Snowbelle City
Well a girl doesn't know how to build a snowman, you can't assume anything!
-she tosses the snowball up and down in her hand-
You need three snowballs. They're like the heart of the snowman.
-she crouches down and drops the snowball into the snow-
You take the first one, and you roll it around in the snow a lot. More snow gets stuck to it, and soon enough, shazam! You've got a snowman's butt.
Victory! Honor! Destiny! Mutton!Munnscape
Time passes, the situation remaining the same.
Finally, as they near the actual base of the mountains, a group of things, straight from the mind of H.P. Lovecraft, step out of the darkness in front of them. Every single one wears some twisted version of Pi's face.
The lead one, all tentacles and teeth, speaks up. It's voice leaks out in a painful, moaning whisper, as if each word is a herculean task.
Horror 1: "So. The mighty Hero, here to slay us all. Tell me, how are your comrades?"
The mob makes hideous noises. Eventually, it becomes clear that they're laughing. Hero flinches.
Horror 1: "Such arrogance, such pride."
Hero: "Why do you speak with me, horror? Why not attempt to kill me where I stand?"
Horror 1: "Because he is expecting you. Follow. He wishes to speak with you."
Hero grits his teeth, as the horrors turn away and start walking into the mountains. He glances aside at Joseph.
Coumarine Town
Balthazar: -Frowns- <Awww that felt so good...>
<...>
<Oooooh okay then. Well he is trying to make up for it, he just can't really do anything. But he really does want to change. Or at the very least crush anything that remains of Cipher or is Cipher-like into a finely ground powder and let it be blown away and the wind and never look back. I dunno. I just know he would have liked to just run away and go hide off in his villa in Sinnoh but someone convinced him to try to atone.>
-Yawns- <Dunno which I would have liked better. Villa is sleeping and eating, atoning means spiritual journey but lots of exotic foods and meeting people. Also seeing him grow. Kinda evens out, either way. I mean Beatrice and Bottom still are enraged at him but I think he's getting better. Dunno what that means.>
"If there is no way to win, I will simply force a way."Upper Coumarine
-Herbert is almost snarling with rage by this point.-
Herbert: How about he takes a third option, and rots in jail like the filthy, disgusting little shit that he is? Hell, even jail's too good for a sadistic monster like him. If he wants to do the world a favour, he can go and throw himself off of the tallest cliff that he can find.
edited 17th Feb '14 4:37:05 PM by Herbert40k
Near Selene
Ra: <Yeah! Dad says to eat my vegetables, but Uncle Alduin says the key to really growing strong is CANDY!>
Ammy: <He told you that?> ._.
Contact Me!Munnscape
The horror leads them into a grand marble hall. Pure white pillars line the side walls, covered in depictions of abominations, slaughters, mass killings, pain, fear, despair, and worse. The far wall is dominated by a giant stained glass window. The window is difficult to focus on for any extended period of time - something about it disturbs the mind and eludes the eye.
Below the window is a raised portion, like a stage, with carved marble steps leading up to it. A figure, his back to the two, stands on it, looking out the window.
Monster: "Ah! Hello, hello! How nice to meet you! Forgive my servants for their rudeness - their nature is not well inclined towards politeness."
He turns around. This aspect, of all the ones seen so far, looks most like the Pi Joseph knows - the same facial expressions, body language, figure and feeling. It's as if the Pi that Joseph first fell in love with is standing before him.
edited 17th Feb '14 4:42:40 PM by BluBeriPi
Shalour
Selene: <Oh, I like candy! It's tasty and sugary and makes me all kinds of happy!>
Wuffles: <Elaboration: Clefable biology allows them to consume a large amount of sugar. Larvesta biology allows for less, due to pyrokinetic anatomy reacting oddly to excessive amounts of sugar.>
Selene: <What he means to say is, "Candy is good every once in a while, but you should eat nothing but it".>

Shalour
Rainier: <What's the difference?>
Twitch: <Suffocating is painful and kills you; hugs are comfy and warm and fun and...> (purr purr purr)
Tastes better on the way back down.