[IC Board] All the World's a Game - Season II

[wonderweiss]

Prometheus Labs

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Volgin stopped.

"... Join you, you say?"

He turned around.

"... What the hell. Why not?"

He smirked and began walking to Daniel.

"Alright then. I'll join you guys."




SDM

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Jack was walking the halls of the SDM.

"... Damn them... Damn them all... It's all... That's it. It was all her fault. Her fault that I'm looked at as the villain."

He collapsed on a wall. He held the spot he was stabbed.

"... Damn it... I can't continue like this. I need to take a break..."

He decided to take a breather.

"... There's two more... Two more residents... That could find me... That's ridiculous. One is a gate guard and the other lives in the basement... Hopefully they don't..."

He began resting for a bit.

[S121]

Institute of War - Valoran

John was shocked by what he saw. From what John could gather, they were not going to be used as Champions by skilled tacticians, powerful mages, or intelligent leaders. Instead, they were being controlled by people from the real world that probably had no idea what it was like to be in a fight, much less lead in one. In that very instant, John couldn't help but feel a cold chill run down his spine, a feeling he had never truly experienced until now. Just then, Utsuho asked him a question, and when she was done, John responded. If he expressed his distress to Utsuho, it might demoralize her and make her think that they were not going to win, but he still felt like he should answer honestly.

"Oh.. boy...", John said to Utsuho.

"I was really thinking that we would be controlled by people that were a little more... battle-hardened.", John said to Utsuho.





Chris and Claire's Sleeping Quarters - Prometheus Labs - London | Dawn

Just as Six was about to doze off, he heard a somewhat rapid knocking on the door. As Six snapped back to full consciousness, he quickly figured that the person at the door must have been Chris, most likely wanting to rush inside and hand Claire and him their gifts.

(Hm. Better let him in.), Six thought to himself as he stood up out of the chair and walked towards the door.

As Six walked towards the door, he quickly came to the realization that if the person at the door was truly Chris, then he would have not bothered knocking. After all, this was his sleeping quarters. That could only mean that the person at the door was not Chris, but another guest. Of course, Six didn't really mind. It was probably one of the other SPARTANs wanting to give Chris a Christmas gift.

With that in mind, Six opened the door and spoke.

"Hello. Are you looking for Chris?", Six asked, only to find that instead of a SPARTAN, there was a strange looking man in front of him.





Infirmary - Prometheus Labs - London | Dawn

"Very well. Just know that we can stop and let you take a break. Some of it is hard to watch.", the SPARTAN doctor calmly said to Birkin as he turned on the television with the remote on the table beside Birkin's bed.

After turning it on, the SPARTAN wirelessly interfaced with the television, allowing his suit to stream the security footage to the television. Just then, the security footage from Sector 1 began to play.

Spoiler:

"Come on! We've got to stop them from getting inside!", a nearby guard yelled as he put his SPI MK III helmet on.

Far in the back of the lobby, there was an improvised barricade made from tables. Behind it were at least 20 security guards, ready to face the intruders.

They all silently waited, ready for the intruders to show themselves.

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Wesker had successfully managed to use the mayhem around him to get to the entrance of the lab with his Tyrants. He looked at the door and smiled. He then snapped his fingers, and at that exact moment the four Tyrants smashed through the wall and into the main lobby. He then ordered his Tyrants to charge forward, knowing full well that the guards weapons will not be enough to stop four tyrants.

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The sounds of the ballistic glass shattering could be heard as the Tyrants charged straight through.

"FIRE!"

A storm of bullets rained down on the Tyrants, shredding bits of their clothing as they hit, but failing to fully pierce their deeper tissues.

Screams and gunfire echoed out of the lobby and into Wesker's ears as he could hear the slaughter his Tyrants were partaking in.

After a couple of moments, everything grew silent in the lobby. There were no survivors.

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Wesker walked into the middle of the room and placed his hand next to his ear as he heard everything go silent. Wesker then chuckles slightly as his Tyrants step back to their original position around Wesker. They then proceed to go through the rest of the sector.

