ALTERRUNE

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COLLECTED BIO CARDS:

🔺 Alterrune (TOPPAT) - One of the first recruits Henry and Ellie grabbed due to his combat prowess. His real name is Kyle "Alterrune" Cross, but he hasn't revealed that to anyone else in the clan (other than his fellow higher-ups), and he doesn't intend on telling them anytime soon. The clan knows that he's still a force to be reckoned with, though.

💜 Violet Cilantro Wolfsbane (SOLO/TOPPAT) - A former member of the CCC, and a cousin of Alter. Wields a heavy-duty lead sword aptly named "Leadhead" that can cut through any material, and it also has electrical-based powers that allow her sword to absorb any electrical energy and empower her abilities even further...but she tends to hide these abilities from anyone who hasn't earned her trust yet.

🔵 Henry Banker Stickmin (TOPPAT) - The current leader of the Toppat Clan. He's already completed his own mission, thank you very much, but he's still more than willing to help Alter complete his mission.

💕 Ellie Thorne Rose (TOPPAT) - Henry's Right Hand Lady. She's been married to Henry for about a year since the station launched, and although she hasn't been fighting alonside Henry like she used to since then, she still knows how to whack someone hard with a road sign.

✍🏼 IRL!Alterrune (N/A) - Kyle Micheal Ryan Gibbons, the Canadian-born creator of both the Altering the Outcome askblog and its' story, has finally joined the game himself! He has no ties to any of the major factions, as he is normally behind the computer monitor, not on it. He's still a force to be reckoned with, though, no matter which side of the monitor he's on.

🎩 Reginald Copperbottom (TOPPAT) - The previous leader of the Toppats. He once considered betraying Henry, but after Henry put himself on the line to save the Toppat Clan, he now knows the clan is in good hands with him.

🛠 Right Hand Man Reborn (TOPPAT) - After getting beat up by Henry in the Airship, he gained some new enhancements, and powerful ones at that. He's helped Reginald and Alter make some quick escapes.

🐁 Carol Crystal Cross (TOPPAT) - Alterrune's fashionable green and black-clad mother. She's one woman that you don't wanna cross, which many of the Toppats have learnt the hard way. She also has her own personal army of white mice at her disposal, which have proven to be advantageous to both her and her fellow clan members.

🛡 Clarence Cross (TOPPAT) - Alter's deceased father. He was captured by the Wall and killed by Dmitri when Alter was a kid, but has now, after 13 years, come back to the family as a ghost. When he was still alive, he was a loving and caring father to Alter, and he always had a genuine smile on his face, taking care of Alter whenever Carol couldn't. Now a ghost, he's back to doing all those things, now with ghostly abilites atop that.

🥼 Dr. Vinschpinsilstien (TOPPAT) - After losing her boat to the government, Henry and Ellie offered her a job as the Toppat's lead medic, which she gladly took. She knows how to quickly and thouroughly treat every wound the Toppats may come across. Most of the Toppats call her "Dr. V", as her full last name is incredibly hard to pronounce and spell.

🚁 Charles Chandler Calvin (GOV'T) - The government's top pilot, and one of Galeforce's best recruits. He has a bit of a personal vendetta against the Toppats for taking Henry, and can be a bit hyperactive at times, but he can still hold his own in a fight.

🏅General Galeforce (GOV'T) - Even though the Toppat raid backfired hilariously, his discovery of the Alter Rune didn't, which led to a massive promotion. He's a gentle giant, but mess with him and you'll be scrubbing his entire quarters with only a toothbrush.

🎖 Commander Galeforce (GOV'T) - After the Alter Rune raid backfired, he was discharged honorably from the army. One of his higher-ups managed to land him a spot as one of the head commanders of the FBI, and now is known as Commander Galeforce. He doesn't mind still being called General, though.

❄️ Dmitri Johannes Petrov (WALL) - Henry ruined his reputation and caused him to take a stop sign to the face, causing him to talk with a lisp now. He'll take out anybody who tries to get in the way of him killing Henry, and without any hesitation.

