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Kotomine_Rin:
Zeke

His blank eyes were bloodshot from the pain. The clenched teeth turned into a feral snarl, and then a horrifying smile. Without pause, he let go of Aruna's hand and gripped Aruna's horn like a vice. Wailing like a shattering planet, a true monster was moving his bloodied hand to split the demon in half-

He stopped. His hand was an inch away from the battered body. Had he not regained his senses in time, this would have gotten ugly.

Fool. You should have gone easier on this old man. You almost got me too excited.

Now, Zeke looked down on the demon he grabbed by the horn, the now broken creature utterly dominated and at his mercy... with recognition. He had not felt a pain such as this in eons, even Serana's punishment was nothing compared to this. Without even realizing it, without even needing, his body was sweating everywhere and breathing heavily.

But he didn't shake. He didn't falter. And he didn't let go of his prize. It would be an insult to the demon's conviction and honor. Even in his jaws, Aruna did not lose the will to fight. Only two mistakes were made... the first was to assume he'd be the same as last time. The second was to assume his greed only applied to pleasant things. If he'd just fall over some pain, then what right did he have to seek pleasure?

He accepted everything. So let it pour down, he'll take on curses and blessings both any time.

You fought well. His wings flapped, and he carried the demon to a faraway place.

Continued in Xibalba

Kotomine_Rin:
A-702 (Far outside CHEIRON'S headquarters)

Continued from Pine Garden

11:55 PM

The moon shone bright, the winds stroked the three softly. Under the curtain of the night, this story would end like it began.

"We'll have to get in stealthily." He brought them to a rooftop a mile or so away from their destination. That skyscraper where it all began. Naturally, the building was heavily guarded by sentries and armed men. Even for monsters like the three, it was best to avoid a bloodbath. Or rather...

Around the grounds, they were rounding up children, women, and the elderly. Squaring them off together, they were likely trying to use them as hostages. It was likely that they knew they were coming.

Feeling the wind blow across his hair and strings, A-702 smiled. "If we blast through, there is a chance innocents could die. Not that a piece of shit killer like me would mind... but I'd rather not have them on my hands."

And with a sigh, he turned to the two gunslingers behind him, illuminated by the moonlight like actors on a stage.

"Security is tightest around the base of the buildings, as you can see. We'll have to get through the rooftop. Unfortunately, the building is laced with sensors that detect abrupt movements. If we go in any faster than a sprinting human, the alarms will go off. Luckily, I know where the terminals are." He paused and looked up with a mischievous expression. "We can deactivate the systems, or ignore them. Either way, we can't rush towards these grounds. We have to somehow sneak in with normal movements."

YOLF:
Justice

He breathed in and patted the neck of his abyssal beast, as all four of them looked out from the silver-cast rooftop. Justice's eyes didn't fail to see what Spidey pointed out, but whether he was ready to swallow this story, that was something else entirely.

"No." He said. The Rider turned harshly towards the most suspicious of their number, in all likelihood the cause of their merry chases. "We're not going anywhere until you spill everything else you've been keeping down. Or don't. I'll leave you here, and do this my way."

yinsukin:
Suerte

The skyscrapper.  The place where it all began.  The city was large, imposing, the skyscrapper a symbol of all its confusion and danger, at least to the simple cowgirl.  For a moment, she simply looked up, seeing if she could see the sky beyond it.  Keeping her hat on her head, she failed to see beyond the peak, even with her head tilted all the way back.  Maybe one day she would bend over backwards to do so, but not today.

"We can always make it big and obvious enough that we give them a chance to run.  At some point you just have to accept that people are just going to die no matter what you do," she said.  "I'm no hero either right Justice?"

Suerte turned around.  Thats when Justice made his deceleration.  With the cowboy standing in protest on one side of the roof and Spidey in another, Suerte's head darted left and right.  "Umm.... yeah!" she said walking over to Justice's side.  "We need to know more things!"

Truth be told, she always did her missions letting fate guide her, but it was probably better to do this Justice's way.  She couldn't keep relying on her luck for everything.  Leaning in she whispered to him.  "Wait i thought we made up!  He's just a little nuts, nothin wrong with that.  What else could he be hiding?"

Kotomine_Rin:
A-702

Spidey blinked at Justice's rebellion... and just stretched his arms behind his head. "That's too bad. I guess we can sit down and wait for the suckers to get shoved in a test tube or turned into mulch for the plants... about twenty minutes until the guards decide to get bored. I can wait that long."

Man, to think they'd go as far as to pull this shit again. If that bastard they took down was still kicking, he'd probably be rolling in his grave. A bunch of lowlives and orphans, just like them. So why were they chosen while the others died? Even he couldn't laugh at that.

But it was Suerte's whisper that started to drag a giggle out of him.

With that same tired grin, he just sat down lazily and yawned. But he really didn't seem bothered by this predicament at all. "It wasn't so different for me... the original one I guess. I wouldn't know. Well, I guess eventually they'll just get used to it."

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