Master Houston

**Houst Maston** (born as Heath William Houston is a superhuman born in Waukesha, WI, and raised near Mukwonago, WI for his childhood. While growing up, Maston would discover many of his previously unknown powers, using them to manipulate others or change reality. When discovering that his close friend, Emily Langston, also coincidentally had powers, and meeting a third superhuman in Ivan Morales, the three of them formed the String Council, which led to alter and change the world to their power and liking. Also using his manipulation skills to gain a large social media following, Maston was very famous and was known for living a rich, luxurious lifestyle. Maston would serve as a member of the String Council from 2023 for nearly 100 years until retirement in 2115, vacationing across the solar system for his entire life with his immortal girlfriend, Alexi Verdon, laying low from the public eye.

## Master Houston

### Affiliation

Political Leaning: Material Socialism, Master Houston Thought, Progressivism, Realism

### Occupation

String Council Member (2023-2115)Head of String Council (2023-2069)

## Early Days

Maston grew up in a household of four in Mukwonago, WI. Maston grew up normally, with above-average intelligence, changing his name in late 2022 to what he is now known as, "Houst Maston".

At the age of 14, Maston first began to use his powers after accidentally discovering them by making objects float and being able to influence other peoples' minds. In private, he experimented with them, levitating objects to him when nobody is around, flying across his room, or using telekinesis to help him succeed in basketball pick-up games. Family members and friends did know about his powers, as he kept it a secret.

Eventually, Maston became non-hesitant with using his powers. He showcased his powers often, even uploading videos of him using them on YouTube, creating a large following due to his skills. Unlike many Lorites, Maston had no issues with his identity being revealed and did not bother to conceal it.

Maston lived a relatively normal school life, making friends. Upon discovering his bisexuality, and getting more into politics, Maston became a progressive socialist, developing further to the left over time, until identifying as a "materialist socialist" and later a "realist". Though Maston could have taken over the world by himself, he chose not to, instead keeping his early years laying low with his extreme powers, living relatively normally.

## Assembly of the String Council

At age 16, he first met his first girlfriend and eventual wife, Alexi Verdon. Maston did declare that he did not use manipulation skills on her, and that they naturally fell in love. With the discovery of one of his younger friends, Emily Langston, having powers similar to his, living on the same road a few houses down, they got together often in private to discuss. They found out about each others' powers through mind reading, and naturally became very close. Maston found out that Langston did have a poor relationship with her parents, but manipulated them into doing anything she wanted and doing all of her work for her. Eventually, they formed their own club, simply called the "Unnamed Club", where they would discuss on world events and change them. It was at this point in time that Maston introduced Langston to his far-left politics, citing before that she wasn't really political, and liberal-leaning at most.

Maston, for a while, also believed that he was the one that gave Langston her powers. It would soon be discovered that although Maston could give other people special powers, such as flight, immortality, etc., he could not give them powers equivalent to a superhuman, which could achieve near omnipotence or bend reality in such a way. It would later be discovered that Zafe chose Langston specifically because of her location, living a few houses down the street of Maston, and seeing her as a perfect fit for his council in the future.

On October 12, 2022, while Houst Maston and his mother drove down the streets of downtown Milwaukee after visiting a Bucks preseason game against the Nets, they saw a younger Indian boy on the streets, with a sign, begging for help. Maston demanded to pull the car over, seeing the boy on the street, seemingly abandoned by his family. The boy struggling on the side of the road was a 13-year-old Indian boy named Taki Morales, who traveled all the way from Michigan, through Chicago, and up to Milwaukee after being abandoned by his poor family and struggling to find food in Chicago, being chased after the police in that city for shoplifting goods, fleeing up north to Milwaukee. We took him home, and we offered him a spot to sleep in the living room for the time being, now being able to provide for him until his family can find him.

Several months later, Ivan Morales, Taki's older brother, returned to the family, reuniting with Ivan. After a discussion with Ivan, it turns out that he also had the exact same powers as Maston and Langston, but unlike them, kept it mostly a secret. Ivan would make piles of diamond, gold, and other valuable objects to sell appear out of thin air, helping his mother and himself succeed. They bought a new house with the money, a new car, and Ivan used his powers to find his brother and take him home.

Despite this, Maston, Langston, and Ivan Morales would all keep in touch. They would often teleport in person, having deep discussions about their god-like powers and what to do with them. In mid-2023, discussions were had about forming their own council between the three of them, building their own place and using it to control the entire world. A mansion was decided in the Michigan Upper Peninsula, where they could teleport to whenever necessary. The problem was, it was incredibly difficult to teleport somewhere that you haven't been to in person, so all three made a road trip and met up, planning where the mansion would be and where to put it. It was eventually built in seconds, and was a combination of a cool place with unlimited snacks, recreational activities, and games, with a large council room to meet up and decide on things about the world. Thus, the String Council was created.

## String Council Member (2023-2115)

With all three joining the newly created String Council, they began to discuss greatly on what direction to take the world and how to go about it. Maston, who was a materialist socialist, first started off by asking for "socialist revolutions worldwide", which Ivan Morales then almost immediately rejected. Morales was much more social democratic, and wanted welfare states and regulated capitalism, believing that it was the best option to go for worldwide. Langston, herself, remained neutral, mostly shying herself away as Maston and Morales argued over policy.

Not wanting to back down from his communist stance, Maston first drafted the "Operarius Plan". In the Operarius Plan, Maston wrote down the new future of the world, detailing workers revolutions occurring worldwide, turning into communist governments. These proletarian governments would then pass socialist laws benefitting both workers and those in poverty, and create world peace with a communist-aligned world movement. Eventually, these countries would merge as one, and make significant technological and scientific accomplishments, establishing a better life for everyone.