🌨 Dmitri Johannes Petrov Reborn (WALL) - After being shot back in the temple, the Wall staff was able to revive him and give him some cybernetic upgrades similar to RHM's. He now has a personal vendetta against both Henry and Alter.

💪🏼 Grigori Olyat (WALL) - His arms were in casts for weeks after he got hit by one of The Wall's own trucks, but he eventually healed up, despite how slow that process was. He and Dmitri have planned to kill Stickmin for a very long time...

🦾 Grigori Olyat Reborn (WALL) - Even though he took a more fatal bullet than Dmitri did back in the temple, Dmitri was able to revive his most trusted aide, at the cost of Grigori's head being the only non-robotic part of his body left. Now with a robotic body with a ton of functions, he's just as dangerous as Dmitri is.

🪃 Samuel Mundy (SOLO) - He's been contracted for the police and government before, but has been off-duty ever since the Toppats went into orbit. That doesn't mean he's no longer using his Sniper Rifle, though, he's still got a few headshots left in him.

⛓ Dave Panpa (TOPPAT) - He was locked in the Toppat's brig for two years until he decided to join the Toppat Clan to free himself. He's never been more proud of that choice.

🔫 Rupert Price (TOPPAT) - After being reunited with his old partner, Dave, he officially quit the government and joined him in the Toppat Clan. He's never actually liked the government, to be honest.

💟 Jacob Wolfsbane (SOLO) - Violet's incredibly shy brother. While he's grown as a person with the help of his older sister, he still has his moments of cowardice. Violet and the rest of the team always help him overcome those obstacles, though.

🦼 Drake Wolfsbane (SOLO) - Violet's father. He's been wheelchair-bound for his entire life, having no feeling in his legs at all. That didn't stop him from becoming a botanist and teaching a young Violet all his tips and tricks.

🌂 Clair Cross (SOLO) - Carol's sister, and Violet's mother. Personality-wise, she's the opposite of Carol. She's a very gentle woman, and only goes on the offense to protect her family.

🔷 Nicholas Cross (TOPPAT) - Alterrune's navy blue-clad older brother, codename "Zinger". He's a gentle giant, but mess with him or his brothers and you'll wish you were never born.

🟡 Justin Cross (TOPPAT) - Alterrune's mustard yellow-clad younger brother, codename "Atlas". He's quite hyper for being a year younger than Alter is, and tends to be unpredictable (which works in his favor during battles with the Toppat clan)!

💞 Jacob Rose (TOPPAT) - Ellie's brother, whom unfortunately lost his life from one of the enemy factions planting a bomb near him. Despite resurfacing as a ghost, he's still got his snarky yet sincere personality he had when he was alive.

😈 Terence Suave (TOPPAT) - The Toppat Clan's leader before Reginald came in. He is hated across the board, he always did things for his own selfish gain, never listening to anyone in the Clan who objected to him.

🚜 Texas Jack (SOLO) - The Texan owner and bartender of the tavern just down the road from the Wall. His real name is Jackson Cooper, and he considers trading the heat of Texas for the Russian blizzards to be the best decision he ever made for his buisiness, as he and his tavern are more popular here than they ever were back home.

💉 Corporal Earl Grey (GEOGRAM) - The head soldier of the GEOGRAM army, and the overseer of all the tests that GEOGRAM runs on the ColorStreak Battalion's beast forms. He always carries a thermos of chilled earl grey tea on him to stay hydrated.

🔥 Laurence Blazerflame Burnway (GEOGRAM) - A man who has suffered a lot, but turned his life around with Kyle's help, and finally feels at home now. He's a very gung-ho kind of person, and is very skilled at making special chemicals and the antidotes for said special chemicals. He helps GEOGRAM and the CSB out whenever they need him, with his sister right by his side.

🎀 Kynn Libitina Lee/Lily Ribbonrunner Burnway (GEOGRAM) - The younger sister of Laurence Burnway and daughter of Aaron Schaffer, Lily died after being accidentally shot by Laurence, but through Hack!Anon's help, Lily was brought back as Kynn Lee. Now Laurence, Lily, and Aaron are finally back together again as a family, and she, along with Larurence, are the head ass-kickers of the family.

