Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Chapter 14 Episode 18: Backstage 3 (Abridged)

Barguest: We've evened the numbers! Except only slightly since you need to go, Qursha! We'll hold them off!
Qursha: Ugh!
Amduscias: Y-you shall not--
Yuma: I'm here to help! I finally--(notices Amduscias) huh?
Amduscias: !! Y-you!
Yuma: AmDuke!?
Yuma and/or Amduscias flashback to that one time they saw each other at Amduscias's concert!

Qursha: Uh...whatever, bye guys! (super jumps away)
Barguest: We aren't here to fight you, Christine. Now that Qursha got away, we're leaving too.
Christine: >:(

Elsewhere, the grand guild alliance is making a ton of noise while not actually fighting! The point is to make Oscar stay in one place and force him into negotiations.
Qursha: Well there's only one place left and of course he has to be in the last goddamn one!
Yurakucho Opera House

Loki: Welp, they figured out where you are. Gonna run like a bitch? (smug)
Oscar: Well I'm an Entertainer! I can't be doing that. So, it's time to take the stage!
Outside
Barguest: I know I said I was bailing, but first a question. You guys did something to our guildmaster and Asakusa's guildmaster the way you did MC too, didn't you?
Christine: :)))))
Barguest: Payback time then! We're taking your guildmaster in for questioning!
Christine: Haven't you forgotten something?
Barguest: What?
Christine: Remember who came out to Tokyo when MC was shuffled away?

Suddenly EVERYONE looks up at King Solomon!
King Solomon: Cease fighting.
Everyone is forced to their knees!

Qursha: WHAT
Hierarchical pressure!
Weird Yurakucho

MC: HIM
Yurakucho

Barguest: WHAT
Nobody can move anything. King Solomon is clearly Special. Barguest feels he can never escape King Solomon's control.
Christine: Behold King Solomon, observer from beyond Tokyo.
Barguest: !!
Solomon: Faaatheeeer!

Flashback!
Gabriel: Barguest, I think you saw King Solomon in Yurakucho.
Barguest: Hmm. Sounds familiar.
Gabriel's exposition time!
There was once an ordinary king who ruled paradise and was given omniscience from God. He had the power to command demons AND angels, except he sat there doing nothing. Omniscience is the power to know All things happening now and later. Again, he just sat there and stared at his city.

Gabriel: There's more. King Solomon's paradise eventually disappeared in ruin, but his Millennium Kingdom will one day reappear. It's said to have angels, demons, robots, Old Ones, and other stuff...
Barguest: Wait that sounds just like Tokyo

Present
Oscar: Intermission time! I gots directorial and proprietary work to get to.
Loki: Oh. So you ARE running away like a little bitch.
Oscar: You are soooo classless, Loki. Why I'd never do anything to put a damper on things like that! I'm just gonna head backstage to do a little greeting. Everyone watching us needs to be having fun, or else I can't call myself an Entertainer anymore! Hold the fort if anyone comes in, thanks!
Later
Loki: (stares in Hannibal)
Loki: ...oh. Someone really DID come in.
It's Ahura Mazda and Nobumichi!

Loki: Are the Rule Makers coming out? Well allow me to greet you in place of the Entertainers guildmaster!

Witch Yurakucho
MC: Mr. Mononobeeee!
Quantum: :(
Quantum: !!
Quantum: MC, someone's here.
Oscar: Welcome to the backstage! Nice to meet you, I guess. How's it feel to be just an observer?
MC: WHOMST
Oscar: Oof, feasting your eyes on me? Anyways, hi I'm the Entertainers guildmaster Oscar.
End of Episode

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