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Post by gantzgun74 on Nov 13, 2012 19:03:11 GMT -5
Alex only continued to look at the gunners before him, his expression exasperated and greatly confused.
Earlier, he had looked down on himself to make sure he was still voided out and incapable of being seen... Only to find that an odd purple haze had surrounded him and was giving him away to the gun-totting idiots before him. When he tried to steal some more void from a nearby painting (Making it appear less important to the gunners line of vision), he found that it did nothing to better hide his form. In fact, the purple haze grew MORE apparent a moment before returning to normal. He held in a growl as Evan held up his gun and threatened to turn him into Swiss Cheese.
How DARE these idiots point guns at him? He's ANNIHILATED a denizen BASED OFF OF THE LICH KING, He dealt a blow to the Black King that made him KNEEL. If he could do that, a couple of losers like these guys amounted to NOTHING. In fact, Alex was INSULTED that they had seen him before he allowed them to. The fact that one of those guns totted huge bullets meant nothing to him. Slowly his hands reached for his staves... He was going to teach these idiots a lesson they wouldn't soon forget-
WHOA WHOA WHOA, HOLD IT THERE TIGER. THINK.
Alex's hand stopped short of his weapon. Think a second Alex, these guys obviously worked here, and obviously they knew more about this place then you do. The fact that they spotted you DESPITE the fact that your voided out HAS to mean that they can help you find your goal. The fact that they mentioned no-one can get on the ship was worrisome as well...
That meant they had no idea someone HAD gotten on board aside from him.
WHY SHOULD THAT CONCERN YOU? THEY SAW YOU BEFORE YOU ALLOWED THEM TO SEE YOU. ARE YOU NOT THE THIEF OF VOID? THE MASTER OF ANONYMITY? A GOD OF THE VOID? THEY DESERVE RECOMPENSE FOR THIS INSULT.
No, no, calm down Alex. Getting angry isn't going to help here. Show logic and reason. You were the mediator back in your other group for a reason. Be the mediator here-
CHING!!!
"GACK!!"
Alex held his head, the motion and the surprised grunt likely catching Evan's attention. What probably kept him from firing was the fact that the hazy purple outline hit it's knees.
YOU ARE NO MEDIATOR. YOU ARE A MONSTER. YOU'VE PROVEN THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN. AND MONSTERS DON'T LET THEMSELVES GET CAUGHT WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE CAUGHT. YOU ARE A WARRIOR AND YOU ARE NOT ABOUT TO DIE LIKE A DOG, ESPECIALLY BY THEIR HANDS!
What the hell?! NO! Yes, maybe he was a monster before... Alex continued fighting, feeling like something was trying to take over his senses. 'N-NO! Fighting them isn't going to help anything! It's just going to make things worse! I came here to try and FIX everything! Not ruin it some more!'
THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO FIX THINGS. IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT THEY GOT IN YOUR WAY. JUST FIGHT THEM.
'I'm not going to! NOW STOP TRYING TO INFLUENCE THAT-'
Alex stopped, his memories going back a bit.
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"Let me put this in layman's terms: Thadeus is capable of manipulating people. Well, more like influencing them to do whatever he wants, and they would have no idea of it--they'd believe it's what's in their best interest. Not quite mind control, because they are doing it of their own free will. Thadeus is just putting the words in their ears."
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'No... Get out of my head... .... GET... GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!!'
DO AS I SAY. FATHER KNOWS BEST.
'Really touching logic. Only one problem.'
He focused his energy... Evan watched in confusion as the void suddenly started to dissipate, something coming into being.
'YOU... ARE... NOT... MY... FUCKING... FATHER.'
POOF!!!
Evan and the others watched as Alex stood up, his form seemingly staggering as he stood to his feet. It looked like something was trying to stop him.
"P-Please... I'm.. I'm not you're enemy... I'm... HERE... Because something else is... I made a mistake and I'm here to rectify it!" All earlier hesitation was now gone, as he forced his will out. As he did, he heard a screeching in his ear, something was trying to drown out his hearing, but he yelled on regardless. "Someone else is on board, and I've been told it may be a bad thing that she is!! There's this eldritch abomination son of a bitch trying to influence her, and if you let her get away, god only knows what's going to happen next!!! You've gotta believe me!!"
