I felt myself drifting for how long since I have been killed by that soldier, I only have this feeling that I have already drifted this place for an eternity before. But this time I have clothing intact, only the feeling of numbness is once again covering my body with little to no movement. Confined in time just like before when I went inside the chamber, but that's nothing new to me all the same, eyes are still shut until a few moments passed and I have regained control of it. I opened slowly as I looked around where I am this time, shifting my eyes in all directions. There was nothing but an endless strong wind that's dashing to the dark abyss, swallowing it like an endless hanger of validation. It was a strong bone that I have felt before, but it wasn't cold like it used to be, it had been cold for as long as I can remember. But now there's only an odd sensation of being dragged by something, not by the abyss. However I do feel that the wind is caring for me but that's only a feeling and not a true statement since I have not regained control as of yet, all I'm feeling is that I'm a ghost drifting through this familiar abyss of wind. Frailty lost into its questionable destination that's not time freezing or either my sense of reality has broken once again, it should be familiar but not all around the same, so what's going on then….? After a while of me being whatever I am now, I then hear an uncountable amount of distortion, voices that are ultimately familiar at last as they are speaking for my forgiveness. actions that are against me and begging to release them from their torment for them to finally move on, as they are brokenly tired of smelling their own odor of torment between a nasty mixture of both unclean blood and regretful tears, its foal smell was enough for me so bad that I had to try and move my hands to block there pathetic cries for help. Their torment was both frightening but also pleasing, like a twisted lullaby giving an effective method for a toddler. I didn't want to enjoy it but it had a lot of things that made me not want to stop listening. Have I always been unforgiving?... if so then they're not too little reason why I should doubt that in the first place, the pain that I wished upon my enemies was never the one thing in my mind...only teaching those a lesson for making me achieve nothing but endless crawling of constant failure because of their negligence, it hadn't been my fault for them to happen the way of what it did, but it happens because they were too afraid to do something or even attempt to be better for anything it all. I care not for those who don't do better, I care not for those who don't seek self-improvement, only those who are worth caring for my life and their own. Why do I need to feel no remorse for those who deserve it?... I am no hero, nor a villain, I am just…..me as I can be.

Then, a sudden feeling of warping started to shift things into something that looks like a room, a room that I have confined myself for safety, feeling that I regained control of my body again, I raised my upper body while rubbing my eyes as if I just woke up from a long sleep. Then looked around for any sort of intrusion, but found none so far. Good, though I worry if I linger too long I might get into more trouble. So no time to toddle and let's leave, the haziness felt subsided so far...but I doubt that is going to stop there. I got up from the bed and felt a bit hungry after, don't know why since I just ate this morning breakfast of waffle combo deluxe with Gloria. I guess I'll have a light snack before going to work again. to the mirror drawer, I went so that I could find something to eat, a light snack of crunchy chips should ease it up for later lunch after work. " Hey, jack? Where did my bra go?" I heard Gloria as I turned around. " It's right here hun, been looking for the brand of who made it. Gotta say you have one exquisite taste when it comes to female undies~." I teased her as she exchanged a loving beautiful adorable smile thanks to her usual dark blue lipstick. She is practically naked for changing her normal outfit to her work one as she finished wearing her long sock pants, which happens to be her favorite kind because it's comfy for her. It also gives me the excuse to see her o-natural vulgar slang tits of the ages, still nice to see before work. I'd call it a brand motivator for my case so...there's that.

"eating snacks already?...didn't I give you breakfast earlier?"

"Very sorry, but it seems I needed a bit more for the day. Suppose work last night got me tired"

"Oh yeah, the bet's were yesterday with Simon right?"

"Yeah, I finally managed to get the damn part. No thanks to his foolishness of stealing the prize away from me, I would never for the life of me befriend him in any given chance.*munching while little in frustration*"

"Oh I don't know~, you seem to have a bit of a knack for it when he gets under your skin~."

"For the record darling. He's an ass without a backbone, never mind his cat that I respectfully adore. Even his admiration for his creator brought his creation into life. I still don't find him all that glamorous"

"Owch~, that's a bit unfair don't you think?...sure he doesn't agree with you on many levels but, you can't deny a talent when you see one. Just as much as you showed me that prototype of yours."

"I mean...I guess?...but I don't like how he disrespected my global craft in the heavens ceremony, I understand that it's impossible by default. But I wanted to try regardless."

"I still don't believe it myself either, but I'd love to support it. Because you made a promise that if it made it through, I will be swimming in my efforts without a single drop."

"It's still gross how I made it sound tho."

"Hmhmm~."