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As Wesker and his Tyrants walked down the Sector 2 access stairwell, a group of riot shield carrying guards created a wall, determined to stop Wesker's progress. Behind them were twelve men with MA5C Assault Rifles.

"There he is! FIRE!", The leader yelled as the hail of 7.62x51mm Full Metal Jacket, Armor-Piercing rounds darted towards their targets.

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Wesker and his Tyrants had proceeded through the lab. They eventually came across more guards that had opened fire on him and the Tyrants. Due to the heavy gunfire the Tyrants had slowly been held back. One of them was taking extensive damage and fell back with a loud grunt. It's damage was quite severe already. It's coat was beginning to rip apart as it started to grow much larger. It's body mutating into something far more dangerous. As it's mutation had finished it became a dangerous super tyrant.

The new super tyrant stood up and let out a loud roar as it literally tossed the other tyrants to the side. The Super Tyrant charged at the guards, using it's new sharp talons to rip through the guards. Thanks to it's new tougher skin and increased strength it easily began ripping through the guards. While the guards were distracted Wesker and the other Tyrants proceeded to go deeper into the lab.

As soon as the video recording for Sector 1 ended, the video recording for Sector 2 started.

Spoiler:

"Okay. You, go over to that position. It will serve as a good sniper spot. You, go hide over there, to ambush them as they come in the doorway. You, be ready to box them in once they advance further into the room. Where's that turret!", the Spartan-III squad leader shouted.

"Over here.", one of his subordinates replied as he carried an AIE-486H Heavy Machine Gun.

"How much ammo did you grab?"

"Enough to put down a whole battalion, Sir."

"Good. Everyone, get into position!", the Spartan-III squad leader shouted to his men.

All the Spartan-IIIs and security guards hid behind cover in the large room and readied their weapons for the advancing enemy.

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As Wesker and his last 3 Tyrants entered the 2nd Sector he looked at the many turrets that were being aimed at him. Before he could order his Tyrants to go forward the Super Tyrant from before comes charging back into the room.

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"Fire! Don't let that thing through!", the Spartan-III squad leader shouted as he opened fire on the hulking creature.

The very moment the order was given, a torrent of Full Metal Jacket and Armor Piercing bullets showered the Super Tyrant.

The sniper up above led his target and fired, sending a 14.5x114mm Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding-Sabot round straight for the Super Tyrant's head.

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As the Super Tyrant was bombarded by bullets which only slowed it down, however as the Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding-Sabot Round hit the Super Tyrant dead center in the head the Tyrant stumbled forward and fell to one knee. It looked up as it let out one loud roar as it started beating it's chest as the Tyrant went limp. Wesker took this chance and charged toward the downed Super Tyrant. Wesker then grabbed the Super Tyrant from behind and lifted it up, using it as a shield. The other Tyrants following close behind, however still being pelted by bullets.

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As Wesker and his Tyrants hid behind the dead Super Tyrant and made their way closer to the center of the room, a Spartan-III jumped out from his hiding spot and jumped at one of the Tyrants, ready to stab it in the head with his High-Carbon Steel Combat Knife.

The Sniper up above fired a second time, this time sending the deadly bullet towards one of Wesker's Tyrants.

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As the Spartan-III jumped towards the Tyrant the Tyrant countered with a heavy backhand to the Spartan-III, in an attempt to send the Spartan flying back.

Wesker was getting quite annoyed with that Sniper so he decided to toss the Super Tyrant away. As he does Wesker's eyes can be seen glowing a bright demonic orange as Wesker took off towards one of the walls. Due to his superhuman speed it appears as though he's teleporting. He then quickly runs up the wall and right in front of the Sniper. Wesker then prepares to grab the sniper by the neck.

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The knife wielding Spartan-III was promptly knocked backwards as he tried to stab the Tyrant. Using his enhanced reflexes, the flying Spartan pulled out his M6G Magnum and fired three 12.7mm × 40mm M225 Semi-Armor-Piercing High-Explosive rounds before smashing into the wall behind him. He was alive, but dazed.