And suddenly, silence...
Alex heard himself taking deep breaths, letting him know his hearing was still intact. It was as if the screeching in his head suddenly stopped...
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Post by doctorzero on Nov 16, 2012 2:24:31 GMT -5
The mood changed in an instant.
"Lower your weapons, everyone!"
Evan stepped forward and placed a hand on his shoulder. The moment his hand made contact, Alex felt something like a jolt.
"Relax. Take deep breaths," Evan said reassuringly. "He'll disappear in a second. Try to stay calm."
"Evan, is he--"
"Looks like it," Evan replied, looking over his shoulder at one of the agents. "Florida, get Raleigh and Roxai and tell them we have a problem. Rene, contact Miranda. Smith, contact the guards at the Prison block and tell them to up the security. The rest of you stay here."
The agents named saluted and went off. Evan turned back to Alex. "It's going to be all right. You're way too lucky that his influence is weakened like crazy on this island."
Even if it wasn't Gantz, being this close to someone like this and not getting decked was weird. Still, there were noticeable differences between this guy and the kid he met during the Subspace incident.
"Are you feeling better?" he asked. "What's your name, kid?"
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Post by gantzgun74 on Nov 16, 2012 14:01:29 GMT -5
When Alex felt the jolt he nearly jumped, but managed to calm himself down at Evan's insistence that he needed to. So, Alex took a few deep breaths and let it happen. After a long hard moment, the influence in him seemed to ebb away, just as he promised.
As he took filtering breaths, he looked up to Evan, his expression intense. It probably struck Evan just how intense the gaze was; Gantz himself was intense yes, but this guy was on a WHOLE nother level. "Alex... The Thief of Void." His eyes narrowed. "And I'll only feel better once I know my mistake has been fixed... though it would help if I could do something about the asshole that tried to force me to fight you."
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Post by doctorzero on Nov 22, 2012 2:11:48 GMT -5
Three Alexes. Of freaking course. Goddamn dimensional shenanigans.
Evan definitely wasn't getting paid enough for this crap.
“Not a lot you can do about that asshole, kid,” Evan replied as he helped Alex stand up. “Just be thankful that you ran into me. And that you're on this island. And—eh, you get the point. Now, You're going to have to explain some things to me--”
Movement in the hallway behind Alex caught his attention. What the--
“GET DOWN!”
Evan shoved Alex aside as he drew his pistol and fired, reducing the red Heartless into a fine pink mist.
As this went on, Anthony heard some movement from behind and turned. He did not like what he saw. “God DAMMIT,” he grumbled as he hefted up his rail gun and fired upon the red Heartless, vaporizing them.
Things quickly dissolved into organized chaos after that as the agents proceeded to defend themselves against the sudden swarm of heartless. “Today hates me,” Evan declared as he crushed a Shadow under his foot. To Alex, he added, “Let me guess, THIS has something to do with your mistake.”
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Post by gantzgun74 on Dec 31, 2012 0:54:27 GMT -5
When Alex saw the creatures, his eyes narrowed before he reached into his strife specibus and pulled out his two most powerful staves. "Actually, these guys are a first for me." With that rather bluntly said, he charged forward at the beasts and slammed through them, his powerful weapons combined with his God-tier power doing a great job of beating the beasts back.
"But their not the main problem!! That girl! The girl with the group! She's on the ship I know she is! I followed a void trail here to keep her from doing something stupid!" He said this as he slammed one bug aside, regardless of it's size compared to him, and absorbed another one into a void portal of his own creation... A second later, he opened the portal again, and shot out the bug, smashing it against the wall. Growling Alex held his staves tightly. He was more then ready to go another round, the collected stress likely finally getting to him a bit.
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Post by doctorzero on Jan 1, 2013 0:48:59 GMT -5
There was only one person he could think of that would fit the bill.
It had to be her. Why was it always her? Her life was crap already.