She smiled while she giggled in amusement before she made herself fully ready with the work clothes of her coffee shop that just got new sets, different themes of sorts with new additions to the menu. Often I get a boyfriend discount when that happens...on my requests, I mean I still pay for it at full price but, most well-known stores usually scam you with unfair prices. That even got her in trouble once when she tried to help me out before I had to take action and bail her with my usual demeanor to make it seem like I fucked up. It worked in the end but I never wanted a bad apple between us, Gloria. She means so much to me after she helped me more than once to extract all kinds of information that I didn't even ask, I dated her for almost a year after she found out who I truly am after a few months. and even criticizing all of my selfish antics until there was nothing left to criticize. She was the only person that stayed long enough to understand my whole character….and yet, she still chooses to be with me. After I laid every single answer she desired along with answers that are outside of the question. I thought that was it for our relationship like many times before with other women, not like some of them were vile or anything like that, it's just we weren't that deep….or perhaps I choose to say nothing because I know that there might be a possibility for things to go south. Let no one say I tried to be cautious for a good amount of reasons. And after nothing left was untold, that was my only breaking point. I thought I was done and let the chain reaction of life do its bedding because I dared to think selfishly for my greed of betterment for us all and more….

I looked at my chips while remembering those moments clearly, as the day she left without an answer. Even now...she still didn't explain or even talk about it. I felt both shame and worry about what she was thinking now. " h-hey Glori...despite that we never talk about it. I just wanted to say that i-mmph!?" was interrupted by her surprising me with a sudden kiss on the lips, the sweet taste of its blueberry flavor never gets outdated no matter how long it lasts. Then unbrakes the kiss as she giggled rather softly at my reaction, "that's for a boost of confidence of the next conference of your big project, make sure to give em hell mmKay hun~?" she said with an alluring voice while she winks with a smile, shocked by her way of saying let's about it later sort of thing and just nodded to her with a blush. Then picking her purse while taking her blue coat left me with my thoughts before waving in my direction, I swear...I can't get a read on her if I wanted to, she always manages to surprise me one way or another. It's not like she was the first or last person that has been that way, it's just that she was the longest one I've been with since she knows the truth now. Father told me that I should be sure that she is ready for any woman or anyone to handle it...but she wasn't ready yet somehow we were still together...so why...? I kept thinking and munching at the same time yet each bite is feeling less appetizing than the last as if my failures are catching up to me. I don't know for certain what our future will be like from now on. Then I heard my phone ring as I thought immediately that Gloria had forgotten something and needed to pass it to her while I went to work after the conference, surely enough it wasn't her. But it was Simon. Even now to this day I don't know why I have his number since I despise him so much, I mean he did say that he wanted to show off his latest invention that could rival my own so… I guess that makes the least amount of sense to keep in touch for future meetings.

" *picked up the phone* yeah, yeah. I know where you live already asshole, just tell me when the meeting is going to be then-"

" حبيبي؟….رجعت ياعمري؟ ليش خليتني الحالي يا بعد شمس حياتي؟"

"No..."

"خليتني ولسى ماشفت وجهك الحيلو إلي ينور حياة واحد"

"How many times must I tell you to leave me alone...!? I'm not ever going to be part of your circus madness of hell!"

"خلنا نتكلم لحد اليوم يروح علينا يالغالي"

"NEVER!"

I screamed at the abdominal voice before I looked at the mirror, a vile version of me is displaying before my eyes. An odious form that ended all life that was already robbed in the bunker on that day, in the middle of my anger I threw the phone at the mirror. Somehow able to shatter it to pieces and escape the room after pushing it away from the door with surprising strength. The strength that I locked away along the way of what I truly am, bursting through the door as I looked around to the previous room I came out of and saw that it became nothing but substance, even the doors ahead of the hall are covered. At this moment I only see the window at the end of it of the only exit staring right before me, as it is still far for me to even reach. In my fear of no more safe rooms to hold off progress, I sprint as best as I can to catch my freedom from this place and never have to talk to 'it' again. But in my case of this odd place, the odds are already against me, the ceiling is raining the substance while my haziness is returning. Feeling dread that this thing might have already had me this time, but I never let him touch me or otherwise. I kept running and running to the exit but seemed to be going further and further away from me while slowly hearing the stompings yet again. My heart has begun to feel more continuous fright with each beat that feels like I'm going into an adrenalin marathon of a coward's Olympics. Desperate to run, escape, and wake from this place of the memory playground. But nothing was fruitful from the start as I feel the haziness has taken over my being and felt sick, so sick that I stopped in my tracks and vomited on the floor. I felt a burning in my throat as if my very life essence were escaping out of my body. like punishment for consuming too much of it. And as I began to catch my breath from this act, I noticed that there was not much of a food vomit, it was the same liquid subsistence on both ceilings and doors, squirming around without stopping as they formed something. The horrifying factor of this feels so maddening that I almost lost my awareness, all I do now is just stare at it like I'm examining a brand new life form of my experiment even though I know it's never been in my department. Yet my legs are still shaking at its core of how much this madness is going right before it finally takes form.

