Hell Harbor, at the Hidden Emperor meeting area. Ose straightens her posture and stands upright. She smiles at the other Emperors and Dukes present, of which there are now more than fifty. "So we are in agreement? I don’t want to have to change these plans a fifteenth time. The hour grows late, and I…
Hardly has the battle begun before Satan hurls a truly massive fireball down the pitch-black corridor, lighting it up enough that any observer can easily make out the blackened tendrils comprising Yama’s smoky body. The Emperor of Shadows drops to the floor and compresses himself into a paper-thin form, then slides away, easily evading Satan’s…
After explaining Murmur’s situation, Bael and the Hell of Isolation’s top demons don’t feel much enthusiasm for small talk. Viola glances around the chamber and wriggles her nose. "Is that why you wanted to chat with us in private, Bael? So Yama wouldn’t know you told us?" Bael raises an eyebrow. "Eh? Nah, sister. I…
Bael, Dorma, Viola, Guura, and Melody leave the Hidden Emperor meeting without any fanfare. Now that the Duke of Pain lacks an indestructible body and magical talents, he won’t be of any help during Ose’s next invasion. Similarly, the Hell of Isolation’s members never tend to involve themselves with the militaristic aspects of upper demon…
Hell Harbor, inside the broken and shattered remains of where the Hidden Emperors first met. Ose stands at the head of the meeting table, her eyes glowering with annoyance at the fact that that all of the seats have been destroyed and the table itself is in shambles. Along the edges of the table stand…
Jason teleports himself and Belial back to the edge of the Fortress of Retribution, just inside its crystalline walls, but away from the populated areas. He observes the inside of the Hatoraxia for a few moments using his Wordsmithing and listens to the conversation between Kordonis and Miikil while his mind-wife works in secret. "Alright,"…
The VLL Hatoraxia hovers in the void, roughly a hundred miles above Tarus II’s surface. Its stealth modules camouflage it from view, making the primitive species on the planet below unable to see Captain Kordonis’s vessel. Sangin Kordonis, the newly promoted Ambassador for Founder-Human Relations, stands at attention on his ship’s Bridge, observing several readouts…
After attacking his precious ‘Birdy,’ Gressil departs her room, arriving outside the building and shrouding himself in illusions. He turns his body invisible, then shoots a glance at the approaching Wordsmith, not far in the distance. "Haha. What fun it is to sow chaos among the righteous." Gressil closes his eyes. He inhales deeply, and…
Dozens of troopers rush to Cassiel’s residence. They swarm around the exterior and sweep the perimeter, but nobody finds any indication of the Emperor of Chaos’s presence. As if having stepped through time and space, he vanishes, never appearing on anyone’s sensors. Phoebe holds Cassiel in her arms while the angel quietly shakes and trembles,…
Jason, Phoebe, and Belial all trudge out of Hope’s makeshift hospital room, past his guards, and arrive just outside his temporary hospice residence. After closing the door behind them, they walk a short distance away, toward a nearby building, before stopping and heavily leaning against its walls. "Well." Belial says. "That could have gone… better."…