Though of course that had to be the reason why it was her to begin with. Thadeus always chose ones like her. Those with too much emotional baggage.
Like him, once. Dammit, though, why HER?
Though Alex’s asskickery sort of ruined his thoughts. Evan rolled his eyes. “Show off,” he muttered as he kicked a Shadow into nonexistence. He reached for his radio and turned it on. “Betty, talk to me.”
“There are Heartless rip-offs all over the damn ship, would you like me to tell you what’s for brunch?”
“None of your SASS. I need you to find the source of these things, we need to take it down.”
“Uh, I don’t think that’ll be a problem.”
“I don’t like your tone. It always means something bad’s going to happen.”
“Well, it’s right behind you.”
Evan grimaced. “Well, DAMMIT.”
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Post by gantzgun74 on Jan 2, 2013 23:51:58 GMT -5
Alex was the next person to see the big boss of the red ant like creatures as he bashed through the smaller ones.... "Uh..."
And he was surprised by what he was seeing.
He imagined what he was going to do once he found this woman , but seeing her here, in the midst of all of this chaos, surprised him... He jumped back to better take her in, he didn't actually want to hurt her. "... Well... That was faster then I expected... Do you have any ideas about how to approach this?"
He put away one of his staves, holding the other at the ready... Just like a Sburb God-Tier. Always ready to brawl... It just seemed to be in their nature.
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Post by doctorzero on Jan 3, 2013 0:23:18 GMT -5
About a thousand thoughts were running through Evan's head, most of them being some variant of 'take her down without destroying her utterly'.
Though really, he knew as soon as Alex had resisted Thadeus' control that there was no saving her. The only option left?
Put her out of her misery, assuming she was even still conscious.
He swung his gun around to aim at her head and pulled the trigger.
Of course, the universe never made things easy for him, as she proceeded to shove his hand upward while he fired, blasting a sizable hole in the ceiling. Not to be outdone, he grabbed her by the wrist and swung her into the wall, rearing back a fist.
I am so sorry for this.
Before he could make contact, however, she ducked and sweeped his legs under him, knocking him down, then jumping onto him and using him as a mock trampoline as she jumped upward and through the hole made by the blast.
“...” Evan lifted himself up with a grunt and glared at Alex. “Thanks SO much for the help,” he grumbled as he got up.
God DAMMIT, he just HAD to augment her, didn't he?! he thought with irritation. Okay, granted, it hadn't really HURT, but he hadn't expected her to be so much faster than normal.
His radio crackled. “Captain?! We have a pro—”
He grabbed the radio and brought it to his mouth. “Yeah, I know, she's onboard and she's been infected. I want all—”
“No, listen—Zero's escaped!”
The resulting profanity is not suitable for printing.
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Post by gantzgun74 on Jan 3, 2013 1:48:19 GMT -5
Alex growled at Evan's look, "Well what did you want me to do?!? I was set on finding her, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU WERE TRYING TO KILL HER!!!" As he made that point, Evan got the call while the boy stared at the man cripplingly...
Then came the explicitive..
And somehow Alex KNEW life was about to throw yet another curveball at him...
"Ooooh.... WHY ME?"
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Part 4. Prison Cell Blues
By that point in her existence, Vanessa had pretty much decided to pass her time by with trying to figure out her cuffs. It took some doing pulling out the bobby-pin from her person and get it someplace that could best reach the lock, but now that she did, she was doing her best to pick the lock of her cuffs with what limited movement she could provide from her mouth.
"Gagh... dammit!" She said as she dropped the bobby pin for the upteenth time and bent down to pick it up. With movements of her fingers, she picked it up and put it back between her teeth before continuing to pick at the lock on her cuffs. "'ome on 'ome on..."
"What's going on back there?" Vanessa was quick to spit out the bobby-pin onto her bed, and then sit on it. By the time the guard got there, it looked like the girl was just pulling on the chain trying to break it with sheer force of will... "Hmm.."
"The fuck are you looking at pal? Leave me alone." She continued on the chain, just waiting for the idiot to walk off so she could pull the Bobby pin back out...