It was the faces of my victims, victims that played the part of the pleading groveling fools that dared to say they're sorry. Asking for help, asking for crawling out of debts, asking for forgiveness, and many more to count as I felt both fear and rage simultaneously as I wanted to shout at them that they don't deserve my help, my money, and my forgiveness for the things they've done to me. But before I was about to deliver my final word. I have been interrupted by a sudden grab in both shoulders, a jolt? a cold? Maybe both?...it doesn't matter. The touch felt wrong in every sense of the word, it felt pale and lifeless but full of possibilities of endless uncertainty. Yet not one of them is certain of what is about to happen, but I know at least one thing for sure…..' it' caught up. "Dārin, mada motte iku mono ga takusan arimasu〜. Anata ga subete wo te niireru made shōhi shi tsudzukete kudasai〜." with those words laid to me that I still have no familiar knowledge of its understanding. 'It' engulfed itself to me with little effort as I slowly drifted away from my freedom while holding my hand to the window as if I'm trying to reach it in my inevitable consumption, though fruitless as I wanted to reach it...it was already too late.

I woke suddenly with another grasp of life as if I'm trying to take a sip of it, repeatedly inhaling and exhaling for a study rhythm before I coughed up a bit. getting my composer was another but it took me a little effort, then immediately looked around to get my bearings of what place, as I was in some sort. So far it looked like a glass prison cell, arms strapped on the wall dangling, slowly then I realized that I am on the ground with only my clothes on without my suit on….damn it! while I was angered by the fact they have taken my means to better further my and others' means of succeeding in this mission. I only see Nicky in this cell, next to the bed crying softly on the floor before she notices the sounds of my both chained up arms and gasping. "m-my lord!..bye-your Alive!" she said in a happy tune as she threw herself to me in a quick reflex for a surprise hug attack and being very tightly about it around my waist. "ow ow ow!...easy on the stomach girl I just woke up here!" I complained to her in pain but was gentle about it as she was just done crying. "oh! Sorry sorry sorry! *loosened her grip* better?" she said with a soft smile as I nodded, yet I still feel the pain of my stomach, though being slightly healed but not over a hundred present recovered. In the middle of her relief, I breathe again. I feel something else around the waist of my stomach. I looked and saw some bandages had been wrapped around. Feeling like my injuries have subsided for now as I still feel the blood is seeping out as I see painting the bandages like art. It is not the first time that I was gutted like that before since the hellevan midnight hour is pretty tenacious with its predatory residence that has finally woken up their inner animal. Mine happened to be a fox. "you ok Nicky?...how are you doing?" I asked as she looked at me once more, " i-am fine. 'sniff..I'm just...really glad that y-your still alive." she said before smiling sadly but also joyful of my wake. "Sorry that I didn't wake up sooner, I was…" I said as I held off on that one, I could say that I was just dreaming and that would be the end of it. But I feel this will become constant as 'it' will come for me at every chance I either fall asleep or close to death, a new possibility I guess. Nicky's expression almost changed to confusing curiosity while still in her worried state.