For weeks, Maston tried to convince Langston and Morales on holding a vote to put this plan into reality. However, Morales was extremely against it, knocking it down and bashing it, wanting more "democratic" markets and more peace under a free-market system. Maston reiterated that he was not necessarily against free markets, but wanted planned economies and a slow transition into more socialist economics, and eventual communism as described by Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin, a stateless, classless, moneyless society. While Morales did support those things, he thought building up capitalist markets was the best way to do so, causing huge debates and huge disconnect. Though Emily Langston was more convinced than Morales was, she decided not to vote in favor because she wanted Morales to agree to it as well.

Despite the Operarius Plan, as well as some major disagreements economically which caused arguments and debates, some of which were pretty heated, many changes did occur that all three could agree on. One of the things they agreed on were a series of Mandela Effects, which slightly altered things throughout the planet and made people go crazy about small things that randomly changed. Additionally, both did agree on the spread of more progressive ideals, the funding of United States democrats, and a peaceful end to the Russia-Ukraine War, with Russia gaining some more territory. The three also unanimously agreed to other policies, such as reform of sex education, access to abortions worldwide, and other policies which both agreed that would be applied at a later date.

Later that year, Maston was transported to a random place, being the first to have a discussion with Zafe, the Supreme Leader of the Region and holding much more power than even Maston did. Zafe introduced himself, and declared that Maston could meet with him just by thinking about it. Zafe, in the discussion, declared that he gave Maston these powers at birth, along with the other two members of the council, in order to take charge of the universe. Zafe also informed Maston that he modeled him after himself, once living a normal life like he did and eventually ascending to take role of the Supreme Leader of the Region, which was an extremely large sector of the expansive universe, billions of light-years across. From then on, Maston had constant talks with Zafe, learning more about his past, the earth's past, and hidden aspects of Maston's powers that he didn't even know of. Zafe declared himself to be the head of the String Council, with the three of them holding equal power.

Zafe also warned Maston about him or Morales trying to overthrow each other or kill each other could lead to catastrophic destruction of earth, billions of death, and even the possible destruction of the universe. Since neither could kill or eliminate each other, such power to even come close to doing so would cause catastrophic destruction. Maston agreed to never do so, vowing to get along with Zafe at all costs.

With the failure of the Operarius Plan, Maston began drafting of his new plan, in order to improvise with Morales. Maston invented the "Velordo Plan", which was much more favorable to Morales. The plan started as a timeline, which dated hypothetical points in the future with descriptions, creating a more social democratic transition into full communism. It revolved around Marcus Pope, a man who would be created in the past and become a representative for Wisconsin, then gain mass popularity for his social democratic, anti-war, anti-imperialist policies, becoming elected as president against Ron Desantis. Over time, Marcus Pope will end the Cuban embargo and make peace with countries like China and North Korea, and eventually creating a world alliance (United Alliance) more powerful than the UN or NATO, which would eventually evolve into a world government that is ran by a world-elected president and have a similar structure to the US government. The Velordo Plan shocked Morales, as he believed he made a compromise too far into his direction, but he still wanted to negotiate some things, such as China or Russia having regime changes. Maston disagreed on both, promising that both governments will change over time and become more "democratic". Morales finally accepted, putting the plan into motion.

The next few decades saw the plan take action, with the election of Marcus Pope, establishment of the UA, and achievement of world peace. Many plans between these countries were established, with hunger and climate change both being huge issues. Poverty saw a huge decline, and the plan worked. Maston maintained a close relationship to Zafe, as the supreme leader even took him under his belt and saw him as an apprentice, or the next "Zafedon" (minus the betrayal). Zafe could tell if Maston were to betray him for more power, and as a result, Maston did not think much about it. Instead, Maston focused mainly on being a String Council member, dedicating his life to such.

As years passed, Maston and Morales still were distant and did not agree politically. Langston, meanwhile, reiterated her neutral stance, causing most votes in the council to be either (1-2) or (3-0). However, Maston began to talk with Langston in private, convincing her to side more with him, and made convincing cases towards his political ideology. As the decades passed, Langston became less neutral, and aligned with Maston much more politically than Morales did. As a result, as Maston began to make propositions that Morales disagreed with, Langston would instead vote in favor of Maston against Morales, siding more with far-left policies rather than social democratic ones. Morales grew helpless and frustrated, voicing his anger much more now that Langston sided with him less, and distanced even further from Maston politically.

After a while, Morales developed the same strategy, trying to convince Langston to vote with him instead of Maston, mostly in private. As a result, Langston became much more independent, and sided with Maston less, though she sided with Maston more often than Morales because of her beliefs. Maston and Morales weren't necessarily enemies, but seemingly far apart for the first years as the Velordo Plan took place.

In 2024, Maston and Morales did make an agreement, in which the String Council would take over both the music and movie industry. Nicknamed the "Maxovid Agreement", both sides agreed that Maston would take charge of the music industry, and be the main person in charge of the music charts and producing albums for all different records, while Morales, who had more of an interest in movies, would take over that industry. Maston would generate a lot of personal revenue from this acquirement, and make his own albums, as well as collaborations with other artists, with dozens of his songs in total reaching the #1 spot.

By 2025, Houst Maston was the richest person in the world, mainly making large money off of government funds, social media revenue, owning the entire music industry, and investing that money into other charities and funds.