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The door opened again, proving whomever was inside had actually been listening to them the entire time.

"Okay," said the figure in the cloak agreeably, "you can come in now. We are ready to consult the darkness regarding your future. Mind the candles."

The weaponization room, or chamber in which there should have been weaponizing going on, had the entire floor covered in wax scented candles. It was still absolutely dark, other than the candles lighting up random places, such as the panel in which weaponization should have been going on but instead was covered in divination baubles and cards.

One of the cloaked figures was holding a tambourine and for some reason was shaking it loudly. Archaic gregorian chanting music was playing in the background, as the background figure mumbled loudly in possibly Latin about darkness and clouds perhaps, seeing how limited Latin actually was in vocabulary.

"We are ready to receive," said the figure taller than Otto, "come forward, and accept your fate, chosen ones!" The tambourine shook a little louder.

Oh good, they opened the door. Otto really loathed the idea of having to babysit them both for an additional twenty minutes. The teen stepped in, arms crossed as his patience was wearing thin. The room, the people, it was all weird and unnerving. Mark level... or Allen level dumb.

He huffed at their antics, his face twisting in impatience.

They just stood there and continued chanting.

The machine, being Caelius proof, was used to starting up with a button touch, running through the systematic checks and reassurances that s**t was not going to explode. All the screens lit up at once, the dark aura of the room and candles interrupted with a bright blue glow, and and even brighter glow as the room lights finally turned on, humming loudly.

"What have you done!" Screeched the person shorter than Otto, running over to try and figure out what was going on and pressing every single button in attempts to abort. Since it was Caelius proof, absolutely nothing happened, otherwise half the students/ Halloween creatures would have just exploded or Deus would have exploded at this point.

"Weaponization in ten seconds," said a voice that sounded like a deceased Life Assistant, "Please insert the specimen into the conversion chamber and close all doors securely. Make sure all hands and feet and limbs are inside the compound at all times."

The screen closest to Otto was now a handy wizard, not the magical type, the navigation type that currently read as followed.

I see you are trying to weaponize someone! Would you like to follow these handy instructions?

[ YES ] [ NO ]

The button pressing done by both cloaked figures didn't help at all and at some point they retreated back to under the seance table, whimpering because the light was just too bright. There was for some reason a large dog basket, one covered in dog biscuits and Fear candies under the table as well.

Aleria jolted, waiting and turning to face the other ghoul, warmth filling their core as she expressed her concerns. Their vines, normally so quiet, began to stir at all of the commotion. They knew that change was on the horizon, and the demon wondered if they would get to keep their mental presence. (They hungered.)

Holding her closely, Aleria found that their cheeks had grown damp. No one had ever given them this sort of attention, and it felt like the warm up for the future. "Thank you," they murmured, and the hug had to be more to Amrita than the simple loss of an almost-stranger. She seemed to be at war with herself, and with the kindness of the hunters, and Aleria hoped that they would be able to one day change her mind. "Perhaps one day you can join me," they said, smiling sadly. "But I know that is not what you desire right now. Please don't feel bad. My mind has been made up for a long time, I just didn't know how I wanted it done until now."

A new start. A fresh beginning.

The machine began to speak. They assumed that they were, indeed, the specimen, and with a steady hand, pulled away from Amrita, face still wet from tears. "I hope to meet you again, under pleasant circumstances. I'm sure I'll remember you, so don't fret--"

The demon blinked, was that, "Oh, hello Thackery! Lovely to see you again, but I am afraid I have to go now. You take care, okay? Be good!"

They wandered towards Otto, and cleared their throat.

"What do I get into?"

The lights scattered the cockroaches, much to Otto's delight. Even if they did button mash like scared animals, it seemed to be okay. Mentally thanking the Gods for it being idiot proof, Otto went through the prompts step by step, blue eyes staring hard at each one.

"Through there, Aleria. The big open tube thing." He gestured, thoroughly ignoring the sudden dog yipping at Amrita. His give a ******** broke somewhere during the day. "Just stay still in there. Still and calm. Lemme know when you're ready."

Actually, he felt kind of cool and important behind this console.

Finally. All the fuss and distractions aside, Aleria was in the tube and ready to go. Lucky for him, she was very very willing and excited to do this, otherwise this might have been difficult. "A'ight. Starting it up." His bright blue gaze fixed onto the console, re-reading the question to be sure he was doing this right.

Otto pushed the [YES] button.