Continued from here.
Epilogue
"The Lie Is Cast"
And then, suddenly, everything came to a pause.
Something
shifted in the air, as though space itself had frozen. And indeed, it had. Drei suddenly stopped moving, as though suspended in time. The same went for Acht and her ice shards, the bullet that Will fired, Tarn, and just about everyone else beside you, the "first group" so to speak. They had all just paused without any rhyme or reason, but there was an exception.
Clap. Clap. Clap.
The only one still moving was Thor, the blonde young-looking man, a wry smile on his features as he slowly clapped his hands together.
"Bravo, bravo. The exercise is finally complete, and none too soon. I was beginning to wonder if any of you, even combined altogether, were cut out for the job, but I suppose you're not so bad after all."
Click.
With that said, Thor snapped his fingers abruptly.
"I think it's time to put an end to this then. No need to keep on when I've seen all that we needed to."
And suddenly, from there, space itself began to fall apart as blackness overtook everyone's sight.
For a moment that felt like it would go on endlessly, everyone hung in suspended in animation. The others around them had disappeared, as well as the world itself. An endless void that never ended surrounded everyone... until a female voice broke through the silence and signaled the appearance of a blurry figure. The figure came into focus, looking like a head that took up one's entire vision.
"The simulation has been completed," said the voice, that of the Overseer.
"Once the bracelets came off, there were no longer teams. All of those still living as of now have passed. Losses? Minimal. Training successful. Memory upload beginning now..."
Then she was gone, and everything changed.
And suddenly, before anyone knew it, as their senses returned, the first thing they would notice was that they were sitting inside what appeared to be individual pods, trapped inside only by a glass barrier that automatically opened by themselves, hissing open and letting everyone out.
As everyone was able to step out of the pods they suddenly woke up in, the first people they'd be able to see were Thor and a short, dark-skinned girl with white hair and glasses, dressed in overalls, looking at you with a catlike smirk on her face. Medb and Shan Yu were also there, though any lingering sense of hostility toward either of them one might have was just... gone, and one could imagine the feeling was mutual.
"Wakey wakey, eggs and bakey. Have a nice trip?" The girl named Marian Slingeneyer said, her knowing smile seeming to communicate an air of condescension from her.
... Wait, but how did you know her name was Marian Slingeneyer?
And that was when it hit you.
Everything.
Why you were here,
wherever this place was, who these people were, and so on.
"Aha, takes a while for you to remember everything, huh? Guess the simulation's a bit overkill. I voted against it personally -- thought it was a bit barbaric with the temporary memory wiping, ironic since it's such a sophisticated science apparently -- but I was ultimately overruled, so it couldn't be helped," Thor laughed softly, speaking as though he was a casual acquaintance, shrugging helplessly, before just as quickly lowering his arms.
"But at least now, we now know you're worthy of becoming a part of the Revanchist. Welcome aboard."
That was it.
Your circumstances might have varied, but you were all here with the same purpose. To serve the Revanchist, the shadowy organization of the multiverse led by Darth Revan himself. Whether it was of your own free will, because you were coerced to against your will, because you were...
influenced (because "brainwashed" was otherwise such a nasty word), or whatever else, that was why you were here. Put into that simulation as conditioning.
"So then, how do you all feel?"
"Like a sack of bricks. Why were Saix and I even swept up into this?! We're probably more fit to help run the experiment than you two clowns anyway," Larxene grunted, scratching the back of her head as she stepped out of her pod.
Standing next to Larxene, the man who had once been Isa let out a gruff sigh and touched at the cuffs of his coat.
"This went as expected," he said, turning his head slightly toward Larxene.
"Xehanort trusted us with this."
"Of course!" exclaimed a voice. "Most of you bastards did splendid! But, I think the simulation could have done with a bit more pizzazz, don't you think?"
Saix looked down to find some kind of... stuffed talking bear standing before him.
"I would have added a devilishly handsome bear to host the death game!" The bear slapped his belly. "You guys maybe did too well, you know..."
"That is because Revan has gathered only the most determined to set the multiverse right," said Yggdrasil, moving to stand over the bear.