I do suppose that being vague about it will give her some form of closure and less stress."...speaking with phantoms of my old life. It's not something I would talk about but it was distracting me to wake up. Sorry for coming back late." I continued as she looked rather surprised and yet intrigued by what she heard, which means it's working. "oh my cod! really? 'Instantly wipes her tears'...w-what was it like in there!? How can you do that? Was it a bad or good kind of phantom?" she asked with questions as I easily distracted her sorrow," Hey I'll tell you on a later date ok? Also, that's new to me so I wouldn't know just yet. You have to wait on that more when I have intel." I replied as she still looked excited but little to shake off what happened...speaking of. What and how are we here? " hey so...quick questions here. Where are we and what happened to my divine suit? Where's Callie and the rest? Why are my arms tied up like this? And is this place a cell?" I asked as she averted for a brief moment before looking back at me with an almost dreaded expression, she didn't want to say a thing as to not either get mad at her or worse. though she knew she had to answer if there's any hope of not getting the reaction of a lifetime. "they took your suit away" she said as I just had this look of the impossible became possible somehow. "knowing the fact that you're here outside of it how to open it saying that they know more then we thought" she continued as I kept my straight face long enough for her to finish. " from what I gathered so far in the guard's conversations they're trying to get something out of it or worse," as she continues to inform, a thought crossed my mind. " hey Nicky? You, gays, don't happen to know reverse engineering right?" I asked while she looked hesitant to answer, "we...do"...welp, there goes some easy options now. "And about Zoe, still delirious. but fine in agent.3's phone. And agent.3 is trapped somewhere along with Callie trying to get away from here before the whole place is under a valley search on them. Nothing yet so far which is good." that's good to hear at least, things are dire just as much as this cell, so the best thing I could want from them is being out there in inkopolis instead of here. "Oh, and this cell? I'd say we're in the third sector somewhere. since it's the only second place I know of where it's used for inkling prisoners and some other folks who don't want to do what the king says." that's reassuring...tho I imagine they were not for long to be here before they either changed there mind or still sticking to what they believed. But how and why we are in the third sector since Necky says that it's the second one? "As for how we got here...I don't know, I was out cold after you suddenly burst out with...whatever exactly that was in the first place and find myself here with you, all tight up before i...w-well" she trails off before her cheeks showed a little faint shade of black while rubbing and twirling her tentacle hair and turned to her seaweed things to distract herself from one betacular question, I wanted to say something but can't help but get shocked by the intel so far. Yet one of them stands out more than the rest. I-i lost control?!...again!? I-i...thought for sure I left it dormant like I wanted to before getting in the champer. fuck! This is much harder than I thought it would be to keep it in the dark! Looks like even in the bring of death it won't stay shut, a supposed defense mechanism of some kind...? Mmm. have to note that down." I-i batched you up. With the bandages I found while I was in your bathroom office earlier. I kept one close...just in case." she said while she thinks that it's better not to show her face. I find it rather adorable as usual. But the fact that she took it from the first aid kit is a no-no to me since that belonged as emergency use in the base. But I can't be hard on her since she was trying to help nonetheless, so I'll leave it be for now and give her praise instead. "Thanks for the saving grace Nicky, you have the praise of the lord. And a bit of the word adorable cause why not. Anyway, thanks for the uptake on everything." I praised her with a side of complement as she smiled warmly and felt the tension of the situation have partly subsided but not all gone. "Your welcome and...T-thank you. I'll...try harder for your will of divinity to be recognized much more than ever before," she replied as I only nodded to her, but also told her that it's fine she didn't uphold it that seriously just as long as she's well on all accounts. She didn't say anything other than a nod back while I saw her tentacles faintly reaching towards me. It was already clear that day that she has a thing with me ever since I noticed the signs. Genuinely speaking, I like talking to her, despite that our genuine connection is rather faint at the moment, I feel sure with time, it would be grander than a blind woman with no sense of dignity. I don't mean to exaggerate that but, I do feel that things will be better with enough time in hand to spend with her.

Tho, it is my selfishness speaking that I should desire her, yet...I need to restrain it until she has a say after she knows the whole truth of what I am. And has every right to reject me if she knew after, and I don't know how well I could handle more than one woman in my life since I always make do with only one every time my relationship comes to twisted land instead of what we were supposed to have. And so far with Nicky at last night's party, she was eager to learn, understand, and go all the way to become an assistant for me if I needed one. and even told me after the whole thing was over she would resign and be something that she always wanted, but of course, told me it was a secret until then. Though she knows that she's not clever but knows her stuff well to keep going and show emotional turmoil yet is very determined to get things done even if she is vulnerable to some degree. Still, a deadly fighter with a will of rebellion to find the exit at the end of the tunnel. I very much admire her to be honest since it shows firsthand by her teams and a few others that knew her personally. Perhaps, this is a chance to know her further and continue our last conversation and maybe even soothe her pain without adding too much on her plate more so than she already has...actually. come to think of it...didn't she also say that Fred needs help too? Tho I saw his tentacle also behave the same way as Nicky while we were talking. Occasionally he glanced at me while talking with Liam far away from us, I thought it was pointing at her but in actuality, it was me instead.

T-that's...preocular. was prepared for any kind of woman but never the opposite. Not...exactly was expecting anything like this when I first woke up but this is new even for me. I'll worry about it later. "Aside from me, anything else I should know?" I asked as I looked around the cell room, it looked both dirty and rusty with a tolerable smell of decayed metal and bed sheets that are ruined and uncleaned. It's the same thing with the mattress as it looked on better days. Chains are uncomfortable what I feel it's rusty shit on my wrists, been chained many times before and those bastards at least have some dignity with these sorts of things, this is just awful, even the sink waters looked untouched yet still works with water drippings of rusty liquid. I'm guessing either they don't care for it or just didn't have many prisoners in years. The second part should be the case. "Oh, I almost forgot! Aiva and ivy came by and told us that Fred and Liam made it out and led the rest of the rescued ones back so that's good news at least. and to be honest, I don't know where they are now since It's has been three days without a callback from them to get us both out too," she said while my eyes widened on that last part.

"SORRY WHAT!?"

"Huh? what?"

"Did you say it's been three days already...?!"

"Yeah. that's why I was crying, I thought you were...y-you know. Sorry that I forgot to mention that, things have been very stressful."

"It's fine but Good lo-i mean me...Good me this is just, this is...Damn."

"I've been here doing nothing but trying to think of something before they sometimes kept coming here asking me over and over about stuff of what I learned about you and other stuff, but I didn't say anything."

"Oh...good. But still, they might have already pressured you or something to get you talking right? I didn't mean for this to happen and make you feel this way."

