Starless Dusk Pregame

[Falin Touden [Ven]]

"Oh whats that? Of course Yuuta of course! I mean I can't speak for those girls here but by the sounds of it it sounds like real death will happen here and those girls will jujst think it's all pretend...

BUT THATS CRAZY!! NO NO NO NO... I feel like I'm stuck in someone else's giant chuunibyou stage, gahahhhhhhh!!!"

[Daiwa Scarlet]

"Y-yusha, I knew you would believe..~"



*Satone slips behind Yuuta so he wouldn't see her and starts musing to herself*

"L-lets see... Maybe we can get out of this if we awaken the Dark Flame Dragon. We can try to keep this ritual from ending to get more time... but why does this one in particular require three Lords... is there something strange this time around... Do the lords count as participants?.. Maybe there is a chance for multiple this time... Just because it hasn't happened prior does not mean it cannot happen this time. It is also common to have hidden objectives to major quests. If the lords are as powerful as they claim, perhaps it would be possible to... access the Samsaric Circuit and bring others back like the phoenix does..."

[Satori]

"I guess the Dark Flame Master is right and Sophia is right about one thing... If we can awaken the Dark Flame Dragon then perhaps we could defeat the Starless King."

Rikka then faces Satone and reluctantly extends her hand to her...

"Sophia. As much as I despise you... I'd like to...make a temporary truce with you and work together to awaken the Dark Flame Dragon. This still doesn't mean I'll approve of your partnership with the Dark Flame Master for he and I are still bounded by contract you got that?"

[Daiwa Scarlet]

"Yes, let's awaken the Dark Flame Dragon."



*Satone leans close and nuzzles noses*

[Karenina]

At the countless mentions of the Dark Flame Dragon, Yuuta panics for a bit, as he quickly glances at the people around and shouts in panic and embarrassment


"H-How many times do I have to tell you? There is no Dark Flame Master! No Dark Flame Dragon! Nothing! Quit it already! I know nothing of this! I have no idea what you are talking about. AT ALL!"


"This whole situation is way too weird... Especially the rules. But I hope that we can all get along?"

[The City [EclipseZwolf]]

Lennox: "Preposterous, no one here would agree to such. I, as I am sure many of the others here, refuse to participate!"

[Xaniks]

"God, I am so prepared to end those childish mage-impersonators' lives."

*vodka'ing intensifies*

[The City [EclipseZwolf]]

Cessair: "Well at least one person is willing to ascend."

-Sees Lennox continuing to fiddle with the door and the disbelief scattered across most of the room. Cessair faces towards Lennox-

Cessair: "Are you going to keep trying to open that door or accept the clash?"

[Daiwa Scarlet]

"If we defeat a Starless Lord, then that should be enough to prove our power right?"

[The City [EclipseZwolf]]

-Itriot responds to Satone as Cessair appears to ignore her-

Itriot: "The trial isn't a test of power, but of ability and subtlety. A star in the darkness! Simply overpowering a Starless Lord would not meet both of those. The method to prove your subtlety will be revealed later in those rules Cessair mentioned."

-Lennox continues fiddling with the door-


Lennox: "I have no interest in participating, need I say it again? I will walk out this door and leave, simple as that!"

[Xaniks]

"Stop acting like a woman and man up, will you? Have a drink, it'll certainly get your killing instincts ready. Or not. Who knows how much of a су́ка you'll turn out to be?"

[The City [EclipseZwolf]]

Cessair: "This is that last time I will say it, you will participate in the Black Clash, there are no exceptions."

-Lennox turns away from the door and replies to Cessair, just as vigorously as before-

Lennox: "I will say it as much as necessary I refuse to be part of this Black fiasc-"

-A thundering boom sounds out in the middle of Lennox's statement and everyone watches Lennox, a hole in his head, collapse to the ground-




-Cessair stands arm raised, a smoking gun in their hand, pointed precisely where Lennox's forehead was when he was standing-


Cessair: "Ah, I forgot. There is one exception. You can die and not participate any further. This works for me too anyway. I also forgot that I only prepared 16 rooms so I was wondering how to drop one of the 17 in here. Thanks for volunteering!"

-Cessair calmly wipes some blood splatter that landed on her gun off before it slides back into her robe, hidden away. Anyone near the door also realizes they are now covered in a splattering of blood from the bullet impacting with Lennox's forehead-

Cessair: "Would anyone else like to volunteer to not participate in the Clash?"

-Itriot can be seen tossing a bag of something heavy and clinking over to Silver Mask who catches it and replies-

Silver Mask: "Told you someone would die before it started."

Itriot: "Alas! If only my glorious king would grant me some luck! Or perhaps foresight!"

[Xaniks]

"First blood, and he didn't even die to a competitor. Such indignity in death. Well deserved, of course. God bless his soul."

[Exusiai]

The boy was wobbling in place, lost in a flurry of thoughts. Complaints and explanations were drowned out by his own urgent thoughts, but a sharp sound bore through his negligence.
Nanashi gave a yelp as he lurched away from the sound's source.  Nanashi's surprise staggered him before he could appropriately analyze the situation.
The boy's feet couldn't carry him. 
From the sound, his attention became transfixed on a different source: a dead body with an obvious hole in its forehead.

"... Huh?" voiced Nanashi.
Nanashi's confusion was evident on his face, and it refused to budge in the slightest.

[Falin Touden [Ven]]

"What.. he.. he... actually... died!"