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* AssholeVictim:
** Amelia strikes the Apex Child who said a horrible comment on Chloe deserving her death with her shotgun. No one feels sorry for the little brat.
** Sean drowns Simon into Toluca Lake. Given how depraved he had become, except for Grace, no one mourns him.



* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** Amelia strikes the Apex Child who said a horrible comment on Chloe deserving her death with her shotgun. No one feels sorry for the little brat.
** Sean drowns Simon into Toluca Lake. Given how depraved he had become, except for Grace, no one mourns him.

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot:
** Chloe rants to the Trainer trio about how she foolishly rejected Ash's offers to join him and Goh because he wasn't giving her acceptance on the terms ''she'' wanted, and that she should have just given in and conformed to everybody's expectations instead of selfishly wanting to be accepted for who she was.
** After the trio helps her recognize that Pokémon Training isn't as easy and idealized as she was raised to believe, Chloe breaks down crying, questioning why nobody ever bothered telling her this sooner, ''before'' she spent years internalizing the idea that she was naturally inferior to everyone who loved Pokémon.

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot:
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CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Chloe rants to the Trainer trio about how she foolishly rejected Ash's offers to join him and Goh because he wasn't giving her acceptance on the terms ''she'' wanted, and that she should have just given in and conformed to everybody's expectations instead of selfishly wanting to be accepted for who she was.
** After the trio helps her recognize that Pokémon Training isn't as easy and idealized as she was raised to believe, Chloe breaks down crying, questioning why nobody ever bothered telling her this sooner, ''before'' she spent years internalizing the idea that she was naturally inferior to everyone who loved Pokémon.
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** Chloe laments that she ''should have'' conformed to what everybody expected/demanded of her rather than resenting all the pressure, and that [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot so much heartache could have been prevented]] if she'd just become a Trainer rather than spitefully rejecting that lifestyle. Hop, Alain and Paul set her straight, helping her recognize that their lives weren't as glitzy and glamourous as she and others were led to believe and everyone who told her so had it all wrong.
** Kurune heavily blames herself for Goh's kidnapping, berating herself for not doing anything to curb his obsession with Mew, to make him go see Chloe more, creating the tracker for him, and replying to the online stalker.

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** Chloe laments that she ''should have'' should have just conformed to what everybody expected/demanded of her rather than resenting all the pressure, and that [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot so much heartache could have been prevented]] if she'd just become a Trainer rather than spitefully rejecting that lifestyle. Hop, Alain and Paul set her straight, helping her recognize that their lives weren't as glitzy and glamourous as she and others were led to believe and everyone who told her so had it all wrong.
** Kurune heavily blames herself for Goh's kidnapping, berating herself for not doing anything to curb his obsession with Mew, to make Mew nor making him go see Chloe more, creating the tracker for him, and replying to the online stalker.

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* MoralMyopia: The Apex continue suffering from this, gleefully chattering about wanting to slaughter all the Nulls they come across along with stating Chloe ''deserved to die'' seconds after she was dropped from the sky in front of them, then [[DirtyCoward cowering and bleating]] whenever they're called out on their casual cruelty or when Amelia decides to make her anguish known by hitting them across the head with the butt of her shotgun.

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* MoralMyopia: MoralMyopia:
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The Apex continue suffering from this, gleefully chattering about wanting to slaughter all the Nulls they come across along with stating Chloe ''deserved to die'' seconds after she was dropped from the sky in front of them, then [[DirtyCoward cowering and bleating]] whenever they're called out on their casual cruelty or when Amelia decides to make her anguish known by hitting them across the head with the butt of her shotgun.shotgun.
** They will ''never'' kill Sean, but what if he was reincarnated into a denizen? What about ''all'' of the denizens who were once humans over the years?



* PrecisionFStrike: After being revived, Chloe tells the Apex to "Go Sawsbuck yourself" since they were ready to just ''let her die'' and didn't care about the people mourning over her. Hop, Alain and Paul are shocked as even they would never say that to a kid.
** Amelia states that the Apex is all going to "fucking die" if they hurt Hazel.

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* PrecisionFStrike: PrecisionFStrike:
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After being revived, Chloe tells the Apex to "Go Sawsbuck yourself" since they were ready to just ''let her die'' and didn't care about the people mourning over her. Hop, Alain and Paul are shocked as even they would never say that to a kid.
** Amelia (already grieving Chloe's death) states that the Apex is all going to "fucking die" if they hurt Hazel.



** Hazel is forced to come out of her shell (her human form) when everything starts going to hell.



** While Hazel is mourning Tuba, Todd tries to comfort Hazel that Tuba was nothing but a Null and she'll find better friends. Hazel does ''not'' appreciate how her mother figure was called that by the supposed cool Apex whom Grace talked about.