"You know, we all know there's a bobby-pin in there with you that could be used to get you out of those cuffs. You don't have to keep pretending you don't just cause we're around."
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"WHAT?!?!?!?!" She turned on the man growling ferociously. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!?!?!"
The guard merely grinned. "Miss think about it, we looked over you in every imaginable way to make sure you didn't have any left over equiptment. Has it ever occured to you that the only reason you have a bobby pin is because we wanted you to have it?" He chuckled. "I mean, really, even if you DID break out of those cuffs, how were you going to break out of this prison cell? It requires a special key that no Bobby-pin is going to imitate, and even if you DID get out of this cell, guards are crawling all over the place, and this ship was literally wired up the wazoo ta mess with your head no matter where you went."
"Your point?"
"That perhaps we let you keep the bobby-pin for the sake of a cheap laugh at your expense?"
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Vanessa's hatred was pretty much BROILING at volcanic temperatures by this point. "There are no words to describe how much I want to fucking fuck you up you little piece of fucking SHIT WHY WOULD YOU EVEN TELL ME THAT?!?!?!"
The guard shrugged. "To make things even less embarassing for yourself? Your being watched right now after all through that security camera-"
"WHICH I SAW THANK YOU, I kept it in mind when I was trying to break out of my cuffs."
"... Smart, but still not smart enough, I'm afraid."
"YOU ARE SO FUCKING STUCK UP!!!!! THIS IS WHAT I HATE MOST ABOUT IDIOTS LIKE YOU, YOU THINK YOU CAN PULL SHIT LIKE THIS AND BE THE BETTER MAN FOR IT, WELL LOOK AT ME, WHAT THE FUCK DID I DO TO DESERVE BEING IN A CELL?!?!"
"Trying to kill a kid?"
"THAT..." She stopped and thought about that a moment. "Okay... Fine. I won't argue with that. But come on, it was just a fucking job, I needed the money. At the very least, I have no intention of going through with it anymore, doesn't that count for something???"
"You are trying to break out, and that's avoiding responsibility for your actions."
"HEY FUCK YOU PAL, LAST TIME I CHECKED YOU AIN'T NO JUDGE OR JURY. I HAVE MY RIGHTS DAMMIT, AND A CAT DESERVES TO BE FREE TO STRETCH HER LEGS INSTEAD OF ROTTING AWAY IN SOME GOD FORSAKEN KENNEL!!!!!!!"
The guard considers this a moment... "Mmmm... Yeah, good point. Okay, then." With that, he walked off..... Only to return a few seconds later with what looked like a pet carrier... Vanessa could only look on in confusion as the man put it down, opened the cage... And a cat walked out of it. "Thanks for reminding me, I needed to let my cat out for a walk."
"............................................ I'm going to kill you once I get out of here for THAT, you realize that right...."
"Yeah, yeah, keep preaching to the choir sister."
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Post by doctorzero on Jan 4, 2013 0:04:17 GMT -5
Wilhelm heard the entire exchange. He smirked as he leaned against the wall, content that his stubborn fellow inmate was being relentlessly trolled by those CRL asshats.
Still, though, she had a point. He was beginning to feel cooped up in here. The cell wasn't all that big, so he didn't have that much room to walk.
He hated prison. Half the time he didn't even deserve—
Okay, maybe he did. Sometimes. Though really that one time he HADN'T plowed that man's daughter, so that was a frameup.
Plowing his son, on the other hand, had been purely accidental. Somewhat. Tiny bit.
His thoughts were interrupted by the cat waltzing into his cell and jumping onto his bed to stare at him. He looked at it for a second, then at the guard, who was glaring at him. He held up his hands in protest. “Hey, I'm not gonna touch the cat.”
“One wrong move and your ass is MINE, tin man.”
He couldn't move.
Couldn't breathe.
But he could THINK.
Kill him. I'm going to kill him. He had the fucking NERVE to go NEAR Alex. I'm going to tear out his eyes and make him eat them. He is going to scream for mercy before I'm done.