"No...not yet at least. And don't worry, am a one-steel plate gal so you don't have to go overboard just for me."

"I still do regardless Necky."

"But everyone needs you, the least I could do is get you out of here so they can have a better future."

" even so Necky I still need you for everything else that I want your assistant with. And we still have our deal right?"

" yes but, I still want you to be not in this place. So at least let me help you out."

"Trust me, I thank you that you want to, but one person has to keep these two pinky yellow roses in check right? They're never going to check themselves you know."

"Huh? Do you mean Aiva and ivy? What about em?"

" I feel both of them so far are good with their stealth and all, but. They gave you a real hard time...don't they?"

"..."

" am assuming that the answer is yes right?"

"...*everting her eyes away*"

" Well… you don't have to answer, but I hope you realize that I am a people person, they don't care as much you do. I like you to handle them. With force, if you have too just to keep them in line."

"..."

" you and I both know they're going to do a lot of damage to everyone they meet, and you may not look it. but you've been in this situation before. Even a lot of people can't handle that kind of toxic. trust me, you're more than meets the eye."

"...then, can I ask you...were you-i mean. Was it…like how it was in your times?"

"..."

"...s-sorry i-i just that I-...sorry."

"...First, we need to leave and see what's going on before leaving this place with whatever we can find learn. While trying to find agent.1 and 3. two, the moment we get back to base I can answer everything you want to ask but it will stay in the know."

"before you reveal everything else later?"

"You do not need much god power to answer that question~."

"Yeah...thank you. for, talking with me on this, I mean it my lord."

"Anytime, and if there's anything else you want to share just ask, am always available...in reasonable scheduled times."

"Hmm~. so while we are on the subject of getting out, I did try to look around but there's no exit or a way out, not even a way to phase through walls. Is there anything we can-"

she said not before getting interrupted by a loud creak metal sound door, old yet still able to open as we hear some steps of a few soldiers rushing in the room. A few were damned with the goggles, others still maintaining their will yet molded with promising ideas that I know for sure will never hold water in the end, though it's just my take of how far I've seen there and the king's endeavor for how yet seems to be clear. They surround the place to secure any possible escape I might plan along with her until they've stopped before standing in their positions, waiting a little more before I see the man who attempted to kill me enter the room without his usual spear this time. Was replaced with gauntlets that looked similar to my suit's power gauntlet with a paint job of purple and yellow covering it all. Including the hook whip as I see it in the top position instead of the bottom. "Nice replica...asshole." insulting him along with his weapon, only looked at me with an expression yet no words like usual. Yet something behind it looked like his mind was saying something, from what I can tell in the experience of this sorting thing that is something about...finally seeing divinity? The hell?

My speculation has been halted by the sound of slathering movement on the floor, as I kept my gaze on that super soldier while giving me nothing but questions. He stepped away before the real individual I was about to speak with, in my gaze I see an octopus that is huge by comparison to every octoling octo-based formes. his in fact in its entirety, one authority-looking creature, warring a large gold helmet in the style of kabuto, don't know how something like that has survived and re-made it into this and adding an octarian emblem in the front. He is a dull red-violet with darker areas around his eyes and tentacles and appears to be perpetual of either mad or sore of what I did to his toys. Come to think of it, one of the two tentacles that looked crossed in front of him bears a large, green, X-shaped scar that is identical to the ones seen on other octo-weapon when that nosed thing popped out its head and took the zap fish. Is he the Conduit to control them? Or just plain ol rip and attach and give life somewhat? Either way, he looked at me for one whole minute while examining me. As if I'm some sort of lap rat that needed further data to understand, again. not the first time I've been in this kind of situation before so it's nothing new. "…the greedy god is back on living? hmm...your body is somewhat fragile, yet durable enough to withstand death even without your god principles covering you? Or…." he begins to question despite his expression looking less than what he sounds. Though his gurgles sound is roughly old yet still able to speak clearly in some mannerisms of either menace, authority, or both. "well, in time I'll learn. Human, state your name please. " he asked somewhat politely as I only raised a single eyebrow. "surely that you know me by now after all the disposing and gathering I did in inkopolis with that thing you call a deadly square machine. Never mind that it looked ridiculous along with the name so, tell me this old-timer. Why...do you even do any of this, to begin with?" I asked a question with a question as he looked deadbeat for another minute. "State, your...name." he insisted as I just rolled my eyes before I looked at Nicky that she was hiding inside my coat underneath from behind. Now I realized that I wore it despite leaving it back in the sub, looking back at him waiting for my answer as that super soldier is giving me a node, which I find very odd. " 'sigh'...Dr. Jack Wilson grew. And I take it that your Octavio right?" I answered as his expression almost relaxed before he ordered one of the soldiers to bring a chair and sat down after and told me to let's talk. " talk...? You have three strikes so far that I think I prefer to come out there and grill wasabi out of your ass false king. I don't believe for a damn second you have something that can change what your stone boy there with the rip-off of my suit gloves did to me and everyone else" I said plainly as day while showing my displeasure of not even wanting to exchange words with a low tune of not giving him any slight mercy remarks. "I, am so, sorry. I needed to submit you and have you right here. But I needed to make sure that you were weak enough before taking you in. I don't know what power you have so I just made what could find it possible." he said with an attempting his best apologetic tune as I just felt like I want to 'REALLY'honestlyI get out there and give him a good ol one-two in the eyes.

