The Final Round (Patreon)

Last week, you had four choices. Now, there are only two! Nine to Five Villainy took an early lead and maintained it, taking first place with 35% of the vote. Meanwhile, The Villainess’ Second Chance came from behind and took second place with 28% of the vote.

Now, to make things interesting, I'm going to add an Extra detail about the setting this time.

1) Nine to Five Villainy

Summary: Who ever said guys and girls can’t be friends? Tim Lewis and Amy Collins. Two normal teens that will do the impossible and form a perfectly platonic bond with zero sexual tension.

Follow them through highschool, various relationships, their first part-time job, and, of course, rising supervillainy.

Comments: Superhero stuff. Well, supervillain stuff in this case.

Honestly, I just want to write a story about a guy and a girl being just friends while also being part-time supervillains. That’s kind of it. Unlike the idea below, the two protagonists here are meant to be more sympathetic, hence the Nine-to-Five bit in the title.

Probable Length: Unknown. This is meant to have a more episodic format than the other ideas proposed here. There is an overarching plot, but overall, it’s going to have short arcs (kind of like a comic book) with room for focus on the protagonists’ personal (and later professional) lives.

Extra! 

Regum.

Commonly known as a pharmaceutical company, it would be more proper to call it a biotech company, one of the largest in the world. Indeed, the company has managed to thrive in today’s ever-changing environment. Even with more Exceed coming out of the woodwork every day, Regum has been at the forefront of many new and innovative treatments.

Standing at 1934 feet tall, Regum’s headquarters, affectionately called The Blade by the inhabitants of Port Lee due to its shape, is easily the tallest building in the city as well as one of the tallest buildings in the United States and the world.

Arthur Cadogan, five-year consecutive winner of Vel’s Hottest Billionaires List and head of Regum, has an office at the very top of the building. There, he keeps a fish tank with exactly two fish.

They are named Lancelot and Mordred.

Regum is ready to receive its newest interns.

2) The Villainess’ Second Chance

Summary: In one reality, the evil archmage Grimhilde is defeated by a brave group of heroes, her plans for domination undone at the very last moment. In another, Hilda, lady-in-waiting of Princess Alina, wakes up with a gasp.

Armed with knowledge of the future, Hilda has the chance to rewrite history. However, it is not redemption she seeks. She knows the faces of her enemies now, and she’ll not allow them to get in her way a second time.

This time, no one will stop her rise.

Comments: Medieval Fantasy. This idea was born after reading a bunch of otome villainess stories. I kept feeling disappointed that the advertised villainess was never actually a villainess, so I wanted to try doing a story where the villainess was, well, evil.

I’m not kidding about that. This is a story with a villain protagonist. Keep that in mind when voting.

Probable Length: Potentially the shortest of the four ideas here. That is not me saying this is a short story, by the way. Just shorter than the other alternatives here.

Extra!  

In one reality, Princess Alina is busy preparing for the Festival of St. Clementine. Soon, she and the royal procession will set forth towards the city of Tallin. Mere days before this, she happens to run into a young squire during a moonlit evening.

This singular encounter will change her life.

Together with the young squire, they will uncover a conspiracy that threatens her father’s kingdom. They will make allies, overcome many obstacles, and eventually fall in love.

Yes, that is what should have happened.