Keep his rage focused on you Vex. Step on his face

>>1127015
Agreed. Keep him mad.
Time to live up to your name V.

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>Keep rage focused
>Engage

You screw your expression into a shit-eating grin. Predictably, their feathers fluff up, hands clenching into fists to pound in your direction.

"You--"

"Blah, blah, blah! Say something original! You're boring me to death!" you fake a yawn, waiting for the seconds to pass as you raise your legs into position. Anti-gravity isn't a spell that comes often, but you've dealt with enough zero G's in the more sci-fi-like worlds you've visited.

Eiko ducks down in the corner of your eye, her grip more secure on the spear as she readies herself into a better position. She must know what you're doing.

When you look back to the angel, they're practically rattling in their tin-can of a helmet.

"Sumere et immergere in profunda lucis sanctae," the angel starts to chant in a low tone, "Dilaceran--

Strings of light start to form around you. Can't have that.

"I just finished your boss!" you yell.

They continue without pause as a tendril of light shoots out to grab your arm.

You snap your arm back-- the light missing-- as you bring your fingers to your lips, splitting them as you stick your tongue out. "You want some too?!"

The spell flickers-- then dispels-- their tongue caught in disbelief, before exploding into gong-like chitters and clacks. Their limbs fling about wildly, as if to run at you on all fours. Their halo shield drives forward to bash you as the only semblance of action they can still muster.

You dive backward, the shield's momentum spinning you in the air as it flies past. It attempts to correct, the divine metal shimmering as it turns harshly, then right into position as you stomp and launch yourself off of it.

Gravity kicks back in.

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With a laugh, you straighten your feet forward and dropkick the angel right on the face, silencing them for good.

Ting!

Their head disconnects from their body, now helpless to gravity's reach.

Eiko blurs to take advantage.

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Eiko surges forward, the burning spear now hers to plunge straight into the angel's back. It pierces through-- in a gush of broken chitin and limey blood, the momentum of the fall driving the body even deeper to make a perfect kebab.

YES. Eiko thinks.YES! YESSS-

The euphoria of her victory cushions her as she meets the ground.

Hard.

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Your ankle bones shatter as you send that angel's head through the dirt. When you hop out of the hole, ignoring the wailing in your nerves, to land on your feet, they're as good as new. You kick your legs around to get rid of the staticky prickles.

You're fine. Refreshed, even. You turn back to look at the body and find a pile of feathers and a spear expelling blood at a rate that vampires would grow mad at. Tingles crawl along your arms and chest as you absorb bare hints of the angel's power.

Above, the Wolf Bites' base is swallowed by a large portal. Haze's doing, no doubt. That'll keep her occupied for now.

Other bodies rain down all around you. Groaning and blowing and rolling. They'll get finished off once you figure out the status of your ward.

You focus your gaze on the pile of feathers, searching for movement.

"... Eiko? You good?" you say with blinding confidence in her.

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[VESSEL FOUND]

[CHANGING VIEWPOINT TO NEW VESSEL]

There, upon the dirt, leg fractured from the fall, Eiko awakens.

Imperceptibly, the angel's body drains, and Eiko's is filled.

I did it. Eiko thinks. We did it.

It's mine.

>______


------
[POV may be changed to Vex at any time]

[EIKO STAMINA: 5/18]
[INVOCATIONS: RANMA 1/2, COMPULSION]

Say your goodbyes to Vi, then harvest a wing alongside Vex. Have the remaining pack make sure he doesn't pull something at the last minute.

Your final orders to the wolves will be to do as you do; leave this city. It's no longer... wild. More angels will come, using this city as a deployment zone, and they'll try to convert whoever they can. You proved this day that they're not absolute. They can be killed, they can be outwitted. But that was just the intern. The wolves will have to spend the rest of their lives travelling the rest of the planet, rallying who they can and building as many power bases as they can muster, just to hold them back. You and Vex will keep looking for a sewer entrance into Heaven. Might take decades. Centuries, even. But even if you fail, someone else will succeed. It's only a matter of time.

Port out, and the other angels will be too busy to deal with the remaining wolves to catch them fleeing into the woods.

Don't be complacent! Secure the kill!

Also wag your tail a LOT and snuffle around all happy like. Broken leg, who cares? We got this!

VERY HAPPY WAG

>>1127557
Blood! BLOOOOOOD!