Seeing Wesker about to grab him by the neck, the security guard quickly lifted up his rifle and fired at point-blank range, right towards the middle of Wesker's chest.

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Wesker just grinned as he quickly dodged to the side as the Sniper fired his rifle, thanks to the virus in his bloodstream Wesker's speed, and reflexes is far higher than any human. This allowed Wesker to successfully avoid the rifle shot. As Wesker saw an opening he quickly performed a quick and powerful right hook to the Sniper's face.

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A look of pure shock and horror formed on the sniper's face, right before getting hit with enough force to fracture his skull, break his neck, and send him flying across the room.
"Sh*t! Fire the HMG at him!", the Spartan-III squad leader ordered as he pointed to Wesker.

The AIE-486H Heavy Machine Gun operator turned the weapon towards Wesker and began to fire at him, sending armor piercing rounds after him.


The dazed Spartan-III snapped out of his condition and continued to fire 12.7mm × 40mm M225 Semi-Armor-Piercing High-Explosive rounds at the Tyrant until he had to reload.
Meanwhile, the other Tyrants were being distracted and shot at by the other guards and Spartan-IIIs in the room.

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Wesker quickly turned to the Spartan-III squad leader as he took out the sniper. His eyes still glowing brightly. As the Tyrants have suffered sufficient damage they too began to mutate into Super Tyrants.

Wesker quickly dashes towards the Turret Operator, thanks to his speed he was able to avoid the bullets.

These guys are not fighting any ordinary man... they're fighting a cold, heartless monster.

As Wesker reaches the Turret Operator he quickly performs a heavy overhead kick to the turret, smashing it into the ground. As the Super Tyrants in the room was fighting off the other men Wesker quickly grabs the Turret Operator by the throat. Preparing to kill the man.

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The turret operator gurgled as Wesker's fingers wrapped around his throat.
Seeing the imminent danger he was in, the operator pulled out an M6G Magnum and fired 12.7mm × 40mm M225 Semi-Armor-Piercing High-Explosive rounds into the arm choking him.

Meanwhile, the bulk of the Sector's defenses were busy trying to stop the rampaging Super Tyrants.
"Grenades!", the squad leader shouted as he pulled out an M41 Surface-to-Surface Rocket Launcher.
Various Spartans and security guards then began to pelt the Super Tyrants with active frag grenades, hoping to blow them to pieces.

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As Wesker was about to snap the operators neck the operator took out a magnum and shot Wesker in the arm. This caused Wesker to drop the man, but his arm was mostly unharmed. Yes there was a hole in his sleeve where the bullet had hit. The small explosion from the round had also knocked Wesker back, however he was still mostly unharmed due to his rock hard skin, muscles, and organs. His sunglasses however where shattered revealing two glowing red eyes.



Wesker turned to the operator and walks up to him. "Do you even know who you are messing with fool?" Said Wesker as he thrusts his arm forward into the man's chest.



Meanwhile the Super Tyrants where getting blown to bits from the grenades, each one dying.

Wesker had foreseen this happening. Four tyrants were not enough to take out all the men in this base. That is why he had ordered a few more to be dropped by air once he made it into the Laboratory. Currently there are 4 more Tyrant-103's, 2 Nemesis T-Types, and a small army of Lickers all being delivered by air are on their way at this very moment.

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The operator let out a scream of pain as Wesker's hand impaled him.
Close to dying, the operator performed one final act of defiance.

"F-f*ck.. you!", the operator venomously said as he spat blood into Wesker's face. Using his final moments, the Spartan-III clenched his fingers around Wesker's wrist and primed a frag grenade, determined to blow them both up.

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Wesker as slightly annoyed about the Operator spitting blood onto his face. As Wesker turns to the grenade he quickly performs a kick to the Operator's stomach, followed by him smashing the operator into the ground before the grenade detonated.

Meanwhile just above Sector 2 the choppers carrying the B.O.W.s have arrived. The four Tyrants and 2 Nemesis T-Types jump down, and crash through the ceiling. The Nemesis T-Types where both armed with a Gatling Gun each. As they landed they quickly began to open fire on all of the men in the room. While the four new Tyrant-103's began attacking some of the men. Meanwhile the small army of 40 Lickers also dropped down. Wesker's backup has arrived.