" Are you kidding me?! You could've just asked without doing this other bullshit you fucking lunatic?! *leaned aggressively forward as chains ruddled in their limit*"

"I do take the risk of going to extreme measures to take you in here for a chance to talk in private. But you must understand that I did this with good intentions."

" in what part of your good intentions could GET!? had to go all the way to make yourself look this bad!? I had other people and myself find the damn zap fishes along with freeing your goggled pricks! and now I find myself being in this cell room and expect things well just fine and because!?"

"It had to make it look convincing, otherwise things will just go in a different direction than I intended to."

"By having me blown up along with agent.3!?"

"It was necessary, trust me, doctor. I am not going to harm you at any given time since you are presumed to be dead by another threat who was supposed to be after you more than I am. I have no intention of killing you, nor will I ever, I just need your ear and hear me out."

"Fuck, you...you octo fool of a cunt. I just had a stab in both back and front by your spear boy! I'm not going to give you my ear for all you I can give you is shit instead. so fuck off!*scoffed while looking away from him as chains have raddled again*"

"I understand your frustration. I Will take responsibility and make it right as you desire, but if it makes you feel any better lord of greed. if I told you that I have the one person you're looking for, right here, next to the door. Will you listen?"

"...excuse me whaaaat?"

After he dropped that bombshell on me with this little intel, Nicky just hopped out and formed back before smashing her hands on the glass wall un effectively, while telling him in an angered tune to stop laying. And as much as I wanted to join in the fry as well, my limit of doing anything but keep watching them has left me with nothing but clenching in anger as I continued listening. "You don't have her and you don't ever say anything honestly just like what you did to the entire team and everyone else! So what makes you so sure that he and I will listen to you after everything you did!?" she said with anger as he remained unchanged. "I am now Nicky. I have everything you both need, all you need is to listen to what I have to say and it's all yours," he replied as I felt his words could be indeed true, yet. I am not keen to see what he wants from me. "I want nothing from you! All I want now is to get you off the throne and wake everyone up from this endless crap we've been doing! It never ends and a lot of them are really tired! AND SO IS SHE!" she yelled loudly at that last part as I felt my ears were about to pop out. The feeling is mutual with Nicky in some way, I have been in shackles for so long that it felt like I was being drained...In multiple ways than I could ever remember. "I hear you...I do, No need to yell. she is not in any danger, you have my word since she told me that a coin of hers is keeping her safe like a lucky charm of sorts." he said with little care as I on the other hand was trying to not show any sign of reaction. Damn it! Of course, he would know eventually. But it looks like he's clueless about it. The least she would do is spill the beans about us, which thankfully the coin is behaving as it was intended in our contract. and of course, Nicky had no idea about it...maybe I should wait until they-"I don't know what the hell you're talking about. But whatever you have to say you can just forget it...I'm getting out of here with my lord. One way or another'' she said with a low-hatted tune as she returned to and sat next to me. Closing her eyes and shaking her head in disbelief. Feeling like it's never going to be simple with reasoning from a man that the odds have already shifted against him despite having and telling what is supposedly true, departing in our heads like pinball machines that can't find a good hit to end the whole score. In the middle of it, Octavio looked at us patiently as he kept his gaze in my direction...either thinking or examining me by shifting his eyes to my injury and my restraint. Over Three minutes have passed as we were just silent, not talking or giving any exchange of all sorts. Like we were in detention of some kind, needless to say, we have been here for quite a while for another three more minutes as I and Nicky felt very hungry. " It's rather an amusing coincidence actually." he started again as I continued to not give an eye to him. "she told me that you might be hungry after waking up. So seeing you now alive and...well, debatably well you could say. But this is just something I wasn't expecting altogether. Need to apologize to her for being wrong" he said while trying to be comedic while chuckling as I just told him that he owes more than just that as I spite him with more words but being less dramatic. "Speaking of...'' he said before looking to his left as I then felt a momentary distant connection on the other side of the door before I heard a sweet soft gurgle angelic voice so soothing that made all my past years of hellish torment feel like a pipe dream.

"Is he awake~?"

"He is. And his rather upset at the moment since...you know."

" 'sigh'...I did tell you that he's not going to like it and up and agrees you know~. He's not the kind of person that just fallows anyone without a good reason~."