>>1127558
This sounds like a good idea, but before doing it piss on the body of the defeated enemy.

tear the wings off this turkey

>>1127558
Sounds good.
But, tell them, form packs.
Smaller ones.
Families, like it was meant to be.
Disperse, survive, prosper.

Not this big pack shaped thing the angels wanted you all to be.

Oh, and like the others say.
Big proud happy tail wags.

>>1127558

This.

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Blood pours down from the spear and starts to coat Eiko's numb hands. Her heart is pounding from exhaustion. Her fractured leg aches. But what does that matter?

>Big proud happy tail wags.
>VERY HAPPY WAG

More importantly, her tail wags. Wag! Wag! Wag! She feels like a puppy again, half embarrassed at not keeping it all inside. She can't control the elation, the relief, the literal blanket proof of her success as it envelops her. She deserves some success to chew on.

>Don't be complacent! Secure the kill!
>Blood! BLOOOOOOD!
>piss on the body of the defeated enemy.

Thanks... And no thanks... Eiko snorts and looks above her, the dredges of Life Sense still allowing her to see some light. Above, there is none. Just darkness and the faint aura around her own body.

To make sure, she twists the spear and attempts to rise, the weight of the body finally pressing down. Pain grips her leg in a vice and she gasps, nearly keeling over. Okay. Nope. Let's take a breath.

=== FOOLISH GAMBIT ===
Goal: Survive encounter with the Angel.
Challenge: Successful. False Acceleration granted.

There's the nice cherry on top.

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A moment later, the body lifts off of her. Her head darts in its direction as it gets sucked into one of Vex's magic cards. She stares up at them. They look back with an easy air. The moments after Vex crashed through the window and fell down the sky comes back to her mind.

They were worried about her.

>tear the wings off this turkey

"Shouldn't we harvest the wings?" is what comes out.

Vex's eyebrow raises, amusement clear in the quirk of their smile. "Here? You'll end up like me. No, my Modder's going to do it, she's better at dissection anyway." They tap the card, a vague symbol of a spiral on its front. "I'll keep it in here, so it's preserved. Except now I'm out of weight. So no more bodies."

Eiko finds herself.. oddly disappointed. She should be relieved not to dirty her hands anymore. Shouldn't she? Even if she did imagine herself sawing at the body with Vex's help alongside her. As morbid as that is.

Vex grins. "Good job by the way. Looks like you didn't need my help after all."

"Maybe I would've liked some help, if you didn't take forever." Eiko snarks.

"Ah, y'know, busy keeping the peace up there."

"Is that why you reek of sex?" She smelled it as soon as Vex got close. It kind of pisses her off. Was it really that important while she was fighting down here?

Vex has the gall to look cheeky. "Don't ask questions you don't want the answer to."

Eiko's face scrunches. Ew. Before her temper can fully flare, Eiko's gaze wanders, searching for Julien's body. It's nowhere in sight. There's a few bodies on the ground that aren't moving, which dampens Eiko's mood since they did fight alongside her.

Wait. Bodies. Not body. A thought comes to mind. Her eyes jump around--body-to-body-- until she spots Vi laid out on her back. Grey outline. Not black. Vi sits up, rubbing at her head as if waking up from a long nap. Alive. Breathing.

Eiko exhales. Thank fuck.

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As the wolves scrabble to their feet, as if to surround them again, Eiko sees and feels it. She looks back at Vex. Vex had followed her gaze, pupils hopping from person to person.

Their eyes, at rest, are an unnaturally bright crimson. Like heart-shaped lollipops. Vividly, she can imagine holding one up to her face and seeing the distortion of everything passed its awful cherrybound taste. There, now, in the reds, she sees the glint of something she caught only once before.

On their first encounter, their first level of eye-contact, a sick feeling had creeped in her stomach. She mistook it as distate at first. Pity. Even now, looking at Vex feels like looking at a grimy and greying corpse. A chuuni cosplayer with acrid menthol breath. Could someone like this actually be dangerous?

It's all in the body language. The straightening of their back. The shift of their feet into a bladed stance. The tension and slight rise of their arms. The way their eyes lazily flit, then fix, slightly widening, dilating, the intake of breath, as if they're... They're excited. Expectant. Finally. They must be thinking. I can clean up the rest of this.

All of this comes in fast, fast, waves. How would Vex have known about the past hour? She can almost hear it happen. The bang, bang, bang of their gun going off in quick succession, before anyone can blink, or the first body can fall. Vex would run out of ammo, but that wouldn't matter. The few standing would run away. Make it a few steps.