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** While Hazel is mourning Tuba, Todd tries to comfort Hazel that Tuba was nothing but a Null and she'll find better friends. Hazel does ''not'' appreciate how her mother figure was called that by the supposed cool Apex whom Grace talked about.about and starts beating up.
-->'''Hazel:''' She's not a null! SHE'S TUBA!!!
* SymbolicallyBrokenObject: Tuba's pair of tubas get shattered from the fall, meaning they will never be used again...and also foreshadowing that Tuba herself is going to die moments later.



* TemptingFate: Simon states that he's stronger than whatever Sean became. The chapter reveals that Sean became a giant monster called "The Phantom" that drowns the former.

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* TemptingFate: Simon states that he's stronger than whatever Sean became. The chapter reveals that Sean became a giant monster called "The Phantom" that drowns emerges from the lake to kill the former.



* TooDumbToLive: The Apex girl who decides to say out loud that Chloe deserves to die ''in front of the MamaBear with the shotgun''. The girl should be lucky that Amelia only hit her across the head instead of shooting her for that remark.

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* TooDumbToLive: TooDumbToLive:
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The Apex girl who decides to say out loud that Chloe deserves to die ''in front of the MamaBear with the shotgun''. The girl should be lucky that Amelia only hit her across the head instead of shooting her for that remark.remark.
** All of the Apex are about to kill Hazel, again, ''in front of the MamaBear with a shotgun''.

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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Chloe's number after going through ups and downs over her insecurities and fears about facing the same old-same old from Vermillion City rests at 13 and she notes that it's not a good sign. Sure enough she ends up ''dying'' in this chapter.

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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Chloe's number after going through ups and downs over her insecurities and fears about facing the same old-same old from Vermillion City rests at 13 and she notes that it's not a good sign. Sure enough enough, she ends up ''dying'' in this chapter.



* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Lexi points out that the Apex wouldn't care who they killed, like the likes of Sean, Lucy said they never would. To which he goes:

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Lexi points out that the Apex wouldn't care who they killed, like the likes of Sean, Lucy said they never would.they'd ''never'' kill him. To which he goes:



** Chloe is ready to summon Andras -- one of the most dangerous and ruthless demons in the ''Ars Goetia'' -- when she sees the Apex. Back in the Crayon Car, she imagined herself as Andras in regards to how she assaulted Sara and wished to murder her classmates.

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** Chloe is ready to summon Andras -- one of the most dangerous and ruthless demons in the ''Ars Goetia'' -- when she sees the Apex.Apex (who said Chloe deserved her death). Back in the Crayon Car, she imagined herself as Andras in regards to how she assaulted Sara and wished to murder her classmates.



* DefiantToTheEnd: Even as she's about to die, Chloe glares at Simon and tells him he'll die alone.

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* DefiantToTheEnd: Even as she's about Just before she drops to die, her death, Chloe glares at Simon and tells him he'll die alone.



** Chloe's final words before Simon drops her to her death is that he'll die alone. Simon ends up drowning in Toluca Lake by The Phantom, alone.

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** Chloe's final words before Simon drops her to her death is that he'll die alone. AT the end of the chapter, Simon ends up drowning in Toluca Lake by The Phantom, alone.



* InternalReveal: The Apex learn that Simon is now Destruction and that Sean is dead, that Hazel is actually a denizen and how they're the true monsters.

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* InternalReveal: The Apex learn that Simon is now Destruction and that Sean is dead, that Hazel is actually a denizen and how they're ''they're'' the true monsters.



* KarmaHoudini: Discussed; Chloe brings up how Alain and Paul got off way too easy for aiding Lysandre and being an abusive trainer while ''she'' is still in trouble for the domino effect created with her disappearance. However given that Alain and Paul are going to be staying on the Train for ''months'' (or in Paul's case ''a few years'' for drowning Sean and his own apathy problems) while Chloe is at most one or two revelations from going home, karma still hit them hard.

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* KarmaHoudini: Discussed; Chloe brings up how Alain and Paul got off way too easy for aiding Lysandre and being an abusive trainer while ''she'' is still in trouble for the domino effect created with her disappearance. However However, given that Alain and Paul are going to be staying on the Train for ''months'' (or in Paul's case ''a few years'' for drowning Sean and his own apathy problems) while Chloe is at most one or two revelations from going home, karma still hit them hard.



* LackOfEmpathy: The Apex are ''heavily'' insensitive over the deaths of Chloe and Tuba, one stating that anyone who ruins their fun deserves to die, that they should use the Pendant of Life on Sean instead of the girl who was risking to save their lives, and that Hazel can have better friends that aren't Nulls.

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* LackOfEmpathy: The Apex are ''heavily'' insensitive over the deaths of Chloe and Tuba, one stating that anyone who ruins their fun deserves to die, that they should use the Pendant of Life on Sean instead of the girl who was risking to save their lives, and that Hazel can have better friends that aren't Nulls. This is the sign that makes Grace realize what she's created.