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The guards and Spartan-IIIs tried to kill as many creatures as they could, but they all died in the frenzied assault of the Lickers.
Wesker had won this fight with little casualties; 7 Lickers.

The room was littered with bullet casings, shrapnel, blood, and bodies.

All of a sudden, the squad leader jumped out from behind cover and prepared for a final assault.

"AAAAAHHHHRRRGH!!!", The Spartan-III yelled as he charged at Wesker with his Rocket Launcher.

The squad leader fired both rockets at Wesker in a desperate attempt to kill him before dying from the horde.

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Wesker was mostly unharmed from the grenades explosion, any injuries he did receive were already starting to heal. He turned around to see a Spartan-III firing rockets at him. Wesker using his enhanced reflexes grabbed one of the rockets with both hands, being unable to dash out of the way due to the close proximity, however the second rocket hit him nearly dead on causing both rockets to detonate. However this momentarily stunned Wesker as he can be seen still alive after all the smoke cleared. His black coat was completely burned. Wesker stood up and took off his coat, he then proceeded to pull out his Beretta custom Samurai Edge handgun out. As his wounds were starting to heal he turned to the Spartan and grinned before pulling the trigger of his handgun.

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The Spartan-III squad leader tried to dodge the bullet, but still hit its mark.
The only thing the Spartan did was keep the bullet from going through his heart.

He crashed to the ground as he clutched his chest, trying to fight the pain of having a collapsed lung.
Despite his injury, the Spartan-III slowly got on his hands and knees. He then pulled out his Combat Knife and stumble-charged towards Wesker.

The Spartan-III knew that the situation was hopeless, but he was determined to protect the lab to his last breath.

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Wesker watched on as the soldier stumbled towards him. As the man approached Wesker he simply grabbed the man by his arm.
"Pathetic... Allow me to show some mercy by ending your pain right here." Said Wesker as he snaps the man's arm right at the shoulder. He then tosses the man onto the ground and smiles. He takes his gun and aims it at the soldiers skull. He the pulls the trigger, killing the brave soldier.

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The room was now silent, save for the hissing of the Lickers.

The way to the third Sector was clear, but the sign above the entrance warned that the next battle would not be easy.


SECTOR 3 - VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGIES

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Wesker had looked on as everyone in Sector 2 was killed. His overcoat was burned off, and his sunglasses was shattered. However this did not bother Wesker much. He simply ordered the four new Tyrant-103's, and Nemesis T-Type's to follow him. The Lickers though stayed behind as they fed on the bodies of the fallen soldiers.

They proceeded to head to the next Sector.

After the video recording ended, the SPARTAN doctor looked over to Birkin and spoke.

"Give me a moment to prepare the rest of the video. Let's just take a small break for now.", the SPARTAN doctor said in a calm, yet emotionelss tone, not taking his eyes off the television screen.

Even though the SPARTAN didn't openly show it, it was evident that the video footage bothered him, watching people he knew die horrible deaths.





Central Hub - Prometheus Labs - London | Dawn

"Okay, welcome to The Labs. Before we do anything, we should get you to the infirmary, make sure they didn't put any other devices inside you, and get rid of the one still in you.", Daniel said to Volgin in a slightly friendlier tone as he held his hand out to shake Volgin's.





Mess Hall - Prometheus Labs - London | Dawn

"There should be a chance that she's here. All we have to do is check the database. If she's been registered in any Character database on the planet, then she will be on ours. While we're at it, we can also look for the rest of your friends and reunite all of you. How does that sound?", Lily asked Raven.

"Hopefully, we can bring those two back together.", Lily added.

[WriggleRid3r]

Scarlet Devil Mansion - Gensokyo

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"Well... you can find solace in that Kirby is going to be living here in the safety of the Scarlet Devil Mansion." Meiling giggled. "Perhaps you would like to seek refuge here as well?"