Bang, bang, bang.

Vex's duster pocket distends with something underneath.

"Don't--" Eiko says quickly, authoritatively, as she imagines the click of the safety. "They'--withme--now."

When Vex looks back at her, the hairs on her body stand stiff. There's a voiding, careful, almost brutal calculation behind their eyes. A vortex that sucks Eiko in. Chews. Consumes.

Then it all dissipates.

"Huh.. Yeah, alright." Vex carelessly tosses it all aside. The glint goes away. As if it never happened at all.

"Uhh." Eiko scrambles for the words.

"Let's talk more later." Vex cuts cheerfully.

They turn and walk away to pick at the debris on the ground.

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"Hey, new boss? Or old boss?" someone says.

Eiko rubs at her arm, then pushes her own thoughts aside, turning to address the crowd. She has to deal with them first.

They're careful to give Vex space, parting around to form an audience in front of her. It's kinda funny. There's a general air of disbelief around them, as if reality has yet to sink in. A magic that still lingers in the air.

"You all saw what happened." Eiko straightens her stance, using the spear as a crutch and a symbol, "Those angels. The cultists. They can be killed. They're not all-powerful divine beings. They're just like you and me. They want to use us for whatever agendas they have up there, but we're not gonna take that!"

There's barks of agreement.

Eiko continues, explaining how the gang will have to disband and form smaller packs.
She can't be their pack leader. They'll have to go at it on their own, find their own families, knit something realer than this. There's a tension now, but Eiko presses on, taking the guiding words given to her to translate into reality; emphasizing the real, otherworldly threat trying to burrow into theirs. Her grasp on the world outside her own is still shaky, but that fear is all they need.

At the end of the day, it's just another gang they have to fight off. Together.

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As the remaining wolves sit down to marinate on their new lives, Eiko turns her gaze to Vi, who looks back. All the exhaustion seems to hit her at once. She nearly stumbles, shaky on her one good foot and spear. Vi slumps and steps forward, as if to dive and catch her.

Fuuuck. Why does Vi have to be so nice?

>Say your goodbyes to Vi...

The rational, logical, part of Eiko's mind agrees. The part of her that saw Vi, a new threat in her apartment, as something she could use. That use has paid off now, so she should let it go. And yet...

The dark, selfish, part of her wants to ask Vi to join them. To suffer with her, if only so she wouldn't be alone with all these unfamiliar entities.

No offense.

But what if she dies? What if Eiko's selfish wish gets Vi killed? Them both killed? What if Vi says no? Why does that thought feel even heavier?

Would it hurt to ask?

There is no point in crying over spilled milk. What is done is done, nowhere next to move but forward.

>>1128053
Communicate. She's got a good ability in that future-sight, so she won't be a burden. It'll still be dangerous, but she deserves the chance to make that choice, rather than you making it for her.

Speaking of danger, everyone make a note here-- only ask for something via Foolish Gambit if the backlash won't completely cripple us. Anything that involves the senses is a no-go; losing our senses penalizes US as well as our host.

Uh... you should keep an eye on Vex. Make sure he doesn't just screw you over at the end and bolt with the loot.

Tell Vi that... well, you're not happy with how you turned out. Even if your inner darkness helped you find love. All this hatred, this rage... and now this envy. It's eating at you. And it won't stop eating until you remove what's fueling it.

Because right now, you wish Vi could have seen the girl you once were. You wish Kenji could have seen you and Vi together as that girl. And you'll never find a way to be that girl again while the angelic fucks continue to mold people into things they aren't. Like Kenji. Kinda like Julien. And of course, how they want to mold you from not-dead to dead.

Bye, Vi. Keep the packs loosely united, and you'll do okay.

>>1128056
>>1128057

A combination of sorts.
The words in
>>1128057
Need to be heard by vi.
But
The choice should be hers as
>>1128056
Highlights.

So much cost to break free of people who would control you...
The only way to honour that is allowing the same freedom for others, even if it scares you to do so.

She truly would make a good pack mother, keeping them all connected. A hub of a great wheel of families that could keep the peace and unify the pavks to respond to danger...
But, that isnt a burden you can hang on her with a word.
She has to choose to pick it up.
And it is possible what she wants, needs, isnt to be found here, but with you.
Even if part of you fears the consequences, thinks itd be a mistake...
She deserves to choose.