* MoralMyopia: The Apex continue suffering from this, gleefully chattering about wanting to slaughter all the Nulls they come across along with stating Chloe ''deserved to die'' seconds after she was dropped from the sky in front of them, then [[DirtyCoward cowering and bleating]] whenever they're called out on their casual cruelty.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Grace is forced to recognize what she has created because of her lies and pride. The behavior she once encouraged in her indoctrinated followers now horrifies her, and Simon has taken her teachings to new extremes, bleating about his natural superiority and how he's ascended past humanity. And that's not getting into how she made the Apex so callous about ''Chloe dying in front of them''.

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* MoralMyopia: The Apex continue suffering from this, gleefully chattering about wanting to slaughter all the Nulls they come across along with stating Chloe ''deserved to die'' seconds after she was dropped from the sky in front of them, then [[DirtyCoward cowering and bleating]] whenever they're called out on their casual cruelty.
cruelty or when Amelia decides to make her anguish known by hitting them across the head with the butt of her shotgun.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Grace is forced to recognize what she has created because of her lies and pride. The behavior she once encouraged in her indoctrinated followers now horrifies her, and Simon has taken her teachings to new extremes, bleating about his natural superiority and how he's ascended past humanity. And that's not getting into how she made the Apex so callous about ''Chloe dying in front of them''.them'' or how they're ready to kill Hazel when her denizen form is revealed.



* SpeakIllOfTheDead: The Apex are shown to do this, which is the red flag that makes Grace realize that she has ''fucked up''.
** One Apex girl decides it's a ''good time'' to say that Chloe -- who has just died by the hands of Destruction to the point her ''head has cracked open'' -- that she deserved it. Because all who oppose the Apex deserve this fate. This is said within earshot of Amelia, who is ''wielding a shotgun'', and proceeds to lay out her anger at how apathetic this little brat is.
** While Hazel is mourning Tuba, Todd tries to comfort Hazel that Tuba was nothing but a Null and she'll find better friends. Hazel does ''not'' appreciate how her mother figure was called that by the supposed cool Apex whom Grace talked about.



* TooDumbToLive: The Apex girl who decides to say out loud that Chloe deserves to die ''in front of the MamaBear with the shotgun''. The girl should be lucky that Amelia only hit her across the head instead of shooting her for that remark.



* WouldHurtAChild: Amelia hits the Apex child who said ''Chloe deserved to die'' with her shotgun and is ready to kill them all if they start attacking Hazel. And Simon was about to kill Hazel and killed Chloe by dropping her.
* YouMonster: Hop spits out how the Apex are monsters just as he's about to transform into Delirium.

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* WouldHurtAChild: Amelia hits the Apex child who said ''Chloe deserved to die'' with her shotgun and is ready to kill them all if they start attacking Hazel. And Simon was about to kill Hazel and ''and'' killed Chloe by dropping her.
* YouMonster: Hop spits out how the Apex are monsters -- for saying Chloe deserved her fate and were about to kill Hazel (and also said that Tuba was nothing) -- just as he's about to transform into Delirium.

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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Chloe's number after going through ups and downs over her insecurities and fears about facing the same old-same old from Vermillion City, rests at 13. Sure enough she ends up ''dying'' in this chapter.

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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Chloe's number after going through ups and downs over her insecurities and fears about facing the same old-same old from Vermillion City, City rests at 13.13 and she notes that it's not a good sign. Sure enough she ends up ''dying'' in this chapter.



* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Lexi points out that the Apex wouldn't care who they killed, like the likes of Sean, Lucy said they never would.

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Lexi points out that the Apex wouldn't care who they killed, like the likes of Sean, Lucy said they never would. To which he goes:



* DeathOfAChild: Chloe dies in this chapter from the impact of landing on the ground with only the Pendant of Life saving her.



** Chloe asks Paul whether he saw a light ascend from the lake after Sean drowned. He affirms that he didn't, while allowing that he could have missed it. This leads into the revelation that Sean became The Phantom of Toluca Lake.

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** After Simon dies, Chloe asks Paul whether he saw a light ascend from the lake after Sean drowned. He affirms that he didn't, while allowing that he could have missed it. This leads into the revelation that Sean became The Phantom of Toluca Lake.



* InternalReveal: The Apex learn that Simon is now Destruction and that Sean is dead.

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* InternalReveal: The Apex learn that Simon is now Destruction and that Sean is dead.dead, that Hazel is actually a denizen and how they're the true monsters.



* KarmaHoudini: Discussed; Chloe brings up how Alain and Paul got off way too easy for aiding Lysandre and being an abusive trainer while ''she'' is still in trouble for the domino effect created with her disappearance. However given that Alain and Paul are going to be staying on the Train for ''months'' (or in Paul's case ''a year'' for drowning Sean) while Chloe is at most one or two revelations from going home, karma still hit them hard.