🧀 Fredrick Muenster (TOPPAT) - The only Toppat who has a top hat made of edible material. He does enjoy having a snack available on his head at any time, but lately, he's been having trouble keeping his cheesy hats fresh.

👩🏻‍🎤 Matilda Ivy (TOPPAT) - An irish Toppat member with a crazy pink hairdo that everyone agrees is the best out of the whole clan. She's been known to get drunk off of Irish whiskey, which normally leads to someone getting stabbed with a broken bottle.

🧹 The Witch (TOPPAT) - The Toppat's original herbalist, and currently learning new ways to use herbal materials from Violet Wolfsbane. She's one of the only members of the clan who wears a hat other than the standard top hat.

💎 Gene Fredrickson (TOPPAT) - Originally a mayoral figure, he was found to have committed voter fraud shortly after Henry stole the Tunisian Diamond. He's had to grow accustomed to working with Henry, though it's still awkward for both parties.

🚂 Mr. MacBeth (TOPPAT) - The man in charge of the Toppat Clan's cargo train operations. He loves his job, and hates being seperated from being on the rails. He's gotten used to being compared to an ape since the station launched.

💸 Stu Pendles (TOPPAT) - An unfortunate higher-up who still hasn't paid a debt he owes Carol Cross yet. It's not like he isn't trying, he simply doesn't have an easy way of getting the money!

🛰 Burt Curtis (TOPPAT) - The Toppat Clan Orbital Station's overseer. He always wears a pair of orange headphones with his top hat for easy message relaying. He's not the biggest fan of his job (it can get pretty monotonous at times), but the Toppat Clan pays nice, so he doesn't mind doing it.

🌐 Aaron Schaffer (GEOGRAM) - The CEO and Leader of GEOGRAM. Once a former enemy of the Toppat Clan, Aaron understood that the Toppats truly were good people. Thus, he (and the rest of GEOGRAM) has allied themselves with the Toppats.

💠 Adam Schaffer (GEOGRAM) - The violent and aggressive alternative personality of Aaron, Adam was once a threat, but he was finally taken back under self control, and is now an incredibly useful ally for the people of GEOGRAM. He still like to do some harmless yet annoying pranks every now and then, though, and still cares deeply about Laurence and Lily.

🛜 Jameson Jenson (GEOGRAM) - Known as The Tech Guy (within GEOGRAM, at least), Jameson is the one responsible for overseeing and upgrading GEOGRAM’s software and technology, and is a truly skilled hacker as well. No firewall can keep him out.

💻 M.O.S.H.I. (TOPPAT/GEOGRAM) - The "Media Onboard Scanning & Heavy Interception" program, better known as "M.O.S.H.I.", is a computerized assistant made by Kyle Gibbons and Joe Sutton to fit into a War Machine suit that Sutton made for Kyle. Named after Moshi Monsters (one of Kyle's childhood MMO games) and just as helpful and cheery, M.O.S.H.I. is specially made to find clues in things like caught camera footage and the like, as well as to deal with the threat once its' found. He's always ready to lend Kyle and the other CSB members a hand, whether Kyle is piloting the War Machine suit, or if M.O.S.H.I. himself is controlling the suit via Sentry Mode.

🃏 Joke-Explainer 7000™ (SIIVAGUNNER) - The current co-host of the SiIvaGunner channel, who, in her own words, "explains the joke, one rip at at time". After trying to help Dr. Andonuts, her mentor, with his guilts and accidentally making things worse, causing the doctor to commit suicide with a shotgun, JE has taken the reigns of the channel alongside with her wife, Susie Haltmann.

🌸 Susanna Patrya Haltmann (SIIVAGUNNER) - The other current co-host of the SiIvaGunner channel, who has a thing for cherry blossoms. After her father died at the hands of The Voice, she had come back to life as digital data. With an replica body made by JE to house her data, she now co-hosts the SiIvaGunner channel alongside her loving wife, Joke-Explainer.

