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Pre-Epilogue
"Hakuei, I-"
A blond man, with hair like pale spun gold, pulled her close to him with a startling firmness. The action elicited a gasp from the woman as she found herself the one being embraced this time, instead of the other way around. Tears that she had felt brimming at the edges of her eyes fell down her cheeks at the suddenness of the action, and she smiled at him. Wasn't he the one who held himself away from others, thinking they were better off without him?
His coat, as dark as midnight, fluttered about around her as he ducked his head down, his mouth forming words that soon became branded inside her.
It was strange how memory worked. She could remember them so clearly yet she couldn't even remember where her world ended and where the end began.
Who was he?
Who was she?
At the cusp of remembering; yet never coming fully to know what she needed to know.
"I don't regret meeting you."
Did she say that?
As the hold of the stasis imposed on her receded, the lingering warmth that she could have sworn she felt only a few moments ago immediately plunged into an almost icy cold. Air hissed from the unsealed pods, the cooled atmosphere inside them prickling her skin as she stirred and blue eyes slipped open. Once feeling worked its way back into her body, the princess gasped as the cold bit into her extremities, and with it, the lingering ache of something. It felt like she had come from a long and wearying journey, yet she was standing somewhere cold and dark.
Without thinking, Hakuei stepped forward, though the numb feeling in her limbs caused her to stumble none too gracefully onto her knees. The scrape of the ground on her palms was a familiar yet startling jolt further into wakefulness. She gasped again as she whipped her head up to look around.
"W-where..."
A feeling of confusion and worry stirred her stomach uneasily as she stared at the people beginning to walk around. Something felt familiar, she was on the edge of understanding something.
But what?
What happened?
Where was she?
And who were these familiar people?
She clasped a hand close to her chest, breathing a little unsteadily as her mind raced for answers.
Hakuei remembered fighting a demon, and the demon had won. Yet here she was, alive, and intact?
Some of the people here fought by her side, but in her memories that she saw through a thick fog, something felt missing.
Hakuei, I-
And with it came that odd feeling of longing that had pervaded ever since she had opened her eyes. She had to find him to give her answer. Finding strength returning to her once more, she pushed herself off the ground, stood herself up. Her eyes scanned the faces of the people that were already walking around, finding the same sense of wonder and awe, of fear and confusion on their faces. There was a silver-haired lady that gave her a feeling of strength and stability, and upon meeting her eyes for a moment, Hakuei gave Riesbyfe a faint smile before looking away. The lady was with two men who were talking to her, and they looked oddly enough happy and familiar with each other.
"Alucard... Road... Cagliostro... and Azura. Everyone..."
When she thought of that companionship she saw with those three, the names suddenly left her lips easily. Hakuei smiled, committing the names to memory once more.
"Where are you?"
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James Proudstar Warpath
James gradually stirred within the plastic and metal chamber. The feel of fresh air on his face felt good. His mind felt foggy, scrambled. Eventually he sat up, this took more effort than it should have.
The first person he saw, was Reisbyfe. Memories of her, her bravery pushed their way out of the fog. Then he saw Clark, again, bravery, honor. Lucio... bravery, humor. Even thinking about him made his heart lift somewhat. Arkham knight, this look of hope didn't seem natural to him. The man has a lot of conflict on his mind. Lex ? he remembered the name and nothing more, aside from some negative thoughts between he and Clark.
He slowly painstakingly got up out of the tube.
" I recognize you people. Many as honored allies. Except him, for some reason ( pointing at Lex ) not him at all.
Let me see if I can say the names. Reisbyfe ( blinks) Holy Knight.. Clark Kent, man of honor, Lucio, man of music, Alice ? Arkham knight, man of rage who thinks I am guilty as fuck....Cagliostro, the most ... everything (grins ) Alchemist."
"Yes, home would be nice... but I may still have business in this place. "
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"Yep! That's why we're here, after all! I think," Kenji said cheerfully in response to Jason, just like before, "Of course, there's probably gonna be a small delay until we figure out where you come from, but... We'll figure it out!"