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* KarmaHoudini: Discussed; Chloe brings up how Alain and Paul got off way too easy for aiding Lysandre and being an abusive trainer while ''she'' is still in trouble for the domino effect created with her disappearance. However given that Alain and Paul are going to be staying on the Train for ''months'' (or in Paul's case ''a year'' few years'' for drowning Sean) Sean and his own apathy problems) while Chloe is at most one or two revelations from going home, karma still hit them hard.



** Sean drowns Simon into Toluca Lake. Given how deprave he had become, except for Grace, no one mourns him.

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** Sean drowns Simon into Toluca Lake. Given how deprave depraved he had become, except for Grace, no one mourns him.



* MamaBear: Don't hurt Hazel and ''don't'' insult Chloe or else Amelia will kill you.
* MoralMyopia: The Apex continue suffering from this, gleefully chattering about wanting to slaughter all the Nulls they come across along with stating Chloe ''deserved to die'', then [[DirtyCoward cowering and bleating]] whenever they're called out on their casual cruelty.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Grace is forced to recognize what she has created. The behavior she once encouraged in her indoctrinated followers now horrifies her, and Simon has taken her teachings to new extremes, bleating about his natural superiority and how he's ascended past humanity. That's not getting into how she made the Apex so callous about ''Chloe dying in front of them''.

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* MamaBear: MamaBear:
** Tuba protects Hazel from being killed by Simon.
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Don't hurt Hazel and ''don't'' insult Chloe or else Amelia will kill you.
* MoralMyopia: The Apex continue suffering from this, gleefully chattering about wanting to slaughter all the Nulls they come across along with stating Chloe ''deserved to die'', die'' seconds after she was dropped from the sky in front of them, then [[DirtyCoward cowering and bleating]] whenever they're called out on their casual cruelty.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Grace is forced to recognize what she has created.created because of her lies and pride. The behavior she once encouraged in her indoctrinated followers now horrifies her, and Simon has taken her teachings to new extremes, bleating about his natural superiority and how he's ascended past humanity. That's And that's not getting into how she made the Apex so callous about ''Chloe dying in front of them''.



* RuleOfSymbolism: After pushing everyone who ever cared for him away, Simon ends up dying alone with no one to comfort him.

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* RuleOfSymbolism: RuleOfSymbolism:
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After pushing everyone who ever cared for him away, Simon ends up dying alone with no one to comfort him.



** Chloe's Cloak of Marchosias gives her wings, but she falls like an angel cast out of the heavens.



* WouldHurtAChild: Amelia hits the Apex child who said ''Chloe deserved to die'' with her shotgun and is ready to kill them all if they start attacking Hazel.

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* WouldHurtAChild: Amelia hits the Apex child who said ''Chloe deserved to die'' with her shotgun and is ready to kill them all if they start attacking Hazel. And Simon was about to kill Hazel and killed Chloe by dropping her.

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* AndThenWhat: Chloe's rant is based on her fears of what she's going to do after her mission to stop the Cage of Flauros and the Apex is finished as she's unsure of her future to a still very irate Vermillion City.



** Chloe laments that she ''should have'' conformed to what everybody expected/demanded of her rather than resenting all the pressure, and that [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot so much heartache could have been prevented]] if she'd just become a Trainer rather than spitefully rejecting that lifestyle. Hop, Alain and Paul set her straight, helping her recognize that their lives weren't as glitzy and glamourous as she and others were led to believe.

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** Chloe laments that she ''should have'' conformed to what everybody expected/demanded of her rather than resenting all the pressure, and that [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot so much heartache could have been prevented]] if she'd just become a Trainer rather than spitefully rejecting that lifestyle. Hop, Alain and Paul set her straight, helping her recognize that their lives weren't as glitzy and glamourous as she and others were led to believe.believe and everyone who told her so had it all wrong.



* KarmaHoudini: Discussed; Chloe brings up how Alain and Paul got off way too easy for aiding Lysandre and being an abusive trainer while ''she'' is still in trouble for the domino effect created with her disappearance. However given that Alain and Paul are going to be staying on the Train for ''months'' (or in Paul's case ''a year'' for drowning Sean) while Chloe is at most one or two revelations from going home, karma still hit them hard.



* LackOfEmpathy: The Apex are ''heavily'' insensitive over the deaths of Chloe and Tuba, one stating that anyone who ruins their fun deserves to die, and that they should use the Pendant of Life on Sean, and that Hazel can have better friends that aren't Nulls.

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* LackOfEmpathy: The Apex are ''heavily'' insensitive over the deaths of Chloe and Tuba, one stating that anyone who ruins their fun deserves to die, and that they should use the Pendant of Life on Sean, Sean instead of the girl who was risking to save their lives, and that Hazel can have better friends that aren't Nulls.