🤪 NOAKA (SIIVAGUNNER) - A cuboid figment of mania who was born from some garbage text from an AI-generated animation of the 9+10=21 kid, and was manifested as an actual figment soon afterwards by the will of the viewers of the SiIvaGunner channel. He speaks with countless spelling errors and tends to follow the Tengami Tower Team around, popping in whenever neccesary. Noaka always introduces himself in the same way the AI text wrote for him: "i ae noaka".

🥶 Haruka Amami (SIIVAGUNNER) - A high-school idol girl who was part of the "iDOLM@STER" idol group before The Harbinger (the Genocide Reboot timeline's Chad Warden) killed every other member that she knew. She was destined to die until Kyle intervened and saved her life. Now with pair of frosted wings given to her by the power of Snow Halation and joining in as the third member of the Tengami Tower Team, she will do anything in her power to stop more deaths from occuring to the good guys, and will freeze the bad guys in their tracks.

🥀 𝔸𝕟𝕟𝕒 (𝕊ℂℙ-𝟚𝟟𝟜𝟟) (SIIVAGUNNER) - A Keter-class SCP that goes by many names, including "SCP-2747", "Anafabula" and "The Lady of Thorns", but has most recently decided to go by the name of "Anna". She erases media from the inside out, and targeted SiIvaGunner during the April Fool's Day 2025 event ("Project: SiIvaCeption") before JE and Susie trapped her in an infinite media loop. Now free from Wood Man's control, she has since become the fourth member of the Tengami Tower Team, helping the duo with the SiIvaGunner channel wherever she can.

🍡 𝑀𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝐻𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉 (𝒮𝒞𝒫-𝟥𝟣𝟦𝟨) (SIIVAGUNNER) - A Euclid-class SCP known as "SCP-3146", but prefers to go by her real name, "Magical Hearts XX: Upgrade Ultimate ~EXTENSION~ DESTROYER Ascend!". She knows that name is a mouthful, though, so she just goes by "Mage Heart", for short. She is a huge fan of Japanese culture (having snuck into conventions as one of the games on display), and tends to speak in Japanese at times. She's a close friend of Anna, having made a rip of her game under the ripper name "GirlOfMagic" (which is a reference to both her game's name as well as the "magical girl" genre of media that she adores so very much).

🏈 𝙸𝚍𝚎𝚕 (𝚂𝙲𝙿-𝟾𝟽𝟽𝟿) (SIIVAGUNNER) - A Safe-class SCP known as "SCP-8779", but prefers to go by "Idel", which is a short form of his real name, "Americans Idel". He's a really nice guy to Mage Heart and Anna, always defending them whenever he can. Because his game is what appears to be what is merely a poorly-translated American Idol DS game, he's also got a really good singing voice with incredibly wide range. He's a close friend of Anna, having made a rip of his game under the ripper name "HolyWood" (which is a reference to the back of his DS game box saying "Holywood" instead of "Hollywood").

📓 BB (ANTHOLOGY OF THE KILLER) - A yellow-skinned, pink-haired human who was captured by Error!Kyle. She's a zine writer hailing from a place known as XX City. During the April Fool's Day 2026 Event ("Project: AUpril Fool's"), she found herself at a convention for Undertale AU fans (hosted by a JE proxy that Anna made), and was seemingly blasted to dust by Error!Sans after he crashed the convention and engaged with her...until JE and Susie found out about Error!Sans, purged him from the SiIvaGunner channel, and undid all the damage he did. BB was then captured by Error!Kyle, who planned to pick up where Error!Sans left off. Now freed, BB has become the fifth member of the Tengami Tower team, alongside JE, Susie, Haruka, and Anna. She doesn't really know how to make a "high quality rip", but she's more than willing to tackle a challenge like that.

