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Recap: You are user, the RED JOKER. In our last installment, the grueling battle against the SMILERS concluded.
All that remains is ALURA.
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(Gentlemen, for those not up to speed: In our previous episodes, the Smilers succeeded in seizing control of the Diadem, and proceeded to bombard the city of Arcadia. Hundreds of people were incinerated in the barrage. Others were harvested by Players, or torn apart by the Cryptids unleashed from the Diadem.
You gathered a strike team of Armaros, the Thief, Daegal, Rook and Distortion Haze to infiltrate the Diadem via a teleportation portal, with the intent to sabotage it from within and stop the slaughter. Simultaneously, the survivors of the initial attack - Including a number of newly-awakened Players - staged a breakout attempt, to destroy the Shield Pylons preventing their escape from the area.
After battling your way through the Diadem, your team encountered Rust Kaiser, Calcite Arrow, Enfer, Alura Une, Bell Zephyr and Inox Fang. You defeated them, after a grueling battle - But not without cost, as Armaros was killed by Rust Kaiser and Bell Zephyr.
Alura is the last survivor of the battle. It appears that Pazuzu has stripped her of her powers and withdrawn all support, leaving her in her fragile Hyades form.
I highly advise that you read the - very brief - previous episode, as this is a direct continuation.)
> [X] "Is that all you have left, Alura?"
The smile slips off her face. Tear-streaked, her hair in disarray, she's still beautiful - objectively so. But the spite that makes her face curdle, twist upon itself - just a spasm, a moment then gone - makes her look mundane, only for an instant; like everyone else. It ruins the illusion.
"Oh, there's more. A lot more."
She turns to you, her face unhappy, but her posture provocative.
"-I can be anything you want. You know this. I can't fight you - *I* know this."
(Continued)
Dark almond eyes look at you, moist and miserable. Her slim fingers move to the clasps of her dress, the rounded tops of her breasts pressing up against the silken fabric.
"Come on - We both know where this is leading. I know you're going to."
"You're going to sculpt me into whatever sick punishment shape you want, and I'll crawl and debase myself, and we'll both know who has the power *then*-"
> "I'm not you."
The words hang in the air, for what seems like an eternity.
Alura's expression tightens. There is a flash of - something - in her eyes.
> "You wanted to be beautiful, didn't you Alura? Too bad that no mask can hide the ugliness behind it."
She flinches - Actually flinches. For a moment, she looks hurt, almost frightened-
And now you see what's in her eyes.
Hatred.
"Charming," she sneers - Her lip curling. "-Is that what you told Cybele, when she crawled into your bed?"
Her voice is soft, now. Softer.
"He'll kill you, *Joker*. Pazuzu is your death."
There is a hiss to her words, a bitter snap.
"But he's not the one you need to fear-"
Alura bites her lip, hard enough to draw blood. A bead of it traces the curve of her chin.
"-Because deep down, he's as pathetic and lonely as you. Chasing the same dead woman. Making excuses for her, again and again-"
She swallows, hard, before she chokes on her own hatred. Her bosom heaves, drawing deep breaths - Fingers curled into claws.
"-Do you even know what Naoya's doing to Mio, *right now*?"
Daegal, some distance away, stiffens - Frozen in the action of reaching for the Condemner.
There is a feverish light in Alura's eyes, almost spitting the words, flecking her full lips.
"She needed you - She *made* you her protector - and you couldn't even do that. How does it feel, Joker? How does it feel to be some miserable girl's *wet dream*-?"
[ ] Free
YOU HAVE CONTROL
Hit her as hard as you can.
> "There, you see? Now you're ugly inside and out."
>How does it feel to be some miserable girl's *wet dream*-?
"I didn't know you were dreaming of me."
(Someone has a better retort? This one is kinda weak)
Shoot her in the fucking head.
"We've wasted enough time. We might still be able to rescue Mio and kill Naoya.
Sorry, Rook, but I couldn't wait for you to recover. You can have the White Joker if the opportunity comes."
That's juvenile.
I suggest we give her to Rook instead. He's been waiting for this for a long, long time.
>"We've wasted enough time. We might still be able to rescue Mio and kill Naoya.
>Sorry, Rook, but I couldn't wait for you to recover. You can have the White Joker if the opportunity comes."
You do realize this means absolutely nothing because neither Mio or Naoya are in the Diadem, right>
True, but we need the Chalice Queen Eidolon and the possible restock from the level-up.
Yeah, I guess Rook wouldn't follow us into the Black.
But we kind of need Alura's essence.
Agreeing with this, but only if Rook is still alive.
We really should end her. Either by our own hands or Rooks, or a combination. I'm partial to doing it ourselves while wielding Rooks blade as a compromise, but whatever we decide on, she needs to die.