* MoralMyopia: The Apex continue suffering from this, gleefully chattering about wanting to slaughter all the Nulls they come across, then [[DirtyCoward cowering and bleating]] whenever they're called out on their casual cruelty.

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* MoralMyopia: The Apex continue suffering from this, gleefully chattering about wanting to slaughter all the Nulls they come across, across along with stating Chloe ''deserved to die'', then [[DirtyCoward cowering and bleating]] whenever they're called out on their casual cruelty.

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* CallBack: Chloe is ready to summon Andras -- one of the most dangerous and ruthless demons in the ''Ars Goetia'' -- when she sees the Apex. Back in the Crayon Car, she imagined herself as Andras in regards to how she assaulted Sara and wished to murder her classmates.

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* CallBack: ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Lexi points out that the Apex wouldn't care who they killed, like the likes of Sean, Lucy said they never would.
-->'''Lexi:''' But if he was turned into a denizen? Like how many people who failed the Train became denizens? Like...I don’t know the ''thousands you sent to the wheels''?!
* CallBack:
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Chloe is ready to summon Andras -- one of the most dangerous and ruthless demons in the ''Ars Goetia'' -- when she sees the Apex. Back in the Crayon Car, she imagined herself as Andras in regards to how she assaulted Sara and wished to murder her classmates.classmates.
** Amelia only shouts "Oh my Goethe" when things are bad, like when she learned that Alrick died. She screams this when she sees Chloe dead.



* FingerTwitchingRevival: The first signs of the Pendant of Life resurrecting Chloe.



* JerkassHasAPoint: When Amelia states that the Apex are assholes who have little to no empathy, Kenny states that the Apex being in the Fog Car wouldn't have happened if she didn't bring it up.



* WhoDares: Atticus states this to the Apex wanting to revive Sean and not Chloe, after they selfishly said she ''deserved'' to die.




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* YouMonster: Hop spits out how the Apex are monsters just as he's about to transform into Delirium.

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* CallBack: Chloe is ready to summon Andras -- one of the most dangerous and ruthless demons in the ''Ars Goetia'' -- when she sees the Apex. Back in the Crayon Car, she imagined herself as Andras in regards to how she assaulted Sara and wished to murder her classmates.



* DyingAlone: Simon's fate as Chloe states. He ends up being pulled into Toluca Lake by the Phantom -- aka Sean -- while screaming and begging for mercy.



* TheHeroDies: Chloe is killed by Simon; thankfully Atticus has his Pendant of Life.
* HeroicSacrifice: Tuba pushes Hazel out of the way so that Destruction snatches her. When she lands on the ground, she has enough life in her to tell Atticus to revive Chloe with the Pendant Of Life.



* ImmuneToBullets: Alex states that his Bogeyman form is this.
* InternalReveal: The Apex learn that Simon is now Destruction and that Sean is dead.



* LackOfEmpathy: The Apex are ''heavily'' insensitive over the deaths of Chloe and Tuba, one stating that anyone who ruins their fun deserves to die and that Hazel can have better friends that aren't Nulls.

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* KillTheCutie: Chloe dies after Destruction drops her, with only the Pendant of Life saving her from making it permanent.
* LackOfEmpathy: The Apex are ''heavily'' insensitive over the deaths of Chloe and Tuba, one stating that anyone who ruins their fun deserves to die die, and that they should use the Pendant of Life on Sean, and that Hazel can have better friends that aren't Nulls.


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* LittleNo: Chloe says this when Destruction has his talons in her cloak and tears it apart.
* MamaBear: Don't hurt Hazel and ''don't'' insult Chloe or else Amelia will kill you.


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** Amelia states that the Apex is all going to "fucking die" if they hurt Hazel.
* TheReveal: The machine used to torture the Apex were from the Organ Man.
* RuleOfSymbolism: After pushing everyone who ever cared for him away, Simon ends up dying alone with no one to comfort him.
** Simon mocks how Chloe is Sleeping Beauty and that there is no prince to wake her up. Atticus, ''King of Corginia'', gives him the middle finger by reviving her.

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* AmbiguousSyntax: When Chloe states to Alain that she's not like him, Hop or Paul, Hop says that she's right. Chloe then reiterates that she's not a ''trainer''.



* CooldownHug: Paul's Pokémon comfort him as he apologizes for being horrible. This is enough for the boy to break down into tears.



** Simon states that he's stronger than Sean. The end of the chapter has him dead by the monstrosity Sean became.



* GreaterNeedThanMine: The Red Lotus planned to use Olmec's Pendant of Life to save Tuba. Tuba insists they use it for Chloe instead.

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* FourIsDeath: This is Chapter 3''4'' and it's the one that ends with Simon, Tuba and Chloe (albeit temporarily) dead.
* GreaterNeedThanMine: The Red Lotus Quarto planned to use Olmec's Pendant of Life to save Tuba. Tuba insists they use it for Chloe instead.