If she does come, suggest the idea of a pack mother to the families anyway.
Not an authority, but an intermediary. Messenger, advisor and arbiter between the packs, but not a ruler. Never a ruler.

She would do in a leadership role, agreed. Future sight is not a front liner.

Leaving is already a gamble on the unknown, so why not double down? Give her the offer, no false promises or equivocation, just straight up your leaving for dangerous adventure and there's room for her if she wants in.

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>Communicate...
>Give her the offer, no false promises or equivocation, just straight up your leaving for dangerous adventure and there's room for her if she wants in.
>So much cost to break free of people who would control you...
>The only way to honour that is allowing the same freedom for others, even if it scares you to do so.
>... she deserves the chance to make that choice, rather than you making it for her.

You're right. Eiko thinks, looking down at the ground.

"I..." Eiko starts then stops, a weak smile creeping onto her face. "We did it."

Vi nods repeatedly, her own tail swaying behind her. Eiko feels her mind soften at the sight.

"You did it. I was just here." Vi playfully shrugs.

Eiko snorts, recalling how Vi did a lot more than just stand there. "You already know what I'm going to ask, right?"

"No," Vi looks at her calmly, "But I have a feeling."

"....." Eiko thinks, what's the best way to word it? Please come with me? No. Too manipulative. Would you want to join us? Ugh. Too simple.

"Make another deal with me." Vi interrupts.

"... What do you mean?"

"You kept your end of the bargain."

Eiko feels a sinking in her gut. "You asked for security." She thinks over their night together. What may be their only night together. "I barely gave you that."

"You killed him. That's what I wanted."

Eiko rounds, her memory as sharp as a knife. "You asked for safety too."

There is no true safety now. Not after what Eiko did.

"Now we're all doomed because of me." It all comes flooding out of her, a hiss of breath that hopefully wont be overheard, "Those angels will come back. Sure, I said some rallying words for our crowd of like five people. But what's that really mean? You saw what that one angel could do. They have everything they need to destroy this place if they wanted. All it would've taken is my brother at their feet. So what can you really do, except wait for the end?"

>... It's eating at you. And it won't stop eating until you remove what's fueling it.

Eiko huffs and sucks in a breath. "Doomed if you stay. Doomed if you're with me. Which would you prefer?"

"No." Vi says it as if it's easy, the word alone rocks Eiko to her core. "Don't talk about it like that. We're not doomed. You did it."

Vi pokes at her chest. "You're here. You're alive. You have your wings now. That's real freedom. Don't waste that."

"And what about you?"

Vi's ears go up, eyes shifting slowly off towards the gang.

"... I'm going to stay. After everything, I realized that these guys matter too. As shitty as they can be sometimes, I'm not going to leave them to fight alone. You said it yourself in your speech, this world deserves a chance too."

"......."

>She truly would make a good pack mother, keeping them all connected. A hub of a great wheel of families that could keep the peace and unify the pavks...

Don't cry. Don't cry.

>She would do in a leadership role, agreed. Future sight is not a front liner.

Don't cry. Damnit.

>There is no point in crying over spilled milk. What is done is done, nowhere next to move but forward.

Damnit... Hearing it doesn't make it any easier. Eiko lets the words wash over her, guide her, chest all tangled up as her feelings show in her voice. "You said... That..."

"I know. Turns out, I don't have what you have." Vi looks at Eiko sheepishly. "I don't think I'm anywhere ready for it."

Eiko's breath hitches.

"Make a deal with me." Vi says again.

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Eiko stays silent, afraid of what else will come out.

"You're going to need somewhere to come back to. It's not just a big grand unknown adventure out there. I'd love to be out there, but after our talk last night... After today. I-- Well. This place needs the work too. Someone's got to do it."

>She has to choose to pick it up.

Suddenly, a path opens up before Eiko that she had not considered before. Could she really come back after everything? Leaving sounds so easy, feels easy, just walk away and never look back. It's different to know that if she turned around, there would be someone there to look back at her.

Vi leans and presses her forehead against Eiko's. Vi's fur is warm and soft, matted a bit around the edges. Eyes a rich purple. It's the sky as the orange hues escape into the horizon and the cool tones of space filters through. As she looks in, she thinks of the last time someone's gotten this close. The last person that did this to her is gone. This one will be too. For now.

A part of her commits this to memory.

"Someone's got to do it." Vi repeats. "So, don't worry about me. Go out there and do whatever you want, then tell me all about it after. You'll miss me and come back anyway."