" oh, he is going to since the situation greatly demands it, plus. I did promise that I'll go easy in some places so this is all I can do to make it look-"

" yeah I know~, but you know this is something that I have to resign after this is over right~?"

" You're free to do whatever you like, I won't much less care if you up and disappeared altogether. I just need him to fill him in on what he doesn't know. that's all"

" your rule~, your problem~. He's mine~, along with everyone who is with him~. And I am going to be there sooner than you think~."

" Right, leave his dinner and go back to your post for now. Things already happening in inkopolis right at this moment*one guard took the dinner plate while the door was about to close*"

" hang in there my love~! Will soon be together before you know it~. I'm so glad that you're still alive, scared me there for a second but I know you pulled it through like you always do~. o-oh a-and...u-um...i-i...I LOVE YOU TOO~!"

The door has finally closed as I only hear those sweet words in sound before her embracing footsteps are fading away as reality is slowly welcoming me back once again in this sinking dilemma, then again. I don't remember that I have ever heard something so pure and so innocent, yet so angelic in all places. My admirer so happened to be here for at least a chance with a little form of interaction. Granted I never said anything back but….it felt really good to hear her voice for the first time at last~. Hearing her fearing my will before also making me dinner as I am about to wake up as well...? I truly am blessid~. Now I am more than determined to end this whole shit bang as fast as possible to finally be with her. Another heartfelt resolve has been implanted and more at ease to conquer this seemed an impossible task. tho thoughts have been interrupted as I hear the sound of a glass food window opening before Nicky took it with haste, brought it then next to me without doing it in divine offering way as she sat down and placed the plate on her lap. Looking at it now as I got a whiff of the smell of her cooking as it smelled heavenly like mothers. Chicken with yellow rice all topped with a brown sauce that smiled like barbecue, some good quilty veggies on the side, the beverage is just cold fashion water so...the meal looked perfect but how does it taste? This looks like my favorite meal so it's bound to taste good right? Nicky scoped some of it in one spoon and fid it to me as I opened my mouth. In a surprise twist, it tastes just like how my mother has cooked it but rather more mastered it in its finest form. Savoring each bite one after the other before downing it with water, this surge of family emotions has always been there but with this physical memento as I have felt re-awakened to some missing kays about how I felt. few tears have been shed, and weakness put me on hold like a fragile doll, each bite gave me both warmth and fuzz yet a pit of shame and regret. Finishing it all has left me with nothing but sorrow and rage. Another whirlpool of emotions is playing in my heart like a card game, thinking of how things could have been different if she was here with me, what would she think? What could she prevent? What would she stand? What time she would wake me up? The answer, It didn't matter. Because of her...pushing me to sacrifice her very being with everything that I loved about her and how she changed my life even how foolish she was doing it, helping her in more ways than one...gone like a blank paper for a better life….why mother? Why did you make me do this to you? You were everything to me just like with my father and my siblings, and they did the same...why? This is not the price I was willing to ever accept even by any means! "M-my lord? You ok?" Necky speaks as I opened my eyes and found my dinner plate is wiped clean, felt weak and powerless like how I've always been yet found myself somewhat relieved for a moment as I looked at Necky. Told her that was in some regard ok before taking the plate away and just wiped my tear-jerking face. I Sighed and thanked her after that to release some stress leftovers while she just stared at me waiting if I could tell her what was that about, "are you satisfied? Can we finally talk now that you know that am not laying?" said the false king as I looked at him with a stern expression, if I could just get these restraints broken or otherwise I would pummel him to the wall repeatedly. But seeing that I am calmed in some way, I might as well just humor him for a bit.

"...for the record, that doesn't what am about to do to you at the end of all this, so...what do you want?"

" mmm, good. Keep that motivation in check. And to start with the first news, you'll be leaving soon after this is over so don't waste yourself coming up with something to get out."

" excuse me? Why?"

" I only wanted you to hear this quick, so listen. Your target is not me, someone or something else is seeing and hearing everything we do."

" and who might that be? Is it something I should already know or a complete ghost of a person that you can't find?"

" We have no idea, their influence is much like yours on a global scale quite frightening since my troops keep disappearing left and right."

" Are you sure you're not mistaking the way I do things? Since I am pretty much the one who did that."

" if you mean by recent events? No...this happened last week."

"...what?"

" look, I can't keep you here much longer than I should since it has been three days already. So I'll make it brief and you can go back unharmed."

