Flynn: Well, Masakado, it's been very nice working with you. I think we can keep Lucifer and whoever else wants a piece of the pie away for quite a while, don't you? Humanity's finally able to make its own way. Well, I have to go now. Isabeau's expecting me back for the celebratory dinner!
’Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
(FLYNN smiles up at MASAKADO, then leaves to walk back to Shinjuku)
When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud
(Back at Midtown, MASTEMA "accidentally" deactivates the defenses on Reverse Hills)
I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form
(TENKAI, KOGA SABURO, YAMATO-TAKERU, OMOIKANE, MICHIZANE, and YASO MAGATSUHI burst into Reverse Hills, with wind, thunder, fire, ice, and disease blasting away the ASHURA-KAI THUGS they meet)
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
(YASO MAGATSUHI pauses to kick a downed THUG, then skips off)
And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured
(HARITI and WU Kong offer XI WANGMU a pomegranate. She takes it, bits down, and is delighted; it taste just like human!)
I’ll always do my best for her, on that I give my word
(SAMYAZA and SKOGSRA, HEQUET and FOMORIAN, and DULLAHAN and TOKISADA make moon-eyes at each other across their tables at Florida)
In a world of steel-eyed death, and men who are fighting to be warm
(KUDLAK and KRESNIK and CHI YOU and HUANG DI battle it out at Tokyo Dome. Neither fight appears to be going anywhere)
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
(TIAMAT and APSU cuddle up and whisper sugary romantic lines at each other; Kingu face-tails)
Not a word was spoke between us, there was little risk involved
(VISHNU and LAKSHMI toast each other)
Everything up to that point had been left unresolved
(SHIVA drinks up the poison at Ikebukuro, making it safe for humans to live there again)
Try imagining a place where it’s always safe and warm
(PARVATI, back in her base form, extends her arms to her son KARTIKEYA. He groans and embraces his mother, and is thankfully not crushed)
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
(HSING-HSING chugs down beer after beer at Florida)
I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail
(AMATERASU, IZANAMI, and ISHTAR cooperate to help the plants grow at the Shinjuku farm)
Poisoned in the bushes an’ blown out on the trail
(ZHEN drops one of his feathers into each of DIONYSUS, CHERNOBOG, and SLIME's drinks, which they down)
Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn
(VODYANIK is fishing in the bay; suddenly, he hooks a long, thin object wrapped in bandages. SETH flies by and grabs it, blowing a raspberry as he does, with OSIRIS, ISIS, and ANUBIS in hot pursuit)
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
(SKINS, K, HAGEN, SIEGFRIED, KANSEITEIKUN, and ARES swap war stories in the Cafe)
Suddenly I turned around and she was standin’ there
(DEMIURGE loudly proclaims how great he is from the top of the cocoon scaffold. Nobody pays attention to him)
With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair
(At the bar, MOKOI forks over a 5000 Macco note to NAPAEA)
She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns
(LILITH, back in her YURIKO form, hands out books to the children saved from Reverse Hills. Her expression suddenly sours and she sighs deeply, feeling regret for the first time)
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
(From a pile of more adult books, BELIAL takes "Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom" and hands it to ALICE. She jumps up and down gleefully as NEBIROS pats her head)
Now there’s a wall between us, somethin’ there’s been lost
(The Four DEVAS and the Four CELESTIAL CREATURES stand at attention at the four corners of Tokyo. BAIHU tries to distract KOUMOKETEN, and fails every time)
I took too much for granted, got my signals crossed
(HUANG LONG flies off into the sunset, back to his native China)
Just to think that it all began on a long-forgotten morn
(LOKI tries to throw a dart at BALDUR. HEIMDALL discovers him and clubs him upside the head with his horn)
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
(FUJIWARA escorts NAVARRE out to join the party. Suddenly, he sees ALRAUNE picking blood out of VETALA's chest cavity. She waves at him; he screams and runs back inside)
Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount
(ZOMBIE COP and PATRIOT salute their fallen comrades and then fade away, their mission complete)
But nothing really matters much, it’s doom alone that counts
(In Pluto Castle, PERSEPHONE makes a flower grow where the Tormentor one stood. She wipes away a tear from her eye)
And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn
(GUEDHE tips his hat, winks, and slips back into the shadows from whence he came)
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
(At the end of a long negotiation, AKIRA offers a handshake to a bizarrely-dressed man who came from the cocoons. The MAN considers it, then extends his own hand and shakes AKIRA's powerfully)
I’ve heard newborn babies wailin’ like a mournin’ dove
(UBU snuggles up to TSUCHIGUMO once again. The latter sighs and pulls the former close)
And old men with broken teeth stranded without love
(MASTER THERION offers a bouquet to MOTHER HARLOT. She backhands him into a wall)
Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn?
(DANTALIAN, THOTH, and LUCIFUGE cozy up with a good book in the newly-renovated Juraku Books)
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
(MINOTAUR, MEDUSA, and AESHMA stand by the grave of King Ahazuya of Mikado in Tennozu)
In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes
(AZUMI, STRIX, TZTZIMITL, and MAYA play Bridge like the crotchety old ladies they are)
I bargained for salvation an’ they gave me a lethal dose
(FUXI, DA PENG, and ERLKONIG play golf like the crotchety old men they are)
I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn
(HORKOS devours the entire banquet table at the dinner, and also KATAKIRAUWA's tail. MITHRAS and MORAX Face Palm)
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
(DAVID, MATADOR, TRUMPETER, and the RIDERS brainstorm ideas for their new opera about FLYNN's battle with them)
Well, I’m livin’ in a foreign country but I’m bound to cross the line
(HIGH PIXIE wakes hello to MASAKADO as she passes him by. He waves back with his huge hands)
Beauty walks a razor’s edge, someday I’ll make it mine
(FLYNN and ISABEAU stand together in front of two graves, one with a yellow scarf tied around it and the other with a blue scarf tied around it)
If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born
(ISABEAU takes FLYNN's hand in hers)
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
(The two young Samurai look to the sky as a fireworks show begins)
COMING SOON - STRANGE JOURNEY: LAW EDITION
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