"Let's put it this way."
Adel had arrived on the scene, along with Gary, Akuma, and Someone new to the arena.
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"If they die, they just pop back up god knows where, pulling a Houdini and making all of our work for nought. It's not so much that they deserve life as much as we don't deserve to go through that again, nor does the Arena."
"The man's got a point."
CROSSING THE STREAMS BABY
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"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!""Your argument's right but it would be back in our world." inform Ain. "Where death is permanent, unless you happen to be one of those species in Deep Space."
"Buut"." says Isabel. "You're right, killing her would just free her up and allow her to ambush us later after a hard fight or develop that form of her. Katre too. The plan was always to take in her alive, I don't know what that other chick was thinking about with her bitching about not killing Troa."
Ain shake her head.
"Perhaps, but she did contribute. We can't just take that merit away from her."
"I don't let strength alone decide my actions." says Ain. "Deut promised to let me kill them if they do anything ever again, but I trust her ability to redeem the later;"
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter"Firstly, this realm's blasted revival system is not a 100% guarantee. Second, that 'merit' doesn't change the fact that Katre's a vile wretch. Finally, I mean no offense, Ain, but your trust in Deut's chance of redeeming these two remorseless monsters may be misplaced."
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"Why would you call it blasted when it saved my sisters and helpful strangers from death ? Beside, I don't want to trust chance, especially when Neuff informed me that past scoundrels were brought back from the dead already."
"It does, but it would be unfair to deny that she did an enormous service for all of us. Exploiting Troa's weakness allowed the group to win, otherwise, Troa would have dropped the venom ball on you all, which would have wiped out the party;"
"Furthermore, we talked about this several times, I tire of this topic."
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter"I know, I was just... frustrated. Not just with Deut for her poor judgement, but with the fact that Troa, who poisoned and nearly killed you, among other such atrocities, is being allowed to live."
Thor places his hands on Ain's shoulders.
"I'm... sorry for bickering with you over it, Ain."
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Vague Primordia
Megan's stomach grumbled loud enough to be broadcast over the loudspeaker system.
"Guess you have a point. I feel like I could eat an entire Elder Dragon right now, honestly," she said. "Heh. I do enjoy a good fight, but can we at least eat first, Reyna? Or I guess just me, if Im the only one hungry right now."
Floating Islands
Tiamat resisted the urge to chuckle at Scout and Enforcer bickering so. "That depends on what you prefer. Meat, I'm guessing, based on the encounter with that brutish wyvern some time ago? There are a few places around here that might suit your purposes, as I have arbitrarily decided to bring in a few prey creatures from my realms to them."
These locations would be prominent in the minds of Scout and Enforcer.
"Happy hunting."
BLADE HQ
"Slayer, eh? A strong name, indeed. I bid you well, then — I have tasks I must attend to as well. Fare well, my friend!"
At that, Bahamut strode out of the door, pausing only because... well, he tripped on the doorjam. He seems to have a problem with that.
A BLADE agent came over to Logan and informed him that he had been approved as a BLADE. He had mostly free reign to do pick tasks as he pleased.
"The Stick has sentimental value. It's like an enormous, hideous teddy bear we can kill things with." -rikalousDomon smirks. "I can't believe you hijacked Rising Gundam so easily, Reyna. But yeah, I could go for some food myself."
Reyna sighs. "It's two against one, I guess..."
BLADEs Barracks, ~1 hour and 30 minutes later
They got takeout from different places.
Domon is eating this really weird thing called a "Makirrito." It's the Japanese sushi-like dish known as maki, but... wrapped up in a burrito style, with a layer of seaweed and rice as the wrap. It's actually quite good.
Reyna, in an almost-similar vein, got three separate Chinese boxes. One contains fried rice, one contains lo mein, and the other contains various stir-fried meats and vegetables which she dumps onto the other two like toppings. As she eats, she glares at Domon like he's some kind of psychopath for getting a Makirrito.
The Gundams are standing dormant outside the BLADE HQ.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Slayer excited, walks up to the board of missions. He looks for one that might seem appealing but not too challenging. His stomach growls, from not eating for two days straight. "First I gotta eat some food" He walks outside of the HQ and saw the Gundams two of them he recognized from the fight from the Deviljho "Hey, I remembered see these but what are they doing here?" He says flying up to get a better look.
Floating Islands
"Hmm... yes, I suppose so. I have been many things, but 'friend'... that is a new one," she said, smiling slightly. "I think I enjoy it, however. Take care then, my friends."
NLA
Megan, meanwhile, had ordered something... different. It was a fairly large meal that would have put some of the Meowscular Chef's creations to shame, with some food items apparently from several different cultures. The main focus of the meal was a fairly sizeable medium-well cut of something not unlike steak — although, the sheer size of it suggested that was in fact not steak. A Bizzaro Burrito was also on the side, as well some other interesting things, like a soup of some kind, except... weirder. Still all food, but Reyna and Domon might not recognize all of the dishes. Also of note was the fact that there were two entire shrimp kebabs stuck in the steak, one of which vanished fairly quickly.
"Ah, just like how they make it back home..."
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Meanwhile
Slayer might have noticed a few interesting tasks available — a few simple investigations here, a diplomatic mission there, but more interestingly was one posted by Megan herself. Apparently, she was recruiting individuals to assault something called "Sapphire Star Island" out in the sea, and indicated places she could be found, including her specific part of the Barracks.
As Slayer looked at the machines, Wyvern Esper slowly, ever so slowly, turned its head — it did nothing more than that, but being head-tracked by an unpowered mech might be a little unnerving to him.
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"The Stick has sentimental value. It's like an enormous, hideous teddy bear we can kill things with." -rikalousEnforcer gives a crocodilian grin.
"A PLEASURE, LADY TIAMAT. 'FRIEND' IS A CONCEPT FOREIGN TO ME AS WELL. I HOPE MY… SLOW OTHERSELF DOES NOT POISON OUR RELATIONSHIP."
"SEE YOU SOON, HOPEFULLY AT ANOTHER ONE OF THESE 'DRAGONFEST' JUNCTIONS."
He doesn't even bother trying to climb down. He just cannonballs off the edge of the island, trusting his durability.
/\。。/\Domon finishes his Makirrito, and suddenly takes out three more.
Reyna gives him a smug grin when she finishes her Chinese food, as she suddenly takes out like ten McDonald's burgers containing... ummm... stuff... and starts chowing down like it's a goddamn eating contest.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Floating Islands
"Oh, don't worry too much. Now, I must also make my way elsewhere. Take care, once again, you two."
She then stepped off the platform, into a runic gateway. When she appeared on the other side, she was looked once again like Tia the Witch, and walked around the corner, into the Administrative district of NLA — that's the area around BLADE Headquarters, for reference.
Barracks #05-A
The soup, and significant portion of the meat, had also vanished. Megan took a moment to take a drink, and then said, "Hey, Reyna, did you ever meet someone with my name, back in your world? I got some gear earlier from someone who is... well, evidently, myself, and I figured you might know about that."
And we shall freeze for the time being. [BLIND AND FROZEN]!
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"The Stick has sentimental value. It's like an enormous, hideous teddy bear we can kill things with." -rikalous

"Really? Whatever this parasite might be, I hope it's lethal enough to put an end to that sadistic witch's life. ."