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Institute of War - Valoran

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"You sure about that? Because I think differently." Utsuho chuckled as she pointed at the screen.

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Utsuho was true. The crowd was going nuts over TSM, like an army legion praising the victorious generals of war. Even the shoutcasters had to stop and let the crowd die out.

*Start from 0:33

"Typical TSM match. Soraka banned out immediately, TSM do NOT want Hai to be grabbing her."

"Starcalls falling from the sky, Soraka continuously spitting out the DPS and heals left and right, Hai found comfort in that champiom but now she's banned. Evelynn also banned out, against OddOne."

"OddOne has found huge success with the Evelynn jungle, with her global presence with her stealth and her AoE ultimate in teamfights."

"TSM taking their time deciding on what champion to ban, I wouldn't be surprised if they choose to ban out Morgana- and there it is, the Morgana ban."

"Her Black Shield and the immunity to CC with it gives great survivability to the AD carry and herself, as well as her 3 second snare to initiate teamfights. It's a smart ban."

"Let's see what other bans are being thrown out there: a Ziggs ban from C9."

"Ziggs. He is a strong pick, standard champion for Bjergsen, you do not want him to pick him up and start throwing bombs. Or LeBlanc, but she is disabled for this match anyway so."

"So indeed. TSM's final ban... They're thinking it through and a Pantheon ban."

"Not the smartest ban in my opinion, since there are better jungler bans out there, like Kha'zix, Elise, Wukong, Vi- and C9 bans out Vi like that."

"Now we're going to the picking phase, see what the teams have in store, whether they will favor the old strategy or pick up the temporary Champions. Riot did say they were high-risk high-reward Champions."

[Koishi]

Institute of War

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"Wait, controlled?! you said notihng about being controlled! You lying son of a bitch, you tricked me! This isn't a fight, i'm just some stupid puppet!" Mima pointed her staff at John, as it was seemingly charging up energy.

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Fiendish City

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"I wouldn't talk in that tone. You fall, you fall into the core. Poof. Even with your youkai regeneration abilities, I don't think you can regenerate from that." HP replied.

[Zekai]

Wriggle's House - Gensokyo

Haseo heard Wriggle asking for an apple. Haseo got up and walked to the nearby bowl. "Here." He said as he tosses an apple to her. "Mind if I ask something? Can you explain what is going on? I mean like how can my PC body be in the real world and what's going on since everything has happened?" Haseo asks to get a better grasp of the situation.

[WriggleRid3r]

Wriggle's House - Gensokyo

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"I personally don't know either." Wriggle confessed as she took a bite, threw herself on a futon, and turned on her laptop. "Tomorrow, I can take you to someone that do know."

[Cucoo5]

Chris and Claire's Sleeping Quarters - Prometheus Labs - London

Alvis smiled slightly. "Ah yes, hello. And no, I'm looking for a Spartan that goes by the name of Six. Which...you are, correct? May I have a moment? There is something I wish to speak to you about."

[SUSTIC]

Scarlet Devil Mansion - Gensokyo

As Jack was resting he heard a mysterious male voice behind him.

"Hello there... Jack..." The mysterious man said as he stood there right behind Jack.

The man was dressed in an... odd outfit. It was a black robe, with red lines here and there. He wore white gloves, and around the collar of his robe was a series of golden chains and locks. The most distinct thing about him was his mask. He wore a stone mask with no distinct features. The only thing on the mask was a few small cracks on it, and two holes for the eyes. His left eye was glowing a bright yellow, while the other one... was non-existent. There was literally no right eye. Just an empty void where it once was...

"I see you are out of breath..." The man said in a almost emotionless voice...

[wonderweiss]

Prometheus Labs

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Volgin hesitated, but eventually took the hand and shook it.

"I don't care what payment I get anymore. I just hope you don't put me at the desk," he said.




SDM

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Jack slowly turned his head.

"... Who are you?..."

He turned back.

"... I bet you're here to try and kill me while I'm down... You can try... But I won't-"

His sentence was interrupted by a grunt of stress.

