Metamorphosis and his Elemental Magic Affinities are Shadow, Aether, Time, Matter, Fire, Water.
This combination of innate attributes allowed him to learn many magics and excel at half of them.
Unfortunately, in the other half of it he fails to rise above the level of a novice or, at best, an average practitioner.
This phenomenon is possible because Adeline, Bruce's twin sister, was born talented in everything her brother is not good at.
Adeline's Origins are Control and Alteration and her Elemental Affinities are Light, Nether, Space, Mind, Earth, Wind.
In short, Bruce desires to be a sorcerer capable of all aspects of magic, but he was born into a set of two where the talent was divided equally.
"Senpai, overthinking things isn't good for you, especially for a perfectionist like you." Mash said, placing her hand on the doorknob and opening the door to [My Room].
"Come in and relax as much as you can." Mash said as she grabbed her Senpai's hand and pulled him in.
"You know Mash I'd like to see your subservient side more often in our daily interactions." Bruce comments as he closes the door behind him.
XXX
My Room is a room, or rather an L-shaped studio flat, which occupies a space of 55 square metres.
The room can be perfectly divided into three zones occupying 15 square meters, consisting of a kitchen, a living room and a bedroom.
The entire floor has a smooth, shiny appearance made of an unknown material similar to obsidian, despite its appearance one cannot slip on it.
The walls and ceiling are painted an autumnal orange.
The door is located in the left corner of the room, as soon as you enter you find a wall coat rack, a shoe rack and an umbrella stand.
The coat rack is half filled with hoodies and clothes that belong to Mash, the other half is filled with long coats, leather ones, and cloaks that belong to Bruce.
The shoe rack is full of shoe racks that belong entirely to Mash.
The umbrella stand contains a single umbrella, several walking sticks, some swords, and a couple of old hunting rifles.
Not far from the coat rack, on the wall there are some hooks that are used to hang Mash's shield.
Walking straight you arrive in the kitchen, a set of red kitchen furniture is placed on the left wall, consisting of a hob, a sink, an oven, a microwave and a refrigerator.
The refrigerator is covered with photographs and papers held in place by refrigerator magnets.
On the right wall of the kitchen, there is a large black chalkboard with a large wooden frame and colored chalk holder.
On the wall at the back of the kitchen hangs a painting of a landscape full of flowers and greenery.
Under the painting is a vintage jukebox from the 70s.
On the left in the corner, there is a door that opens laterally, which leads into a small bathroom with the bare necessities, that is, a sink, a shower, a washing machine and a toilet.
The living room consists of a red sofa, a rectangular white table with magazines, detective books and a chessboard on top.
Hanging on the wall above the sofa is a large rectangular painting showing a winter landscape with a Gothic castle and a star-filled night sky.
The bedroom is quite simple, a large white wooden wardrobe on the left wall, a double bed in the centre pushed against the far wall, a white wheelchair and a white metal desk glued against the right wall.
The white double bed has a red canopy, which can be used to provide more privacy to those who sleep in it.
On the desk is the three-sided monitor, a custom keyboard, a special server behind the monitors, a high-tech Cyberpunk-style video cassette recorder, surrounded by some unfinished video cassettes, and a couple of tools.
This computer server looks like something out of a science fiction movie, but instead of having an on or off button, it has an entry hole about the size and shape of the Daedalus Cube.
Under the desk on the left side there are three drawers, on the right side there is a special support system that serves to hold three personalized metal briefcases.
Above the desk is a three-tier corner shelving system.
The first level contains metal audio cassettes that look like they came out of a science fiction video game, all of them have a unique engraving on the edge composed of numbers and letters belonging to a runic alphabet.
The second level contains metal video cassettes, with colored segments, a cutout on the edge with buttons and a small screen in one corner.
The third and final level contains twenty-four science fiction-style metal containers, all of which have a more or less cylindrical shape, color, and design.
The only thing in common is the size of 15 centimeters and the fact that each object has a letter of the Greek alphabet engraved on it.
XXX
"Our little beloved home." Mash said, a smile on her face, as she hooked her shield onto the wall.
"Technically, it's a studio apartment and I wouldn't call it a beloved place. It's just the next best thing to camping or sleeping on the ground or under a bridge or in a cardboard box or a cave," Bruce said, recounting some of the less than pleasant places he and Mash have slept.
"It's not a castle or a skyscraper, but it's still a place full of memories and where we can be calm." Mash said, before throwing herself on the double bed, with her head resting against the pillow.
"As owners of castles, skyscrapers and mansions, they can say that without the emotional burden [My Room] is an adequate refuge within reach, nothing more, nothing less," Bruce says, as he sits in the chair, his back to Mash.
The Demi-Servant girl is aware that [My Room] is not comparable to the numerous properties her Senpai owns on Earth-2126 and other places he has had the time and interest to invest.
But for Mash [My Room] it has its own unique charm, being a rather intimate place, having just enough space for two people, just two people, a third would be too much.