** Chloe laments that she ''should have'' conformed to what everybody expected/demanded of her rather than resenting all the pressure, and that [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot so much heartache could have been prevented]] if she'd just become a Trainer rather than spitefully rejecting that lifestyle. Hop, Alain and Paul set her straight, helping her recognize that their lives weren't as glitzy and glamourous as she was led to believe.
** Kurune heavily blames herself for Goh's kidnapping, berating herself for not doing anything to curb his obsession with Mew, creating the tracker for him, and replying to the online stalker.
** Grace's HeelRealization continues, as she sees the xenophobic fervor she instilled in the Apex with fresh, horrified eyes. She also blames herself for Simon's demise, and is the only one who mourns his death after being forced to witness it.

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** Chloe laments that she ''should have'' conformed to what everybody expected/demanded of her rather than resenting all the pressure, and that [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot so much heartache could have been prevented]] if she'd just become a Trainer rather than spitefully rejecting that lifestyle. Hop, Alain and Paul set her straight, helping her recognize that their lives weren't as glitzy and glamourous as she was and others were led to believe.
** Kurune heavily blames herself for Goh's kidnapping, berating herself for not doing anything to curb his obsession with Mew, to make him go see Chloe more, creating the tracker for him, and replying to the online stalker.
** Grace's HeelRealization continues, as she sees the xenophobic fervor she instilled in the Apex with fresh, horrified eyes.eyes and how they could care ''less'' about seeing another person dead. She also blames herself for Simon's demise, and is the only one who mourns his death after being forced to witness it.



* LackOfEmpathy: The Apex are heavily insensitive over the deaths of Chloe and Tuba, one stating that anyone who ruins their fun deserves to die and that Hazel can have better friends that aren't Nulls.
* LeeroyJenkins: The Apex attempt to swarm the Bogeyman the moment he enters, against Grace's explicit orders.

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* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** Amelia strikes the Apex Child who said a horrible comment on Chloe deserving her death with her shotgun. No one feels sorry for the little brat.
** Sean drowns Simon into Toluca Lake. Given how deprave he had become, except for Grace, no one mourns him.
* LackOfEmpathy: The Apex are heavily ''heavily'' insensitive over the deaths of Chloe and Tuba, one stating that anyone who ruins their fun deserves to die and that Hazel can have better friends that aren't Nulls.
* LeeroyJenkins: The Apex attempt to swarm the Bogeyman the moment he enters, against Grace's explicit orders. It's a really good thing that the Bogeyman was on ''their'' side.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Grace is forced to recognize what she has created. The behavior she once encouraged in her indoctrinated followers now horrifies her, and Simon has taken her teachings to new extremes, bleating about his natural superiority and how he's ascended past humanity.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Grace is forced to recognize what she has created. The behavior she once encouraged in her indoctrinated followers now horrifies her, and Simon has taken her teachings to new extremes, bleating about his natural superiority and how he's ascended past humanity. That's not getting into how she made the Apex so callous about ''Chloe dying in front of them''.



* PrecisionFStrike: After being revived, Chloe tells the Apex to "Go Sawsbuck yourself" since they were ready to just ''let her die'' and didn't care about the people mourning over her.

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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The Bogeyman vs the tortoise guards is mostly heard off-screen.
* PrecisionFStrike: After being revived, Chloe tells the Apex to "Go Sawsbuck yourself" since they were ready to just ''let her die'' and didn't care about the people mourning over her. Hop, Alain and Paul are shocked as even they would never say that to a kid.



* TonightSomeoneDies: Stated in the author's notes at the start of the chapter.

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* TakeThat: The author states that Hop, Paul and Alain's speech was her annoyed with how the anime glamorized the life of a Trainer to the point that it's so suffocating as to why Chloe has to be forced into it.
* TemptingFate: Simon states that he's stronger than whatever Sean became. The chapter reveals that Sean became a giant monster called "The Phantom" that drowns the former.
* TonightSomeoneDies: Stated in the author's notes at the start of the chapter. It wasn't lying.



* TheWorfEffect: How powerful is Simon as Destruction? He easily swats ''Alain's Charizard'' to the water like a fly! Even without being able to Mega Evolve, Charizard is pretty strong.

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* TheWorfEffect: How powerful is Simon as Destruction? He easily swats ''Alain's Charizard'' Charizard'', the same one that defeated ''Ash-Greninja'', to the water like a fly! Even without being able to Mega Evolve, Charizard is pretty strong.

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** Kurune heavily blames herself for the situation with her son because she didn't do more to stop his obsession and for stupidly replying to a stalker online.
** Grace's HeelRealization continues, as she sees the xenophobic fervor she instilled in the Apex with fresh, horrified eyes. She also blames herself for Simon's demise
* KarmicDeath: Simon/Destruction mocks Sean as a weakling who couldn't survive on the Train. He ultimately perishes at the hands of The Phantom that Sean became.