"... It would be no use... Trying to explain to you... My motives... For being here... You'll only see me as a villain... And pretend you know how I feel... Because you don't....... You wouldn't know....... No one would...."

[SUSTIC]

Scarlet Devil Mansion - Gensokyo

The masked man chuckled a bit.

"I am not here to harm you, let alone kill you. I'm actually here to help you." The man said as he took out a few small cubes.

"You see Jack, I know a lot about you. I know a lot about everyone here. I know of the maid that can halt time. I know of the vampire mistress that can manipulate one's fate. I even know of the people who are hunting you. You can call me your... well I'm not exactly your guardian angel. I'm no one's guardian angel. I am a guardian however... and I wish to help you..." Said the mysterious masked man as he outstretched his hand with the small blue cubes.

"Hero... villain... they are all just terms given by humanity. They have no meaning where I come from. Hence why I'm helping you. I can help take you to a place where you can rest safely for as long as you like. Will you trust me?" He said in that same emotionless voice.

[wonderweiss]

SDM

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Jack stared at him.

"... Just as long... As I can complete... The mission... Afterwards..." He said.

Because right now, what choice did he have?

[SUSTIC]

Scarlet Devil Mansion - Gensokyo

The man chuckled a bit as he opened his hand. This mysterious man then handed Glaive one of the small blue cubes.

"Take this. It's a little... gift. A key of sorts. Use it to go to a place where you will be much safer than anywhere else in the world." The man said as he smiled a bit. It wasn't able to be seen though due to the stone mask he was wearing.

The second Jack touches the cube his consciousness, and only his consciousness will be sent to... Henir's Time and Space...


Mess Hall - Prometheus Labs - London | Dawn

"Hopefully. I think it would help Elsword if we can reunite the two. From what I heard they were really close. Elsword said that Elesis was the closest person to an actual mother that he had. After all his parents were rarely home, and Elesis had taken care of Elsword for most of his life. So it's only natural for him to have a close bond with his sister." Raven said as he stretched a bit.

"I don't know what to say about Chung though. Chung's father is apparently a demon now or he fell to the demons. I'm not sure about what it was though. Anyways with Chung's father we might not be able to truly reunite the two. I mean not only was his city, but his father and family had nearly collapsed completely due to an intense demon invasion..."

[Kristia]

SDM Banished Library

Samus sighed as the boy walked "A lost soul who thinks has no one to trust" she said to herself and then looked at Remilia

"So what did he do aside from the obvious crater on the other floor?" she asked the vampire

Jane was thinking on how to reach the obviously cofused guy, if a salarian could accept people, surely a human could, but this guy was artifically created "What worries me is that he came from a postapocalyptic future, and saying he murdered a offspring of two heavily powerful people you described sounds illogical to how he actually fought with the knife using maid. Hell he gave us enough chances to actually get him" the commander guessed

The bounty hunter knew that Jack was wrong about the chief´s daughter killing, she fought the tower of a man and he was strong, fast an profesional, then she learned about the blonde portal controller, she was a mastermind of a woman and could make a motherload of destruction with the flick of her hand. So their naturl daughter would get many of their genes making her the closest thing to perfect soldier.

Samus then decided it, she would need to call the two people she knew most about the recent messes. She sent a simple message to both the golden fox and the green armored soldier

Yakumo Estate

As Renamon was meditating what to do with Yukari´s madness, she felt her digiivice beeping, she took it on her paw and noticed the message from the bounty hunter "This should be interesting" she said replying her having free time

[WriggleRid3r]

Banished Library - Gensokyo

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"Well he beat up my maid and trashed the entrance." Remilia grumbled in a matter-of-fact speech tone. "You saw in the entrance too, right? The rubble my fairy maids are cleaning, it was probably his doing."

[Kristia]

Banished Library - Gensokyo


Jane saw the entrance and it was rather well except of some rubble "Actually it is quite repaired mostly, they are fast workers for what I have seen, the entrance looked almost done" she commented

"But the main issue about him, what was that boy´s purpose to be here?" asked the commander