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Luz looked at Soda with earnest concern brimming from her every movement. "Soda, is it so unthinkable that everyone ain't hankerin' t'be immortal? That zeraora y'thrashed over the meteorite...? She had a partner who chose not to ascend, wanted to live out lives t'gether without those lives...

Brisa clamped her teeth down on her tongue. Be fuckin' careful, goddamnit. "We used yer lure. Turns out y'were right about Maple bein' corrupted. You got any intention of lendin' a paw with rescuin' and uncorruptin' her and Eien, or are they where you'd like to leave 'em?"

Brisa stared apprisingly at Soda, wondering whether he was going to 'come clean' now that Maple was out of the way, or some similar narrative. After what she'd heard from Koa and Dave, people she trusted... After what he'd said in his guise as the Haze... He sure didn't seem like an ally of...

Luz jogged up to Flesh, feeling an uncommon anxiety. "Welcome t'the lobby, partner. You doin' alright, there? I don't see yer illusory pal around t'keep yer disguise up." What in the blazes was going on?

Brisa raised a brow. "Fella, I'm hopin' to have some goddamn defensive fighters with us. Saltriv, fer one, who I literally just invited on the advance team, in front of yer fuckin' face. Pay attention."

Brisa met Petram's eyes. What did that shade's nature say about Icetales? Brisa's best guess... Icetales wasn't nearly so held-together as he presented himself as, nor nearly so grown-up as his age suggested. On some level... This guy was a kid, still hurting badly from a godawful ordeal...

Brisa nodded to Koa. No need to make comment. He'd got a good last word in. I could tell Kyukon 'bout the Voidlands, whispered Sombra, in Brisa's mind. I could tell him that until we faced each other there, y'were gonna dive towards self-destruction indefinitely. I could tell him how y'don't...

Brisa stared at Icetales in perplexity. Gods, the fella was out of his mind. "Didn't see you objectin' to his participation in the last two missions we went on, pal. Guess riskin' his life 'gainst legendary phantoms and an eternatus is okay, but a scary location is a bridge too far, huh." Ugh...

Well, she was conscious. That was something. And at least they were discussing plans, instead of trading verbal injury. Maybe Astrid would put her words behind the need for team cohesion. Maybe Starr would come back and defend the basic concept of fucking information security. Maybe... Ugh...

Brisa clenched her jaw. "Soda ain't some fuckin' heartless villain. He gives a shit about people, obviously. He's the fella as looks after Flesh all the damn time, ain't he? He ain't a monster. He's just lost sight of what's reasonable, 'cause he wants to 'free' his mate by deceivin' all of us...

Luz grasped her paws in each other and looked nervously about the room. So much of this was down to the possibility of immortality, wasn't it? Soda wanted his mate's life to extend indefinitely to match his own, and it had hurt him to have that put out of reach. Hadn't that been how Zeraora of...

Gods, Brisa was out of her depth. She was running out of words. Out of room in her heart. Beside her, Astrid was still out-cold, too run-through from her latest recordbreaking onslaught of light and power. Brisa felt like she had no idea what state Astrid would be in, after weeks of no...

Brisa looked between the numerous assembled crestfallen, angry, confused, anxious faces. Between Vix and Mellow, and Dave and Koa. She couldn't handle it all. She couldn't handle every damn thing at once all the fuckin' time. She made the call. Focus on those who'd had to deal with this shit as...

Koa was staring at Vix with silent fury in his eyes. Brisa hadn't known the kid that long, but she knew that if he lost his shit, he'd blow his top off at Vix. And Vix herself was shadowing before their eyes. They were this fucking close to a fight breaking out. Oh, hell. "Vix," she said...

Brisa's muzzle twitched, but she held herself together, somehow. "You know I ain't a coward, Vix," she said, quietly. "You know I ain't cruel. You know I ain't stupid. D'you really think I just have somethin' against the guy? I don't. I ain't even sayin' anythin' 'bout his character. Just that...

Brisa eyed Vix's growing agitation with increasing agitation of her own. Ears pinned back, tail lashing worse than before, she related the rest of what she'd explained to Dave. "I suspected Soda the second things went sideways with Sword, and he immediately went and accused me of species...

Brisa sat by Koa as he related his encounter with the Haze, and the events since. She eyed Dave, and Vix, and the members of God Squad yet present. Anyone who'd be hurt by the revelation. There weren't so many, but . . . it was no comfort at all. At last, Koa finished his account of things...

Brisa ran and struck and barked assent to – and requests for – coordination, almost without conscious thought. She fought in a combat-trance, using electricity and Blacklight and her body in concert just as in the best drills she'd ever done. She dodged everything the Buffet-phantom could dish...

Good t'have ya back, partner. We need ya t'spare Icetales from detonatin' from Radiance, if y'can, an' then hold down that fuckin' Zygarde titan while we get the fuck outta here. I'll see you on the outside, chief.

Boss 12 Turn 5 Battle Messages