Hello! I'm back and this will be the first Chapter to be on Archives of our Own as well as fanfiction for an update. I'm really hoping that I can get some feedback on my story this way…. But tossing that aside we need to start this chapter!
Disclaimer: I only own my own Ocs. Do you people honestly not understand this?
Within Evil's Forest lies the home/workplace of the physical manifestations of the Seven Deadly Sins. The first Sin one would encounter once arriving after their death is the Sin of Gluttony in the form of the Master of the Graveyard. In order to just get the opportunity to be judged one has to get around her and her twin servants or else they would be gobbled to the bone. Should one get around Graveyard then the next encounter could be found in the Clockwork Tower where GEAR resides, but since he gave his power as the Sin of Greed up in order to heal the Clockwork Doll he tends to stay in the tower. Past that down the trail is two buildings standing next to one another: A Theater and a Court. Should a person try to go to the Theater they would be stopped by the Sin of Vanity and Pride who is known as the Waiter, and with the denial of entrance they would be sent to the Court to be judged.
Once entering the Court the massive doors behind them would be slammed shut as all they can see is a young girl holding a gavel with false confidence high above them on her podium. With a bang of her Gavel their judgement would begin with the person's entire life being scrutinized, and this action would, more often than not, distract the judged from the other figure standing off to the side with his sword slightly in the ground while he rests his hands on the hilt. That person would be David himself as he watches over the trial in order to reassure his Mistress that nothing would go wrong, and usually it doesn't.
However, there are those who had strong abilities in life that think they can use them to force their way into heaven by attacking the Master of the Court. Those foolish people quickly take notice of the Angel of Death as he stops their attacks effortlessly before beating them down, and as a personal enjoyment he would also be the one that would throw them down into Hell- usually with a cheerful goodbye or threatening message. There are other types of people that sometimes plead guilty and thus not allowing themselves to be judged as they believe they deserve to go to hell. These people are extremely rare, but they do exist causing some debating as the Master of the Court's servant tries to help figure out what to do.
In the end those people's lives get examined anyways except they are examined in the privacy of Court's Bedroom before a mutual agreement can be reached between Mistress and Servant. There has been two cases where an outcome is to for the accused to be put in Limbo as the judgement, and both of those cases have led to the Mansion having two more residents. Both people had to first refuse the chance to go to Heaven first though before this option could be considered.
Perhaps even rarer than that is the people who had apparently heard of some sort of treasure that the founder of the Theater left behind and could actually do something. Those people are usually defied by the Waiter- or actually her own servant known as the Gardener- before being sent to Court to be dealt with; however, that doesn't mean that their isn't those who actually is smart enough to think ahead.
One of those times started by a rather normal looking person calmly entering the Court. The person remained unfazed by the slamming of the doors as well as Court's Gavel banging "Court has been called to session. Those of the Accused are being judged on the Sins of your life. How do you plea for your placing in Heaven or Hell?" Per the usual the accused replied with Not Guilty which allowed the trial to start. The normal procedures went through with his entire life being viewed in fast forward as everyone is sped up in insanely fast speeds in the Court room in order to make sure many people can be judged in a single day.
Things started to go wrong during the judgement as when Court was starting to make her judgement David noticed the Person reaching into their pocket for an item "-dgement will be to spend eternity in the abyss of Hell for your selfish sins! May you get what you deserve." Right before the Gavel could crack once more against the podium before her the Person had pulled out a handgun before firing it at the Clockwork Doll. Of course the bullet was intercepted by her Servant who grabs it out of the air and Crushes it in his hand.
"Milady we really need to talk about people keeping whatever they had on them when they died." He dryly comments before looking back to the entrance of the Court Room to see that the doors have been forced open. The sound of a scuffle is heard before the Waiter's voice can be heard expressing outrage.
Both Mistress and Servant make their way over to the next door theater where they see the sight of the Gardner helping up the Sin of Pride with the doors of the Theater opened behind them "You two alright?" The Angel of Death casually asks while making his way near the entrance of the theater making sure not to peek inside, and if he focused he could hear the sound of the Person's footsteps hitting against the floor with his enhanced hearing.
"What do you think!?" The Waiter exclaimed while she yanks her arm out of her Servant's helping hands as she marches up to David "I was just shoved aside while a Soul who should have been dealt with by you forced his way into the Theater!" Letting the girl rant the Winged Teen glances back at the theater before asking "Why is it that only Sins are allowed to go in there?"
The blatant ignoring of her words nearly sends the Sin of Pride into another violent rant, but she was cut off by Court as she explains "There are things in there that no mortal or soul should witness. It simply is too much for anyone other than the awakened Vessels of Sin." Her servant ponders the situation a bit before creating a strip of black cloth that he uses to blind himself as he ties it over his eyes "Then I won't witness it."
His simple statement sends the Sins before him in shock at the idea that he would risk himself just to get the escaped Soul "The Judgement must be completed." He states firmly before turning towards the entrance, but another comment echos behind him as he enters the theater blind "Also that Person tried to hurt Milady. That just isn't something that is going to slide."
Hearing his own footsteps as he walks through the theater the teen uses his other senses to make his way deeper into the building while at the same time expanding his senses to sense the Ki of the escaped Soul. Using the Ki Signature as an end point he effortlessly traverses the inner workings of the Evil's Theater before he picks up on the voice of the escaped soul "T-this is the treasure….?" Unable to tell if the voice is tingled with excitement, disbelief, confusion or disappointment the Teen picks up the pace before entering the same room that the other person is in.
"You know we really shouldn't be in here." David states before side-stepping a bullet by instinct "Y-you won't take me! I risked everything to get this!" The desperation in the voice is clearly heard as well as the click of the hammer on the handgun "Then you risked everything for nothing." The Angel of Death replies with a calm voice before deflecting another shot with the blade in his hands. He continues to block and dodge the gun fire with ease until the repeated click of an empty gun is the only thing that can be heard brining a smirk to the teen's face.
With a yell of frustration he can tell that the person is charging at him from the heavy footsteps getting louder as the soul gets closer, and with a flick of the wrist David slices into the person with a vertical slash as he feels the slight resistance of flesh as well as clothing from his attack. This briefly makes him ponder how does a deceased soul have flesh, but he puts the question aside for now as he presses forward by bring the blade around in a horizontal slash that tears into the gut of his enemy. A loud thud against the floor confirms that his enemy is unable to fight anymore allowing the teen to stand up straight before smiling down- at least he thinks that's where the person is- at the person.
"How did it feel to have your goal in sight, but ultimately fail anyways?" He asks with false sympathy in his tone, and without waiting for a response he bends over and grabs the person's leg before dragging his enemy all the way back out of the theater. All the while the person scratches and claws at the ground trying to get back to the room while screaming profanities. In the end the person wasn't cast into Hell, but rather the Soul was hand delivered to the Master of the Hellish Yard by David with clear instructions that the person would be put in the deepest parts of Hell. With a cheerful send off the person screams for mercy while the Angel of Death pops confetti bottles in a false celebration.
To think that those are only some of the people that get judged by the Master of the Court. She has her work cut out for her.
I wanted to bring back the Master of the Court in this segment, but also I wanted to have something done with the Theater. Since no one- at least to my knowledge- knows what is in the Theater I made sure to keep everything as ambiguous as possible. The treasure remains unknown, if it's what the person heard about is unknown, what the theater looks like on the inside is unknown. Everything remains unknown!
Anyways I have to go now so see you later! Bye!
~DeathOnWings1203~