"I will do whatever is necessary for a world... just for my sister and I."
Monokuma gave the angel a thumbs up.
"Whatever you say, pal!"
He then slyly turned to Larxene and put a hand to cover his mouth from Yggdrasil. "You know what the heck he's blabbering about?!"
"Not really. Though I suppose in circles like these, it's only natural that guys like him are so... involved with themselves," Larxene said in a bored manner to Monokuma, before putting her hands on her hips,
"Well, whatever. The babysitting's over and done with, so this means I can leave now, right?"
"Leaving so soon? Aren't we here as supervisors?" Thor asked in a somewhat condescending manner to his apparent "associate."
"Cram it before I cram you. The only reason you're even here in the first place is because of that one-eyed witch who wanted an in with Xehanort and Revan like a lost kid," Larxene snapped, eyeing not just Thor but also Marian, as though intending on bringing her into the exchange, to which the bespectacled woman simply let out an amused snicker.
"Methinks she's just mad she didn't get to eviscerate that anyone for real," Marian grinned cheekily, before turning to face the rest of everyone,
"Anyway, like the others said, really does look like everything went off without much of a hitch. Guess you get to see the big man himself to make it official next up," she said, referring to Revan himself.
"Of course, we'll let you gather your bearings first. I'm sure it's a literal shock to get all your memories back right at once. The human form's so fragile, y'know? I prefer something cuter myself!" Marian exclaimed, hopping over and lifting up Monokuma, hugging him against her chest.
Monokuma's puffy bear cheeks turned bright red as he happily buried his face in Marian's chest. Saix sighed.
"What of those who... didn't pass?" he asked tentatively.
"Oh!" Monokuma lifted his head, though his eyes were still closed dreamily. "Those unsuitable have already been shipped off! Memories have been properly adjusted, yada yada... Upupu... Don't want anyone asking questions! 'Course, a few of them might still be useful later, so we may have kept one or two for safekeeping!"
"Whatever is necessary, I suppose."
"Right... And then there's the programs who exist only in the simulation. Those Acht and Drei people, and so on..." Larxene recalled idly.
"Well, that data did come from somewhere. Had to scrounge around to find people like those, but I did!" Marian said haughtily.
...
So that was it. As Marian said, once everyone had gathered their bearings, their initiation into the Revanchist would be complete, and none too soon at that. After all, they'd be needing your services very soon as they would forever move to shake the multiverse.
Nothing would ever be the same again.
But that was another story for another day.
Welcome aboard.
TO BE CONTINUED IN THE FLASH POINT SAGA!
Right Hand of the Magic God
Fighting of the Spirit
Zero Hour
Cast List
@Yun Lee as
Akande Ogundimu (Overwatch)
@Gummi Bunnies as
Akira "Nishiki" Nishikiyama (Yakuza)
@ShadowCoyote0 as
Albert Wesker (Resident Evil)
@Crimson Spartan as
Ashe Bradley (Witch's Heart)
@will30358 as
Candi Cottonswirl (OC)
@York as
Cinder Fall (RWBY)
@dark as
Colonel Radec (Killzone)
@Takumi as
Dagran (The Last Story)
@Jeremi as
Dhaos (Tales of Phantasia)
@Xelian as
Envy (Fullmetal Alchemist)
@Minerva as
Esdeath (Akame ga Kill!)
@Siege as
Hela (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
@Atomic Knight as
Isa (Kingdom Hearts)
@CrunchyCHEEZIT as
Izuru Kamukura (Danganronpa)
@MelodyMeister as
Lucy (Elfen Lied)
@Ver as
Larxene (Kingdom Hearts)
@Crow as
Megatron (Transformers)
@Space_Candy as
Nathan Prescott (Life is Strange)
@Ottonomous Ghost as
Pyke (League of Legends)
@Lucky as
RK-900 (Detroit: Become Human)
@RebornRainbow as
Sally Boyle (We Happy Few)
@Kaykay as
Sera Himeura (Instant Bullet)
@Sark as
Thaal Sinestro (DC Comics)