Twilight of the Gods

"My point is that we only need as much of us as they have captains, for their hundreds of soul reapers are as meaningless as whatever amount of hollows we could muster. They'd be glorified distractions."

Mortal frowned as Daisy spoke, "So, some random human invaded us? Is he a friend of the girls perhaps?"

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"Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy, but can we not talk about each other's sex lives, it'd be less awkward maybe." Atae said.

S"Has he attacked anyone?"

Daisy<No attacks have been reported.>

*Senthose narrows his eyes.*

S"Order everyone in the castle to stay away from strangers. Explain that they may have some kind of memory altering power. Do not rely on any witnesses, & increase the security footage team."

*Senthose stands up & unsheathes his sword.*

S"I will go alone."
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E"Awww, you still have your v card, don't you? How adorable. Okay, if you insist. Do you know what FullBring is?"

"I could always send Eduj with you or in your stead, my lord," Hector brightened up a bit. "If he punches a human, they will most likely die."
Astarte frowned and resumed her seat.

Atae flushed red, "I am not!"

Noct just kind of stared at her, knowingly.

"Fine, whatever... and no, I don't know what that is."

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Mortal and Sab kind of just lounge around in their chairs.

*Euryale lightly pushes Atae back, grinning, & makes sure no one is watching. Then she sticks out her arms & makes a few quick hand movements, causing a statue of Atae to burst out of the ground where she was just standing.*
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S"Okay, did you not pay attention to anything I just said?"

A"Umm...can I have seconds, please?"

"And what makes you--" Hector was interrupted by Aroma. "Eduj, get her seconds."
Eduj nodded and left the room through a Garganta that took him straight into the kitchen.

Atae's face when. "Is that some kind of kido, or...?"

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Mortal opened a garganta and stuck her head into the kitchen, "Yea, I'll take one more too."

"Me too."

"Sab too."

E"Nope. We were attacked by Hollows before birth, so we can manipulate the souls of objects, especially those we have a particular affinity for. In my case, the earth itself."
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*Senthose heads off through another Garganta.*

"Of course," Eduj acknowledged the new orders without looking up from his cooking.
"I am glad you have enjoyed Eduj's cooking," Hector remarked, leaning back in his chair and folding his arms. "I made him learn soon after we first met."

"I never asked how you two met, did I?" Mortal asked. She then looked at Astarte, "So, Astarte, you finally started to like human food?"

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Since it was show off time Noct made a shadow clone of Atae, and had it smile and wave at the original. "I got shadows."

"Wow, that is amazing," Atae said.

Noct fought the urge to have shadow Atae go over and try to hug Lilith, but she did have it wink and blow a kiss her way. "When you create a copy of someone with fullbring the copy usually takes on the feelings of the original. Looks like someone was lying..."

Atae blushed again, "That isn't true!"

"...I would not say that I like it..." Astarte looked down her nose at an almost finished taco on her plate. "But since I am not allowed to eat Hollow within Las Noches, I have had to learn to tolerate it."
She left out the fact that she actually enjoyed some of it.

Mortal smiled, "You don't have to scurry around the truth, Astarte. If you really didn't enjoy it you would just travel outside of Las Noches to eat. You like it, I like it too."

"Travelling all the time would be inconvenient..." Astarte smiled slightly. "But I suppose there are a few foods that Eduj makes... that are... more agreeable than others."
"You see, it is Eduj's cooking that changed her mind," Hector beamed like a proud father.

E"Well, there is some truth in what she said. For instance, if I took a picture of you, & used FullBring on it, I'd have some idea of what you were feeling at the time, or how you would react to my own feelings. Even more so if I was very close to you."

"I'm happy you've broadened your horizons," Mortal said, "The world is a big place, and with our life times, we should really being enjoying as much of it as we can."

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Shadow Atae blew another kiss to Lilith.

"Well, if I had not met you and the others back then... I think I would still be living in the dark," Astarte said quietly. "So I have you to thank for this, actually. I am very grateful."
Hector looked suddenly disinterested.

E"Stop egging her on. Anyway, I told you this because we're going to meet other FullBringers. There is one named John, he controls mirrors. Then there are new ones, I don't know what they can do yet. I assume Yukio's power is related to videogames."
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A"Listen to you. Mortal the Adventurer."

Noct folded her arms, "I bet I connect with video games more than he does, I just connect with shadows better. My heart is just so full of love."

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Mortal smiled, "You're welcome." She then looked at Aroma, "I wouldn't call myself an adventurer, there are only a select few peaks and valleys I've ever dared to explore fully."

"From what I hear, you guys literally went to Hell and back," Hector said. "I would definitely call that an adventure."

A"An unwanted adventure. Wait, did you say fully, implying partial exploration?"
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*Euryale puts an arm around Noctis.*

"As you remind me every day."

*Lilith whispers in Atae's ear, while doing the scissor fingers.*

L"(They're lesbians.)"

Noctis tippy toed and kissed Euryale lightly.

Atae looked at Lilith, "I could tell..."

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Mortal stayed quiet.

"I can see how you wouldn't want to go to Hell," Hector continued. "But it sounds like it would have been interesting. I almost wish I could have gone too, if only to see what it was like."
Eduj reappeared through a Garganta at this moment holding another tray of tacos which he began to distribute.

A"Thank you. There was a layer of floating white blocks, a layer like a lake, & a layer of crushed bones with lava underneath. The whole place stank to high heaven, made me woozy, & was uncomfortably warm & humid. Trust me, it isn't worth the experience."
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*After a while, they come to the hollowed out apartment complex, & open it to the bar. John is sitting in a chair by a coffee table. Yukio is on the other chair, playin' the vidya. Jackie is cleaning glasses behind the bar. A broad-shouldered man in a black leather with long, slicked-back black hair is lounging on the couch. He has a silver cross necklace.*

Sab shrugged, "The lake one wasn't that bad. With those giant lotus things it actually looked quite serene."

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Noct looked around, waved to John, then walked over to the bar to get a shot of vodka.

Atae just kind of stood in the back.

"I take it there must have been occupants besides those you warred with," Hector said. "I mean... Sinners. Were they in cages or wandering about?"