Eiko steps back, a bit baffled, eyes blinking away tears that were not going to fall. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"I've got a smell for these things." Vi says with a humor. "Besides, I can live a while without you. Can you live without me?"

Eiko stares at her sudden boldness. "Are you serious? We got close like yesterday."

"We did."

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Eiko's hands clench, knowing she's right. "Fine!" She feels like a teenager again. How embarrassing. "I'll do whatever I want!"

Vi snorts and does a fist pump. "Ganbare, Eiko."

Eiko sighs in defeat. "Ganbare, Violet." Eiko says back. "Please try to keep this place all in one piece."

"Will do, Boss."

"Not a boss."

"Master, then?"

Eiko's heart flusters. "I'm walking away."

She doesn't.

>Uh... you should keep an eye on Vex. Make sure he doesn't just screw you over at the end and bolt with the loot.

She looks over at Vex as they kick over a chunk of concrete. They bend down to inspect whatever was crushed underneath. She should be cautious about them pulling something at the last minute...

Is there anything else to say? To do?

Feed me angel blood.

Time to ride off into the sunset or something.

Steel yourself. Like Vex said, with only a single angel wing as your loot, your teleportation powers will be on a cooldown. You need to play things carefully. Be the Jaguar in the night. Be the rabbit sprinting faster than sight. Be the bear mauling the unjust. Be the rabid dog feasting on their pretentious vocal cords.

Be everything worth being and bring everyone together to kill what isn't.
That's what it means to be the best wolf.

Time to become the final form of a girl boss, that you were always meant to be.

>>1128216
Shes given you something valuable.
A home to come back to.
Without that, you'd end up like vex,
Just drifting.
Not you though.
Youll roam, wander, explore and have adventures.
And if you find something that would help your people, help vi, against the angels or just in general...
you could bring it back.
Then stay a while till your paws start itching again.
Until that time they stop and you can stay.

Big waggy tails.
And hug her.
Now.
You -will- regret not doing it later if you dont.
Get as big a noseful of her scent as you can.
To strengthen the memory youll carry with you
When you go.

better not to drag this goodbye out. You've made your promise

End your farewell with an arm wrestling. Just to establish who is stronger between the two of you.

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>Shes given you something valuable.
>A home to come back to...
>Hug her...
>You -will- regret not doing it later if you dont.
>Get as big a noseful of her scent as you can.
>To strengthen the memory youll carry with you
>When you go.

Eiko's tail wags before she launches forward into Vi, arms clumsily wrapping around her torso with the spear still in hand. Vi boofs in surprise and easily hugs back.

"What happened to walking away?"

Eiko sighs and takes a deep breath, so Vi's scent imprints into her memory.

Smells like roasted vanilla.

"I lied." Eiko gruffs.

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>End your farewell with an arm wrestling.

Eiko moves to follow the compulsion, not minding a bit of sillyness as she grins up at Vi and pulls away. "Let's arm wrestle."

She's recovered enough to partially transform at least the upper body. When she does so, Vi's eyes widen, her tail starting to wag back.

"Alright." Vi clasps her paw as they both flex, testing each others strength with a few snide growls.

They're both not at their best at all. Eiko still wins out, on account of her natural bulk and some calculated squeezes. It feeds her ego a bit, especially with the submissive look Vi gives after.

>better not to drag this goodbye out. You've made your promise

Okay... Okay... Maybe she's dragging her heels a bit here. She's only listening and having fun! She swears!

She gives Vi's paw one last squeeze before letting go.

They stare at each other for what feels like an eternity. Vi turns away first. Back to the pack.

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>Feed me angel blood.

"Uhhhh... Sure." Eiko glances down at the ring then over at the spear. It's cleaned itself up for the most part, a natural property within keeping the point shiny and gleaming. She isn't sure where the other points went. Maybe they dislodged in the angel's body.

Eiko squints before putting the ring up to the bit of sticky blood still at the handle. She waits. When nothing visibly changes, she switches hands and lightly bonks the ring's gem against it.

"Did you get that?" she asks skeptically.

>Time to become the final form of a girl boss, that you were always meant to be.

Eiko chuckles to herself. Like the final boss in a video game? She ponders over her transformations in the past few fights. Could this really be her final form?

"Boss." a voice interrupts her.

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When Eiko looks up, she sees the coward once more, and an entourage behind her. A part of her is surprised to see her conscious, especially approaching her so directly. As she takes her in, a strange feeling overcomes her.