His thoughts were in turmoil one moment, crystal clear the next.
Alex. Alex is alive—no, no, he's not MY Alex, it's a different Alex, he's not the one I know—but he's alive, ALIVE...
Everything was in complete darkness to him at that moment.
Mostly because his eyes were closed.
A grand total of ten guards were stationed in front of Zero's cell. Five of them had been staring at Zero, unblinking, ever since he had been brought aboard, weapons trained on him just in case. The other five were at their backs in case of immediate attack.
Zero had been bound and gagged in an odd-looking cagelike contraption, which he would be unable to escape from. Raleigh had protested against the use of the device, but as Miranda had pointed out, they couldn't risk the chance of him breaking out under any circumstances, especially if he had been influenced by Thadeus.
The fact that the rest of CRL personnel did it for revenge for their comrades killed by him had nothing to do with it.
And before you ask: Yes, this is going to end horribly.
This thoughts were dashed by the screams.
“What the hell?!”
“Who are AAAAARGH!”
“Open fire!”
Yells, gunshots, bones cracking and yells of pain...then silence.
There were footsteps. He cracked an eye open.
What he saw surprised him. The guards littered the floor, clothes torn and armor cracked or destroyed completely. None of them were moving as far as he could tell.
And the culprit had opened the cell and activated the console that released him from his restraints. He stumbled out as the intruder approached him.
It took him all but two seconds to recover and grab her by the front of her jacket, rearing his arm back ready to stab her.
It took him another second to remember that he was unarmed.
He glared at the intruder. “What the fuck are you doing here?”
“Giving you aid," was the reply.
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Post by gantzgun74 on Jan 4, 2013 0:27:50 GMT -5
Vanessa had heard the sounds coming from the next room over and her eyes widened to great levels. "Wh-what the hell was that???" Thankfully the guard had heard it too. "What's going on in the next room over?!?"
"I... I dunno! I'll go check- WILHELM DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH THAT CAT WHILE I'M GONE." With that said, the man quickly rushed to the door, leaving Vanessa to barely peek her face through the bars in an attempt to see what was going on. "Wh-WHAT?!?! What's going- GAAAAGH!!!!" The girl tried her best to see what was going on, but the door out of the room was out of her field of vision.
BAAAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well imagine her surprise when the man landed limply on the ground in front of her cell....................
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A cat like grin appeared on her face as she quickly reached for the Bobby-Pin. With some work, she finally got the cuffs off.
Oh yeah. Karma you sweet sweet bitch thank you for this delivery.
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"Ugh.... What the hell happened?" A few minutes later, the man awoke trying to figure out what had just hit him... "Ooow... That hurt-"
It was around then he realized that something was amiss.
He couldn't move his hands without moving them together.... Looking down, he saw VANESSA'S CUFFS on him... As if that wasn't enough, he was now sitting INSIDE HER CELL...
FUCK... FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK-!!!
"SHIT!!!" He quickly rushed to the camera. "HEY!!! HEY SOMEONE GET ME OUT OF HERE!! WE HAVE TWO PRISONER ESCAPES MAYBE-"
"Oh stop getting your panties in a twist, 'PHIL'."
............. The man looked to find Vanessa lounging on HIS chair, HIS cat on her lap getting stroked gently. "Hey, look on the positive side. I could've very easily killed you... But I didn't!" She grinned. "Instead, I figured it would be MUCH more satisfying if you got to experience the prisoner treatment, just like me and shit face in the next cell over."
Phil heard Wilhelm's response from the the next cell over, ensuring him that she hadn't gone crazy with the keys- Wait, where were the keys? A second later, Vanessa lifted up the keys and stuffed them in her jacket pocket. "Better get comfy, Philly boy, I'm going to be milking this oh so hard until the guards come in. After all, I'm not breaking any rules, I'm staying here in the prison area until I'm officially released."
The cat's face was the very epitome of a cat based troll face as she patted the man's cat, looking not too dissimilar to Dr. Claw... A second later, she giggled obscenely and proceeded to play with the cat, whom appeared to be getting along with the young woman very well.