Seeing how he almost looks visibly shaken by this unknown figure that sounded like it happened more than just last week is giving him the act of this desperate move sounded more accurate the more he talks, he kept going and mentioning a lot of things as fast as he could with these missing octoling and Ontarians alike with few other things like resources and materials and such. An invisible straw is sucking the Populus dray and draining his place down before his next in line along with inkopolis and the globe, and therefore. " you need my help to get rid of it?" I said as I humored him enough. " I'm asking you to handle it, right after of course finishing our farce in the eyes of everyone. Including our people, do we have a deal?" he said while getting interrupted by his drones. Playing the play-along game? Why? What's the end goal for this? " and what if the chances that I refuse or fail this deal?" I asked calmly yet with a smug smile before looking at me as he leaned in front of the glass wall. " then you can say goodbye and never step foot here ever again. Either you help me or I'll take whatever is necessary to avert this crisis...the choice is yours to make, don't disappoint me...my mighty greed cod." he said non-religiously before leaving the room along with the super-soldier and only left me with the drones. Necky was of course listening while pondering in thought if this whole information is one step closer to what she was looking for or another step back. Either way, she stopped and looked at me before we talked and reviewed about we learned so far for five minutes straight of debate before concluding. " so we are doing this doctor?" she said while still feeling a little skeptical. "I would like to play along and see where all this is going if the whole thing is true in the end," I said while I faintly heard some popping noises. "I...don't believe we're making much progress like this, we should get the others on this," she suggests as I thought that of the idea before agreeing to it as the popping getting a little louder. " not exactly hundred percent on board with it too Necky, even if he brought her here there's still a lot of things that might not be true. So playing along is not the ideal thing we should do, but it might give us some clarity at the end of this. Hopefully" I said while feeling some slight rubble. "Hey, do you feel that?" I said as it gets more and more clear along with the popping. "Yeah...it feels like...oh shit," she said before she jumped to my face with her hugging me chest plate wise as I heard a sudden big explosion, can't see a thing as I only heard some beatings and smoke bomb sounds while angry voices can be heard. Splat sounds here and there for a few minutes before things got quiet...until someone says.

"FIRE IN THE SHITTER YA LOVELY LASSIES!" said the Scottish accent gurgly sound person as there another explosion that sounded it decimated the glass wall, hearing the plates of glass made the impact on the rusty walls before falling to the ground. " shhhite! I didn't mean to blow it this hard." said the Scottish voice before Necky let go of me as she asked if I was ok while asking the same, needless to say, we're both fine. "Ah...finally found ya! The hot octo-chick human lover is right on her little info after all!" said the voice joyously as we soon got a clear look at him while he approached slowly out of the smoke as it soon cleared. A tall inkling man is given this aura of extreme faith and desire for salvation. He has an eyepatch on his left eye while the exposed one is red. The hairstyle is a ponytail tentacle while his skin is black. and underneath his white coat, I could see two grenade straps placed on his chest armor. Caring my roller on his other hand while dragging it. I...almost forgot about it. Having even has a cross necklace around his neck as it shines almost divinely. Looking at me with this...well. The best way to describe it is either stable or on the right mind so to say. The wide smile is kind of a give-a-way, but I also noticed something else that's hard to see...faint black veins are streamingly glowing with white energy. No fucking way, those veins...his working with 'it'..!? h-...h-how? "In God's embrace, we seek. For I have found the greed god, as we trust him with our endless offerings, both in pleasure and wealth, for us all that we give and receive his everlasting golden kindness to paradise. Amen" said the rescuer who speaks in the full cultish form of faith as he bowed before me by kneeling. fear and dread took me over my being while Necky just smiled and thanked him, then the cultish rescuer came to me and freed my hands. To be honest, they felt kind of sore. "Greedy oh mighty one! I'll give you the quick character here see! The name is rex Kaju! Codename explode. Tanky class, and am a professional Demoman whose to plow your non-worthy self to this shite of a place out. thanks to your inner saint, since it's finally handing you the blessings like our mighty gods supposed to be." he said cultishly again before offering me my weapon back with both hands without any issue, needless the feeling with the same dread in my dream realm. I took the weapon from his hands as if am accepting his offering before finishing rub twisting my wrists from the sore. He opened his coat showing underneath that Nicky's weapon is right there among the explosive bombs, grenade launchers, and other based explosive properties that give the bartender Allen the run for his money.

She took her weapon back along with the ink tank before thanking him as she asked to help me stand up, both of them gave me some support as I was a bit reluctant to accept his aid but couldn't say no since I am now perhaps finally tide with 'it'. "...thank you, honestly I wasn't expecting rescue from...well. A-anyways, *used the roller as a cane* explode right? Tell me something. Who, what are you and you said that my admirer has sent you here?" I asked humbly as I walked around a bit like an old fool to get my footing back...what a damn callback. "Right you are greedy one! Was my way here searching ya high and low of the scum of the earth of this graved up human bunker while she pointed me in the right place. The lassie cares for ya so much that's hard to believe to go this far for ya!" he said as I thought that could be a sweet moment before he said something that felt all the other obvious questions are going to the bookmark gallery as my eyes widened from this one shred of intel as I asked with the best calm expression. " the hellvens name did you just say!?"