FINAL TRIAL

[strangerpeople]

FINAL TRIAL

[The doors at the other end of the city do not open for the Titled. However, whatever is going on in there still brings forth bright lights from within, and ultimately, it is to the steps of the entrance that everyone is drawn to. It's not the most formal setting for figuring out the truth of the matter before them.

Eric's brought the snacks, at least.

The Dragonborn sits at the top of the stairs, looking down as everyone congregates.]

...Having this key...I am certain I can open the door with little difficulty. But before I do we must make certain we know and understand exactly what we will be facing. What we are facing. These people...they are doing something and we must ensure we can somehow stop it.


[The end is near. The objectives of this quest are simple:

Who is the Mastermind? What is going on in this world? And...of course...why did the Mastermind want to kill 15 strangers?

Good luck, Titled.]

Comments

[carries_war]

Even Mizrahi wasn't this bad...he might've opened Pandora's Box, but these people...they've flung open the gates of Hell itself, knowing full well the destruction it'll wreak. They really are as bad as my damn father.

[thiscomicsucks]

This is worse than Hell. I'd rather be in Hell. At least Bennett would show us anime!

[carnageandclass]

I will assume that this anime is bad then.

[lightnen]

Huh? What IS anime, though?

[ Yup. He just went there and asked it. ]

[carries_war]

It's the Japanese word for 'animation'. Basically, cartoons from a specific part of Lost Jerusalem.

[lightnen]

Weird. Never really heard of that before... but...

[ Wait. WAIT. Something clicked in Killua's head and he made a bit of a face. ]

Do they have figures from these animes? Usually girls with curvy figures and really... big-chested or wearing cute, frilly outfits?

[ T h a n k s Milluki. His brother is kind of what they'd call an 'otaku' after all. ]

[carries_war]

I've heard of stuff like that, yeah. Not the part of the planet most of my antiques are from, but you see all kinds of things at auctions.

[lightnen]

...Ugh. My brother likes anime and he has a lot of these figures from it, including some almost life-sized ones and others that filled like... whole bookshelves.

[ Some of them were kinda cool but most of them... no. ]

[thiscomicsucks]

...Yeap, those sound like the kind of anime Bennett would show, jiggle physics and all.

[lightnen]

How can anyone actually sit and enjoy those things? I don't even think I want to know what that physics thing is, either.

[ His age is really showing itself here. Yup. ]

[thiscomicsucks]

I'm not even going to explain it, just know that you are lucky for the moment to not know the answers to those things.

[lightnen]

Alright. It's one of those 'when you're older' kind of things, I get it.

[ See? He's actually pretty chill about not knowing about all that mess. Especially when he's got much better priorities. ]

[carries_war]

Well, I can't exactly judge on spending a ton of money and space on a collection. It takes forever to clean all my guns...

[lightnen]

At least a gun collection is more practical than my brother's weird collection of figures.

[ Something else that the two of them could agree on, surprisingly. ]

[carries_war]

Yeah, I use a lot of 'em in actual combat. I'm kinda pissed they took mine, actually. The ones I was using were antique, stainless steel Makarovs Gaignun and Mary got for me at an auction. They're not quite as good as the Blood 9s, what is, but they're solid weapons and it's not every day Gaignun gets me something like that unless he's trying to bribe me into doing something he knows I'll consider a pain in the ass.

[He sounds...very enthusiastic.]

[lightnen]

[ That gets him to grin and he chuckled a bit, nodding a bit in understanding. ]

They sound like pretty nice weapons. Wish I could have seen them.

[carries_war]

When we get outta here, I'll show you. Man, the things I could do with those babies, it puts my knife work to shame. I've only met one human who could survive a focused Storm Waltz, and that's because he was damn fast with that sword of his.

[lightnen]

Whoah. I can't wait to see something like that in person!

[ He's seriously excited about the prospect. Then he can't help but adding something on afterward. ]

Oh!! In return, maybe I could show you some of the assassin techniques I've learned while growing up?

[ Killua never intends to actually take up assassinating people again but it wouldn't hurt to show him some of the tricks he's learnt. ]

[carnageandclass]

[Hi, apparently animu woman here.]

[lightnen]

You kinda remind me of some of my brother's figures, you know. Except for being real and with better clothes.

[ So in other words it's a compliment, okay? ]

[carnageandclass]

[Smart boy.]

You're rather kind.

[lightnen]

...Uh...Thanks? [ A small smile here. He's never thought of himself as someone who got compliments on something like that so this's new. ] I'm just saying it how it is. You know what you're doing in battle and I've never really seen armor like yours, either.

It's actually kinda cool looking.

[carries_war]

[Eyebrow.]

Are you telling me you've literally been to Hell and back?

[thiscomicsucks]

No, Bennett's just Satan. Apparently. We haven't totally confirmed it.

He did try to have me make sell my future potential marriage to him one time, though. Which according to One More Day is something the real Satan would do I guess.

[carries_war]

Wait, wasn't that retconned, though? Or am I thinking of the movies pretending that whole thing never existed...