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** Kurune heavily blames herself for the situation with her son because she didn't do more Goh's kidnapping, berating herself for not doing anything to stop curb his obsession with Mew, creating the tracker for him, and for stupidly replying to a stalker online.
the online stalker.
** Grace's HeelRealization continues, as she sees the xenophobic fervor she instilled in the Apex with fresh, horrified eyes. She also blames herself for Simon's demise
demise, and is the only one who mourns his death after being forced to witness it.
* KarmicDeath: Simon/Destruction mocks Sean as a weakling who couldn't survive on the Train.Train while bragging about how much stronger he's become post-transformation. He ultimately perishes at the hands of The Phantom that Sean became.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Grace is forced to recognize what she has created. The behavior she once encouraged in her indoctrinated followers now horrifies her, and Simon has taken her teachings to new extremes, bleating about his natural superiority and how he's ascended past humanity.



* WhamEpisode: Simon kills Chloe and Tuba -- the former revived -- Simon himself bites the dust and Grace has to reveal to the Apex that they were wrong the entire time.

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* TonightSomeoneDies: Stated in the author's notes at the start of the chapter.
* WhamEpisode: Simon kills Chloe and Tuba -- Tuba, with the former being revived -- Simon himself bites by the dust and Pendant of Life. Grace has is forced to reveal to the Apex that they were wrong the entire time.time, and Simon is killed by The Phantom of Toluca Lake, who's revealed to be none other than Sean.

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot:
** Chloe rants to the Trainer trio about how she foolishly rejected Ash's offers to join him and Goh because he wasn't giving her acceptance on the terms ''she'' wanted, and that she should have just given in and conformed to everybody's expectations instead of selfishly wanting to be accepted for who she was.
** After the trio helps her recognize that Pokémon Training isn't as easy and idealized as she was raised to believe, Chloe breaks down crying, questioning why nobody ever bothered telling her this sooner, ''before'' she spent years internalizing the idea that she was naturally inferior to everyone who loved Pokémon.



* IAmTheNoun: Simon/Destruction declares that he IS The Apex, crowing about how he's ascended into something ''better'' than human.



** Grace's HeelRealization continues, as she sees the xenophobic fervor she instilled in the Apex with fresh, horrified eyes. She also blames herself for Simon's demise



* LackOfEmpathy: The Apex are heavily insensitive over the deaths of Chloe and Tuba, one for stating that anyone who ruins their fun deserves to die and that Hazel can have better friends that aren't Nulls.

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* LackOfEmpathy: The Apex are heavily insensitive over the deaths of Chloe and Tuba, one for stating that anyone who ruins their fun deserves to die and that Hazel can have better friends that aren't Nulls.



* SkewedPriorities: The moment Atticus enters the room where the Apex are being held, they immediately start asking questions like "Who gets to kill the Mull?" and "Who gets to keep his crown?"

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* SkewedPriorities: The moment Atticus enters the room where the Apex are being held, they immediately start asking questions like "Who gets to kill the Mull?" Null?" and "Who gets to keep his crown?"



* TheWorfEffect: How powerful is Simon as Destruction? He easily swats ''Alain's Charizard'' to the water like a fly! Admittedly without mega evolution in play, but even base Charizard is pretty strong.

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* TheWorfEffect: How powerful is Simon as Destruction? He easily swats ''Alain's Charizard'' to the water like a fly! Admittedly fly! Even without mega evolution in play, but even base being able to Mega Evolve, Charizard is pretty strong.

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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Chloe's final words before Simon drops her to her death is that he'll die alone. Simon ends up drowning in Toluca Lake by "The Phantom", alone.

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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: DisappearsIntoLight: Tuba's ultimate fate, as she sings one last lullaby for the grieving Hazel.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing:
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Chloe's final words before Simon drops her to her death is that he'll die alone. Simon ends up drowning in Toluca Lake by "The Phantom", alone.The Phantom, alone.
** Chloe asks Paul whether he saw a light ascend from the lake after Sean drowned. He affirms that he didn't, while allowing that he could have missed it. This leads into the revelation that Sean became The Phantom of Toluca Lake.
* GreaterNeedThanMine: The Red Lotus planned to use Olmec's Pendant of Life to save Tuba. Tuba insists they use it for Chloe instead.

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!!Tropes in this chapter include:



* ItsAllMyFault: Kurune heavily blames herself for the situation with her son because she didn't do more to stop his obsession and for stupidly replying to a stalker online.

