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The odds 88 unbetaed (Patreon)

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2021-10-19 14:30:49
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2021-12

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And here is the chapter 88 of The odds were never in my favour, which will be available to all in November once it is properly corrected.

Enjoy!

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Benjamin Mages

A good chapter! I enjoyed the interactions, and I'm think the puzzle idea is very creative. I'm looking forward to the next task, which of course will be both ridiculous and reasonable on the surface. Just one thing at the end made me roll my eyes a bit. Alex: I'm a beginner in runes Also Alex: I rewrote a complicated runic ward on the Malfoy's home. Unless that didn't actually have to do with runes... what are her standards for being a beginner? Being worse at runes than freakin' Ra or something?

s22132
>>70087751

Alexandra does have very high standards for herself, that much is certain. ;) Plus, she would probably argue that it was a British ward scheme she re-wrote, and in this story, Britain is most definitely not at the top when it comes to that.

s22132

The plot continues to thicken, and it seems that the majority of the Light aren't willing to change their ways. Which honestly doesn't really surprise me; they've been winning, as far as they can see it, for centuries now. Why adjust their strategies now, when they've always worked in the past? Unfortunately for them, they don't realize that things are different this time around... I feel that Alexandra is going to build, or is already in the process of building, her own third faction, apart from the Armies of Light and the Exchequer. She'll never bend the knee to Ra, and the Exchequer is too far in the dark for her. Thanks for the update.

Anonymous

Just questioning - given her second focus, has she been taking sword-fighting lessons? A duel of blades rather than magic would be great fun. For us, naturally.

Harkin

I've been pretty sure for awhile that one of the primary goals of this conspiracy is to turn fate away from the light. Now I think a 3 power triumvirate of neutrality would be far more stable. Maybe fate/death/innocence?

IAmTheGuardsman

Very good chapter as usual, there are some problems but one very good thing. The problems are more with the story as a whole but the majority of the Light seems to be holding the Idiot Ball the whole time. They are yet to perform a single competent or shrewd action in the story (I am talking about the light as a faction) but they are presented as so incompetent that it boggles the mind (some of the conservatives should have ideas beyond “kill’em”) and having them perform something genuinely clever would be refreshing. The good however is the exchange between Lucrezia and Alexandra and Susan. For one it provides a genuinely evil action that we see them perform, something that hasn’t happened since chapter 20. But the biggest reason why this is so good is that it shows us how the Exchequer justify their actions to their grunts. “It’s for the greater good”. By killing these people they are actually preserving the nation of Egypt in the long run. However the reason why I love this scene is because it’s entirely false! The world is about to (at this time) go through the Green Revolution, culminating in today where land used for agriculture has shrunk but we can feed 4x our current population and I would guess that the upper echelons of the Exchequer knows this and the release of Styx Vipers is a tool to both break the statutes and conquer Egypt easier (which I think they plan on using as a base of operations when the come out of the dark) But I think that the average grunts/low ranking members don’t know how Muggle tech will advance so they just believe that the Exchequer is good because they make the hard but right decisions, doing what is necessary “For the greater good”. If this is right then you sir are a genius and if it isn’t I heavily recommend you lean into something like this because for me this was one of the best scenes in the story.

Antony444
>>70089826

Indeed. It worked for them for as long as they remember. Politicians and many very real-life figures have a lack of adaptation for far less positive results and for a tenth of that duration. Thanks for the support!

Antony444
>>70090793

Alexandra has trained with Flitwick, gained experience with sword fighting the hard way, but formal lessons were not a priority. On a formal duel during the Olympics, she would be eliminated rather quickly. In a fight for your life, the best fencers are screwed...

Antony444
>>70094906

It would...but it's definitely not in the Exchequer's best interest. Which is why they have tried their best to make sure the Champions didn't arrive to the Tournament with such a plan in mind.

Bel

Another great chapter, and thanks ever so much for sharing it with us! We got to see the Chaos Champion's little council of war, all of whom are pretty formidable. Pity the Army of Light didn't learn a lesson but they just as confident as they ever were. Though we didn't see Dumbledore there or did I miss him? The Death Eater champions are facing their mortality at the moment and trying to foist the blame on Dumbledore, but it's been pointed out that everybody (save Alex) volunteered for this, its a bit late to be whining now...but it's still a harsh lesson that not many would learn. The justification for killing off all those Egyptians seems a bit hollow, but then I'm reminded that the muggle infrastructure to support 7.8 billion people might be having a lot of trouble soon if the Exchequer's plan actually works and they tear down the Stature of Secrecy, which in this story isn't so much hiding away but a massive spell that divided the world almost in two. I'm sure other than giving the 'white elephant' there is a reason for the gift to Alexandra. I am also looking forward to seeing the reaction to 'normal' schoolwork, and if anybody else will actually sign up for classes or just coast for a year. (Looking at you Neville, Ron and Leo).

Anonymous

I really enjoyed the new chapter. It does seem that the 'Light' is holding the idiot ball a bit too much. If they were truly that incompetent, they would have lost to the dark a long time ago or am I missing something. I am happy to see that there are some Light Champions who are not total idiots and Henri is growing on me. Hope to see better and greater things from him (assuming he doesn't die).

Bel
>>70131912

Part of the issue is, as Morrigan mentioned in the last chapter, Fate was on Light's side. No matter how stacked the odds were against them, reality would bend over backwards to make sure they would win. Even if they were idiots, or hadn't prepared, or didn't have a weapon to fight the Dark...they would be able to do the impossible to win.

Anonymous

Is Fantasy Chaos or Scifi Chaos next on the docket?

Nicholas

Thanks for the chapter. Lots of interesting stuff. Alexandra appears to continue to be able to predict the nature of the next task from tiny clues. I do hope you make her wrong at least once just for the surprise value. As another poster noted the Exchequer's justification for slaughtering all those Egyptians is really thin. Of course they admitted there were other reasons. I imagine lots of people will be unhappy when they find out what those reasons are. One thing I didn't like in the chapter is the way the revelation of the Styx Viper was presented. The Light didn't know about it when they met. They did know about it during the conversation with Alexandra. Yet while Alexandra going to Egypt was talked about, the obvious solution to the Styx Viper, get the ICW involved, never came up. After all keeping magical creatures from destroying the Statue of Secrecy is part of its job. Either you are deliberately hiding something here or the presentation of the issue could do with restructuring, maybe make the final conversation a bit longer to either make it clear that Alexandra had just told the Light about the snakes or for the Light Champions to be explaining what Ra is doing about them. Thanks for all your hard work. I drifted into doing the beta's job in this reply. If you don't want me doing that say so and I'll stop. Nicholas

Anonymous

Well, if there was any doubt that the Exchequer was evil, this definitely resolved that. No way to spin a mass culling of the muggle population. Affably evil, maybe even sympathetically evil at times, but in the end evil.

Antony444
>>70155060

No that's okay, it gives plenty of nasty ideas for the enxt chapters...

Antony444
>>70186330

Affably evil and polite evil, with maybe a touch of justified evil (their opponents are 'Light', not 'Good'). But yes, the Dark under Osiris is not the kind which refuses to murder to accomplish their goals.