[IC] - All the World's a Game

Ancient City

"That would be a good idea. It would be a shame to be so prepared for Lucifer, then die to one of his buddies.", Isaac said to Lujuria.

Isaac took another sip of his sake, finally finishing it.

"Alright. Now then, do you remember the animals?"



Komachi... boat'd away.

She arrived at the court.

King 8: Have you brought her yet?

Komachi: Should be here any second.

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Isaac thought for a moment as he tried his best to recall them.

"Gluttony has the hound, Greed has.. the cat, Envy has... the chameleon, Wrath has the gorilla, Sloth has the sloth, Lucifer has the falcon, and you have the snake, right?", Isaac asked Lujuria.

"Wait, did I say hawk? Damn my memory, I meant raven. Ya know, hell ravens all around him... Well, in any case, you're right. Next, do you remember what I did to you back on the ship?"

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"Yea...", Isaac said as he slightly rolled is eyes and nodded to the side.





John and Six eventually caught up to Huey, Gerard, and Otori as they walked back to the party.

"Do you need me for anything else?", John asked Huey.

Higan

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From the witness stand, a torrent of depth and dimension ripped through the space. Out of it, Yukari stepped in, dressed in a night gown.

"I'm here." Yukari authoritatively said.

"Yea... not too many fond memories there... anyways, so first there is me. Of course, I can control one's sexual desires. But what you may not have known is that I'm extremely flexible at that. I'm listed as nonfatal. Wrath, who you just saw earlier, can control one's rage, and though it sounds good to be raging while in a battle, it can actually hurt you. Your coordination is off, your balance is tipsy, why, if you were mentally weak, that much rage could be fatal. That's why he's listed potentially fatal. He is very strong, too. Then there's greed. He can heighten one's greed to the point where even their own teammates' lives don't matter. He's wise and a thief. Nonfatal. Then comes gluttony. He's listed as nonfatal. He can make someone extremely hungry to which they can barely move. He has a phenomenal sense of smell. And then, there's envy, a nonfatal. He increases one's envious desires to the point where betrayal is nearly inevitable. He is very good at hiding. The last one is the last person you want to meet. Sloth is pretty slow, but do not ever take him on without a good ten coffees. He will make someone so lazy that the victim would be too lazy to even live on, and their heart stops. Since he's lazy, he won't waste any time in killing you. The only other lethal besides Lucifer."

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"So I should keep calm, possibly take something to even me out against Wrath. With Gluttony, I should probably take hunger-suppression pills, probably dieting pills. For Sloth, take energy drinks and a defibrillator, just in case. As for Greed, I'll need to find a way to curb my desires. I might need to either 'lock' my own mind, or find something to reward myself with once the job is done. Envy will be a hard one. Again, I either 'lock' my own mind, learn Buddhism, or find something that I have that nobody else does and focus on that. Their all improvised plans, but they would work to a certain degree. For the most part, I'll have to keep control over my own mind. Luckily for me, I can go into my own mind and change things, something that nobody else can do.", Isaac said to Lujuria.

"What do you think of it all? Do you have any ideas?", Isaac asked her.

"... Nope. Never fought them. Only like siblings would. Either way, locking your mind is great and all, but you still have to remember a sharp clawed cat, a wolf with a scent for blood, a gorilla that would love to smash you in, and a lizard man that can steal anyone's form. But hey, if you think you got it, then, ya know..."



King 9: Ah, the subject has arrived.

King 3: You have been summoned to the yama's court in order to hear out your testimony on all of this.

King 7:It occurs to us that you were in battle with a divine being known as the Devourer. You failed to stay alive. You would have been sent here anyways to discuss the course of action since you are no human to simply go to heaven, hell, or Netherworld. However, in a turn of events, you were somehow revived.

King 5: So, miss Yukari, please explain to us what happened. And afterwords, whether or not we should confiscate miss Shikieiki of her powers or not.



Huey looked at John.

"Oh. no, I'm done, if you need to carry on."

"Well, I'm off to bed as I intended. I will see you in an hour, as I would like to come along. Otori, are you coming?"

"Nah, I'll wait."

With that, Gerard left.

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"Well, killing the cat should be like killing a Necromorph baby, or a Lurker Necromorph, the wolf should be like killing the Pack Necromorphs, and the gorilla would be like the Necromorph Brute. The lizard man will be tricky, but if I'm alone, I shouldn't have to worry about shooting any teammates.", Isaac said.

"I think I'm going to Hell for future animal cruelty.", Isaac joked.

A normal person would not joke about things like this, but for Isaac, he had simply gone through so many bad things that almost nothing bothered him anymore. There was truly very little that was worse than what he had gone through in his entire life.







"Bye.", John said to Gerard as he left.

John then turned to Huey and spoke.

"I guess I'll return to the bar. If you need me again, you know where to find me.", John said to Huey.