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((gonna wait 10 minutes or so just in case))

*The Lunar Hope crew returns to Horizon to a bloodied, headless Reishi. The blood is spread out over a large area and shaped like a skull. Looks like Murk had some fun. A few meters away, Reishi's head can be seen*



"Hey guys. Over here."

*he looks pretty calm for a severed head.*

Kokujo looked around, seeing that Murk had apparently made his messy exit already. He turned his head to the sound of Reishi's voice and wandered over to the severed head. He looked down at it, but was somewhat at a loss for words.

Corbenik peeked over his shoulder at the beheaded Reishi. "Hey, you're not dead. Guess you were a-head of the game huh? ehehe" Corbenik giggled. "Oh this reminds me of monkey island, only Kokujo's not as awesome as Guybrush"

"Well, he was trying to kill me for a while. I think....5 hours? Once he realized that I was immortal, he got bored and left after chopping my head off. That was about 20 minutes ago or so. You should be able to catch up to him. Just follow the main path in the castle." *he points to the castle entrance with his eyes* "Oh, and could you place my head on my neck? I'll be fine from there."



*Kold moves Reishi's head back onto his body via psychokinesis. Reishi's head and neck reattach and he is able to move again*





*he cracks his neck* "Much better, thanks. Follow me." *he leads the group into the castle.*




*inside the castle is completely dark at first, then the ceiling seems to light up, as if someone had opened a curtain. Everything can be seen clear as day, and the ceiling glows with the same twilight as outside. Not a real light source, but useful nonetheless.

The floor is...well....just like outside. It's desolate earth with the occassional withered apple tree. It looks like they didn't bother making any sort of flooring for this level of the castle. The actual room is solid white with white pillars hugging the walls. On the far end opposite of the door is a large spiral staircase, equally as ivory-colored as the walls. The room itself is as large as the Lunar Hope's arena. Plenty of room for a battle if there is one.*




*Reishi continues to walk as he talks*



"I'm sorry. I know it's long overdue, but I'm sorry for all the trouble I caused back then. I don't expect forgiveness, but I at least wanted to tell you that I feel remorse for my involvement with G.R.A.S.P."

"Hmm, that's probably somewhat disconcerting....to a normal person, it would be awesome to do at parties; 'watch as I cut off my head with a butter knife then re-attach it the my body'" Corbenik said as Kokujo simply followed after the group, keeping silent as he usually did.

"Whatever...." Kokujo replied to Reishi's apology, not seeming to care much "You can't change the past.....what matters is what you do with your future. I doubt you would be aiding us now if you still believed you had done the right thing with G.R.A.S.P." He continued blandly.

"Hey, if you're all immortal and whatnot Mr 7up salesman, you shoulda just kicked Murks a**. Make him drink that canned acid you pedal until his liver dissolves or something" Corbenik put in as they walked.

*Kyla grins, and the dark mood around her a moment before seems to have lifted* Good...that means there's a way to beat him. And as long as there's a way, we'll do it.

But I bet you wouldn't refuse a little help

Raiden's voice echos, but he can't be seen. Suddenly, coils of flame appear, and Raiden steps out of them, wearing a silver circlet on his head, with a reddish-orange stone set into it. For the first time in his life...Raiden actually looks a little badass.

Murk sounds tough, to knock him off his guard I bet he'll have to be distracted. If I can get him to focus on me long enough, I'm sure it'll be a cakewalk for you guys to hit him when his guard's down.