The Planeswalker summons Daedalus' Cube and inserts it into the custom server's entry hole.
The three screens show a tidy desktop half filled with files codenamed or numbered according to Bruce's personal scheme.
On the left screen in the background is a photograph of Bruce's adoptive family consisting of: Eda, Lilith, Camila, Luz, V, Zul, King, Tails Miyu, Hunter, Illya, Chloe, Charlotte and Charles.
On the screen in the middle of the background is a photograph from the time of Chaldea with a barely adult Bruce in the foreground, dressed as the Last Master of Chaldea, surrounded by Mash, Da Vinci, Romani Archaman, Olga Marie Animusphere. In the rest of the image are Scáthach, Altera, Tamamo-no-Mae, Nero Claudis, Ishtar, Ereshkigal Astolfo, Karna and Cú Chulainn.
On the right screen in the background is an image of a 15-year-old Bruce in a school uniform in the company of seven witches: Lilith, Arin, Mira, Akio, Levi, Yui, Lieselotte.
'I've been away from home for a long time.' Bruce thinks, feeling a slight pang of guilt for being away from his family and his Cabal.
"Senpai, please tell me you don't want to spend the next few hours in front of the screen working on some complicated project?" Mash asks, not happy with this behavior.
'Home is still far away, I should focus on Mash.' Bruce thinks, closing the three screens and turning his chair to see his Kohai.
"I'll try to stay away from work today, so what do you want to do Mash?" Bruce asks, wanting to hear the Demi-Servant girl's opinions.
"We just ate, it's too early to sleep, could we lie down on the bed and watch a movie?" Mash asks, not having many ideas in her head at the moment.
After all, the whole day was full of unexpected events, Mash had no time to plan anything.
Bruce stands still for a moment and looks at Mash, analyzing carefully, using all his heightened senses and some extrasensory abilities.
The Demi-Servant girl begins playing with a lock of her pink/lilac hair.
'I think this is one of those moments where the woman isn't being entirely sincere.' Bruce thinks, as he gets up from his chair, using his detective skills to figure out what Mash wants.
Bruce rests his knees on the mattress and begins to crawl across the bed.
Instead of cuddling next to Mash, he continues walking until he is standing on top of his Kohai.
"Senpai, what are you doing?" Mash asks with a certain blush, rarely does she find herself in a situation where Bruce is on top of her. It's almost always the other way around.
The Planeswalker sits on Mash's lap and places his hands on his Kohai's stomach.
"I'm trying to figure out if you just want to sit next to me and watch a movie or if you want to have sex with me." Bruce said, getting straight to the point, having no issues with modesty, embarrassment or shame.
At the word sex Mash's face became even redder than before. Despite the fact that Mash is no longer a virgin girl, she continues to act as if she were one.
"Senpai, I just wanted to watch a movie." The Demi-Servant girl replies as her heart starts to race.
"If you want me to move and return to the program you set, tell me, I don't get angry, you know I don't have certain impulses and desires like you." Bruce said, with a calm voice, speaking sincerely on this subject.
Mash remains silent, not knowing what to answer, a part of her would have been content to cuddle with her Senpai and watch a funny movie, but another part feels very happy with her Senpai on top of her and wants more.
"If you don't answer, I'll flip a coin like I always do. If it comes up heads, I'll pretend I misread your signals and keep things -18. If it comes up tails, I'll try to satisfy your pent-up desires, but I'll stop at your first word." Bruce said, lifting his hands from Mash's stomach, summoning an antique-looking golden coin.
'I don't whether to curse or bless this strange habit of Senpai.' Mash thinks, as she watches in silence as Bruce tosses the coin into the air.
Mash isn't kidding, when Bruce finds himself in a situation where the two outcomes are completely indifferent to him, he simply flips a coin, letting either his luck or the universe decide for him.
One flip of that golden coin has ruined or rewarded the night of several Servants and some witches.
The gold coin landed on Mash's chest, showing that it was tails.
"I'm going to prepare a film from the digital library, can you tell me what you prefer today?" Bruce asks, showing neither displeasure nor pleasure from the outcome of the coin.
The Planeswalker prepares to get off Mash, but one last moment she reaches out, places her hands on her Senpai's hips, and stops him.
"Looks like I read your signals right. You know, Mash, if you want something from me, just say so whether it's cuddling, dating, or sex." Bruce says as he leans forward.
"I'm not good at doing ..." Mash tries to say something ...
KISS
But the lips of her Master silence her and she loses her train of thought.
"You've been a good hero, Mash, you deserve a reward." Bruce whispers directly into Mash's ear, before... biting her neck.
Mash lets out a moan of pleasure.
What happens next in My Room I leave to the readers' imagination.
Continues ...
XXX
Author's Note:
I hope I didn't overdo the intimacy of Bruce and Mash, I don't feel like writing something +18 and publishing it, I would die of shame or embarrassment. Anyway, I hope you like this chapter.
In the next episode: "Iron Man Is Born"