The coward looks worse for wear, fur matted with a makeshift bandage tied around the torso, dyed dark from the bullet wound she tanked for her. There's a ragged intake of breath. Slow limping steps. The coward looks her in the eye and Eiko meets her head on. She wont feel guilty for what she did. In fact, a part of her feels vindicated.

"You don't have to forgive me." the coward's voice comes out tired, yet light, "I just...."

"I don't think I will." Eiko speaks with jagged conviction. She may have just laid her brother's spirit to rest, but everything else is still buzzing with flies. "What do you want?"

She holds her hands out. "I wanted to.. thank you."

Eiko's brain goes blank. "What?"

The coward sighs. "I carried that guilt for years. I never thought that I would do something... But helping you. It took some of the guilt away too." She exhales another ragged breath, "There's a lot of things I've wanted to tell you that I never got to. Doesn't matter now, I guess."

"....."

"And before you left... We wanted to thank you for saving us."

"I didn't save you guys..." Confliction curdles in Eiko's gut.

The coward shakes her head and her paws open, revealing two expertly rolled blunts.

.... Hah?

Eiko tilts her head, as if it will help with her vision. The objects remain the same, paper a bit scuffed, yet still tightly coiled. Well... No reason to refuse. She dazedly takes the offerings, the blunts rolling against her palm before she closes her fingers around them. She has a guess about who rolled them. Despite the reputation, she's never smoked with any of the pack. Always needed to keep her mind sharp like that.

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"This is all we could scrounge that might help you out there, Scary Boss." The one to her right says.

The others nod behind her.

Scary Boss? Eiko almost starts to laugh.

"We all would've died at some point without knowing the truth." Another chimes in. "Who knew we were all part of some grand conspiracy, aye?"

"We're gonna be heroes because of you."

"Yeah!"

"That's a bit..." Eiko pauses sheepishly at the looks of admiration they give her.

"You'll save the universe, right?" They all bow in unison. "Ganbatte, Scary Boss!"

Whatever protests Eiko had, they fly away in the breeze of their blinding conviction. Despite knowing that they're just mirroring her earlier fire, Eiko feels her eyes moisten once again. There's a feeling that takes over, one hard to describe. It feels so... Large. Big. Maybe, now, she starts to understand what Vi sees.

"Thank you." Eiko says back.

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>Steel yourself...
>Be everything worth being and bring everyone together to kill what isn't.
>That's what it means to be the best wolf.

Eiko steels herself for an uncertain future as the pack disperses for good. Her past self would never have expected the path she's now walking on.... And yet.

Speaking of walking, she needs to take care of this leg. The spear won't be the best crutch if she needs to run and now she'd feel bad asking the others. Maybe she should ask Vex to spare something? They have that supernatural healing ability after all.

Eiko looks over at where she saw him last. The debris' still there and some stains on the ground. She spots Vex as they slink over, hands in their pockets. They seem to be chewing something Eiko cannot discern, their scent still warped with tones of sweaty meat and smoke. Her nose wrinkles distastefully.

"You ready to go?" Vex asks.

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Vex's eyes fall to the ring on Eiko's finger, as if noticing it now.

"Oh, hey, you ended up using it." Vex's eyes visibly search Eiko's person. "Did you find out what it does?"

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[Next Update May Be The Last]

Well it was fun while it lasted. Now that you accomplish everything that you everything that you ever wanted, it is time to settle down and become a productive member of society.....Just kidding time to end this adventure with a celebratory orgy.

>>1128572
Now, i regret being put on your middle finger because that was the perfect set up for
Saying "it does this" and flipping him the bird.

>>1128568
>did you get that?
...no. I remain unfulfilled.

>>1128572
Hahaha. Tell him yeah, it's a powerful cursed artifact called a God Caller, and he's linked to it too whether he realizes it or not.

Time to make the world a better place with your leadership, and maybe for an orphanage. To save the new genaration form going down the wrong path in their life.

Tell him it talks to the gods and they say he's a dick.

but in all seriousness you both did good

Tell him it made you a few friends.

Awwwwww mannnnnnn we’re gonna save the universsssssssse!!!

The ring isn’t for using, or talking about, lightly. I’m kind of afraid of going into detail. Let’s just say it gave us all hope.

I’m gonna miss you all! Try not to tear up!

>>1128572
It's opened up a whole lot of new possibilities.

We (and I in particular) will be waiting for you to do some very interesting things.