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* ItsAllMyFault: IJustWantToBeNormal: Chloe reiterates this desire, further clarifying what this always meant for her: she only ever wanted to be ''accepted'' for who and what she was.
* ItsAllMyFault:
** Chloe laments that she ''should have'' conformed to what everybody expected/demanded of her rather than resenting all the pressure, and that [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot so much heartache could have been prevented]] if she'd just become a Trainer rather than spitefully rejecting that lifestyle. Hop, Alain and Paul set her straight, helping her recognize that their lives weren't as glitzy and glamourous as she was led to believe.
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Kurune heavily blames herself for the situation with her son because she didn't do more to stop his obsession and for stupidly replying to a stalker online.online.
* KarmicDeath: Simon/Destruction mocks Sean as a weakling who couldn't survive on the Train. He ultimately perishes at the hands of The Phantom that Sean became.



* LeeroyJenkins: The Apex attempt to swarm the Bogeyman the moment he enters, against Grace's explicit orders.
* MoralMyopia: The Apex continue suffering from this, gleefully chattering about wanting to slaughter all the Nulls they come across, then [[DirtyCoward cowering and bleating]] whenever they're called out on their casual cruelty.



* SkewedPriorities: The moment Atticus enters the room where the Apex are being held, they immediately start asking questions like "Who gets to kill the Mull?" and "Who gets to keep his crown?"



* WouldHurtAChild: Amelia hits the Apex child who said ''Chloe deserved to die'' with her shotgun and is ready to kill them all if they start attacking Hazel.

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* WouldHurtAChild: Amelia hits the Apex child who said ''Chloe deserved to die'' with her shotgun and is ready to kill them all if they start attacking Hazel.Hazel.

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* TheWorfEffect: How powerful is Simon as Destruction? He easily swats ''Alain's Charizard'' to the water like a fly!
* WouldHitAChild: Amelia hits the Apex child who said ''Chloe deserved to die'' with her shotgun and is ready to kill them all if they start attacking Hazel.

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* TheWorfEffect: How powerful is Simon as Destruction? He easily swats ''Alain's Charizard'' to the water like a fly!
fly! Admittedly without mega evolution in play, but even base Charizard is pretty strong.
* WouldHitAChild: WouldHurtAChild: Amelia hits the Apex child who said ''Chloe deserved to die'' with her shotgun and is ready to kill them all if they start attacking Hazel.

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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Chloe's number after going through ups and downs over her insecurities and fears about facing the same old-same old from Vermillion City, rests at 13. Sure enough she ends up ''dying'' in this chapter.



* ChekhovsGun: Atticus' Pendant of Life from the beginning of Arc 2 is finally utilizied to revive Chloe.

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* ChekhovsGun: Atticus' Pendant of Life from the beginning of Arc 2 is finally utilizied utilized to revive Chloe.



* DefiantToTheEnd: Even as she's about to die, Chloe glares at Simon and tells him he'll die alone.



* ItsAllMyFault: Kurune heavily blames herself for the situation with her son because she didn't do more to stop his obsession and for stupidly replying to a stalker online.
* LackOfEmpathy: The Apex are heavily insensitive over the deaths of Chloe and Tuba, one for stating that anyone who ruins their fun deserves to die and that Hazel can have better friends that aren't Nulls.
* NighInvulnerable: Alex as the Bogeyman is completely unharmed from the Apex attacking him.
* PrecisionFStrike: After being revived, Chloe tells the Apex to "Go Sawsbuck yourself" since they were ready to just ''let her die'' and didn't care about the people mourning over her.



-->''"SEAN?!"''

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-->''"SEAN?!"''-->''"SEAN?!"''
* TheWorfEffect: How powerful is Simon as Destruction? He easily swats ''Alain's Charizard'' to the water like a fly!
* WouldHitAChild: Amelia hits the Apex child who said ''Chloe deserved to die'' with her shotgun and is ready to kill them all if they start attacking Hazel.
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With everyone gathered, it's time to leave Silent Hill for good...but no one said it was going to be easy.
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* AnyoneCanDie: Simon is drowned by Sean, and both Chloe and Tuba are killed off by the former. Thankfully Atticus revives Chloe before her soul is reincarnated into a denizen.
* ChekhovsGun: Atticus' Pendant of Life from the beginning of Arc 2 is finally utilizied to revive Chloe.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Hop, Alain and Paul finally discuss that the life of the Trainer is ''not'' as glamorous as people want it to be. No one talks about the pain and suffering, the ups and downs and that they're only a face in the crowd. It also states how unfair it is that everyone held such a bias that hurt Chloe in the end.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Chloe's final words before Simon drops her to her death is that he'll die alone. Simon ends up drowning in Toluca Lake by "The Phantom", alone.
* WhamEpisode: Simon kills Chloe and Tuba -- the former revived -- Simon himself bites the dust and Grace has to reveal to the Apex that they were wrong the entire time.
* WhamLine: The final line that reveals the identity of "The Phantom" that killed Simon.
-->''"SEAN?!"''

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