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Post by doctorzero on Jan 4, 2013 2:27:09 GMT -5
Wilhelm chose to ignore the insult and the fact that Vanessa was going to be a (REDACTED) and leave him there. More pressing things to worry about, after all.
First of all, what the hell happened in there?
"Why the hell should I believe you?" Zero demanded. "You've attacked me TWICE now and you're obviously in league with Kavma."
"Kavma has Alex hostage."
That changed his mood immediately. "WHAT?! Where is he?!" without waiting for an answer, he shoved her aside and headed for the door.
"How do you expect to find him unarmed and without knowing where you're going?"
That stopped him in his tracks. He turned to look at the intruder, brow furrowed. "...for all I know, you could be lying."
"I can assure you, I'm telling the truth. I've been set up by Kavma just as you have."
That got his attention.
"He was...convincing. He told me that I was doing the right thing. But I learned that he was lying to me. I know what he did to you, Bryan."
Zero crossed the room and grabbed her by the throat. "Don't. Call. Me. That. NAME." he snarled. "Only he's allowed to call me that, understand?!"
Phil sighed. "Et Tu, Mr. Dynamite?"
Mr. Dynamite meowed in response.
"Dammit, this is revenge for all of those Hamburger Helper commercials, isn't it..."
Meanwhile, Wilhelm was busy examining the cell door's lock. Unlike Vanessa, he didn't have the fortune to have an impromptu lockpick, and it was incredibly unlikely that asking politely would work.
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Post by gantzgun74 on Sept 13, 2013 5:23:38 GMT -5
Part. 5. The Mysterious Raleigh
"Gantz!!" Red smiled widely at the sight of her guardian. Gantz meanwhile didn't hold back. How could he?
He rushed forward, tearing up already and hugged the little girl with all he was worth. He kissed her on the forehead repeatedly, "Red... Oh Red my sweet little girl... D-don't worry, I... I won't ever let you out of my sight again... I-I swear..." He was close to crying. "I'm... I'm going to change, I'll be the father you deserve... Do you hear me? I'm never letting you go again~.." It was a beautiful scene of love, Red crying just like Gantz was when she saw just how badly her father figure missed her.
She sniffled and held him closer. "Th.... Thank you... Dad...."
Jaron and Raleigh likely let it go on for as long as they did because they knew they needed it... For Jaron however, the scene was likely something he hadn't seen before. He never would have figured that Gantz could be... Fatherly until he saw this...
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Post by doctorzero on Sept 13, 2013 22:00:39 GMT -5
A reunion between a father and daughter—or at least two people who acted like such—is not something one should interrupt.
And Jaron would never be so tactless as to do so. Still, this was rather surprising. He never thought of Gantz being a...well, a FATHER before.
...was the one he knew from before like this too? Logic would assume yes, but...
He looked to the young boy—Raleigh, clearly, who else would it be—pointedly looking away from Gantz and Red. There was no mistaking that look of guilt.
You SHOULD be guilty...
Jaron looked away from him and back to Gantz and Rose. He knew he shouldn't interrupt, but....well, they were there for a reason.
He walked up to them (with some trepidation) and patted Gantz on the shoulder. “Gantz?”
When they looked at him, he gave Red a small smile. “Er...how're you doing, Red? Are you alright?”
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Post by gantzgun74 on Sept 13, 2013 22:13:14 GMT -5
Gantz noted Jaron's concern and pulled away. "Well? Red? How do you feel?"
Red smiled widely. "I feel good. Thanks dad. I'm fine." She looked to Raleigh. "I guess I was in pretty good hands!" She chuckled upon saying that.
Turning to Raleigh, Gantz felt many thoughts enter his head, all of them centered around all of the things that had happened on the island prior to this moment; Jaron's amnesia, the game, Zero's interruption, Wally and Red getting turned into monsters... He had come to learn more then he ever would have wanted to about CRL....
... And yet... There was still more he needed to know... Not just for his sake, but Red's and the other's as well. Especially Rosaline...
".... Kavma... I believe you still have some explaining to do."
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