As for Alice, the boy put on an inquisitive look, pursing his lips as he put a finger to his chin thoughtfully. "I didn't think of that... There's really no one back home who would want you back? That's really sad. You shouldn't think like that!" He exclaimed in a non-helpful manner initially, though he came back around to giving a real answer shortly after, "Under normal circumstances, I think Mr. Alvin here and I are supposed to offer you membership with our organization, the Coalition, dedicated to protecting the great big multiverse and all that, buuut we're kinda... in a dump right now," Kenji chuckled sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck, "But I hear there's this new organization that we came around to working with recently called ODMA that we could take you too! They're... pretty much the exact same! I think! Umm... We can also take you to this place called Avalon if you just want to make a fresh start! You could become a farmer! Like me!" The blonde boy would go on to explain the options available for Alice.
When Cagliostro wasted no time in using her power to bind Luthor, the bumpkin-looking boy gasped in surprise, initially at the sudden display of power seemingly out of nowhere, before the indication of evidence that Luthor was a "bad man" reached his ears.
"Well, there's no need for the... rocks," Kenji said, casually punching the rock cuffs and causing them to miraculously shatter as though it were of little consequence, as it appeared the boy possessed a great deal of superhuman strength, "Because as long as everyone's truthful and civilized, like human nature is, then we can get to the bottom of this promptly! Riiight?" He inquired, placing a surprisingly firm hand on Luthor's shoulder.
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That familiar feeling of falling asleep for a long time was in his body and in his bones.
From what seemed like a long time ago, he remembered a time where he had left the ruins of Castlevania and went to a place buried deep underground, where odd brick walls were his only companions, pillars holding up the dilapidated underground room that housed a coffin painted a midnight black. That was his home for a while, a place for him to shut himself away in solitude because he had felt so guilty that he had killed his father. The man was a monster, and Alucard had no love for him, but he had done it - and he felt immense emotions that the dhampir couldn't understand.
His eyes slowly fluttered open, memories pouring back into him so quickly that the dhampir's head throbbed painfully, almost as if a dam had broken and the water was pouring forth like a massive wave. Alucard brought his hands to his temple, rubbing at them to try and soothe away the pain. One hand gripped whatever was in front of him to support himself - the side of his pod - adjusting to the new light and environment, smells and sight.
The last he remembered was Diablo and... he cocked his head to the side, a woman with dark hair.
Hakuei.
He suddenly panicked. Where was Diablo? What had happened - what was their fate? Did they lose the battle against the demon? He patted down his body, wondering if it was truly his - or did he get possessed by the creature? It was hard to tell when the world was upside down, and having been thrown into this... new place.
Alucard looked around at somewhat familiar faces, nodding as bits and pieces began to come together in his mind, making sense to the dhampir, finally.
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"Being sealed for eons has made me kind of tired," Cagliostro says to Kenji with a yawn. "That Lex Luthor, well... tried to kill a good deal of us with a virus... not successful."
Pointing to Clark, Cagliostro says, "he did kill this guy's girlfriend or something. You know what, go get other witnesses, I have other things to attend to. Really important business. By the way, Lex Luthor, you better not mess with me the next time we meet, I'm a busy woman. Kid, you take care of that Luthor however you want."
Cagliostro then exclaims towards Hakuei, Alucard and Warpath with a grin.
"Hey! Am I ruining any happy moments?"
Cagliostro's call would attempt to break Hakuei and Alucard from their daze, as well as catch Warpath's attention.
Cagliostro continued to smile as her hand clutches her chest.
Pointing to Clark, Cagliostro says, "he did kill this guy's girlfriend or something. You know what, go get other witnesses, I have other things to attend to. Really important business. By the way, Lex Luthor, you better not mess with me the next time we meet, I'm a busy woman. Kid, you take care of that Luthor however you want."
Cagliostro then exclaims towards Hakuei, Alucard and Warpath with a grin.
"Hey! Am I ruining any happy moments?"
Cagliostro's call would attempt to break Hakuei and Alucard from their daze, as well as catch Warpath's attention.
Cagliostro continued to smile as her hand clutches her chest.
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