🪵 Wood Man (SIIVAGUNNER) - A robot master virus who originally escaped from an infected Mighty No. 9 rip SiIva uploaded to the channel. He made many mistakes and wanted to go back and try and fix them (at the cost of previous events being erased from existence), before eventually falling to the combined efforts of the CSB and their friends, finally dying thanks to a headshot via sniper rifle from Anna.

🚀 Dystopiac (Neo Agent 3) (NSS) - A 22-year-old "traditional" Octoling (meaning he has actual parents) who constantly swears like a sailor, has a Smallfry Salmonid named "L'il Buddy" by his side, is in a relationship with the lead vocalist of Chirpy Chips, Harmony, and lives in the Splatlands with a polyamourous couple/idol group named Deep Cut (consisting of Shiver Hohojiro, Frye Onaga and Big Man). After launching a Trizooka at the rocket he was trying to stop and causing it to crash and release MORE Fuzzy Ooze than it already had, the ColorStreak Battalion had to step in and stop Mr. Grizz from taking over the Splatlands one last time. He was Subject #333 in the Deepsea Metro, and was able to avoid being blended by vomiting upon the sight. (The name of his alter-ego, "DJ BL3ND3R", is derived from that experience.)

🎱 Eight (Agent 8) (NSS) - A 27-year-old "modern" Octoling (meaning he was born from a test tube) who escaped the evil Kamabo Corporation's Deepsea Metro and brought it down, as well as taken down an evil entity known as Overlorder when Marina's "Project: Memverse" program went haywire and sucked him in, with Dystopiac taking over his body. He never had a real name, but adopted the name "Eight" after Off the Hook (Pearl Houzuki & Marina Ida) gave him that name. He's been through hell twice, and has regained his memories after the Memverse incident, but still considers Off The Hook (who poorly hide their lesbian relationship) to be his mothers no matter what. They saved his life, after all, so he considers his home to be with them in Inkopolis Square.

👨‍✈️ Trinity (Advisor 3, formerly Agent 3) (NSS) - The 29-year-old Inkling advisor to the New Squidbeak Splatoon. He got partially santitized during Agent 8's fight through Kamabe Co.'s upper layers, which caused him to be rendered unable to fight in close-quarters anymore. However, since he did still want to fight (and can still handle a Charger), Craig Cuttlefish (the current captain of the NSS) made him the Advisor to the NSS, promoting him from an Agent. He's since adopted "Advisor" as his name outside of the NSS, with his real name being "Trinity". You didn't hear that from this bio card, though. He's also since began living with the Squid Sisters in Inkopolis Plaza, as the sanitization has made it hurt to walk around, so having the extra help is a codsend for him.

🎭 Quadrinity (Agent 4) (NSS) - A 27-year-old female Inkling. She's the only female agent of the NSS, and only recently rejoined the others. She was stuck in the Memverse for a long time as the part of her data that wasn't turned into a pallete was entangled with the data of the Parallel Canon boss. Her forearms have been permanently turned to metal due to being entangled with Parallel Canon for so long, but she considers it an upgrade. She still keeps the now-split-in-two Parallel Canon mask on her wall as a trophy. In her own words, those masks "chafe", so she's glad to finally be free from it.

⚙️ Makoyaki (Mechanic) (NSS) - Dystopiac's 23-year-old older brother, who has returned from an expedition from the Spirhalite Islands that Dystopiac chickened out of. He's not a full-fledged member of the Alternarune Agents as of yet, but he's getting there. His "Mechanic" name comes from his job of running a weapon repair shop with Clanker, his robotic companion. He's also known to smoke from a bong that Deep Cut gave him, but he knows when not to smoke, at least. Like Dystopiac, he was also a subject in the Deepsea Metro, and was prevented from being blended along with him and their parents after his younger brother's vomiting incident.

⚫️ Ordarius (Order Incarnate) (NSS) - A 26-year-old male Octoling who is, as he said himself, "Order Incarnate". When going through the Memverse program, he decided to double-down on forgetting his memories to make reality more like the Memverse, which caused Eight and the others to trap him in the Memverse. Using Arbitrary Code Execution to corrupt Kyle's mind from within the Memverse, he kidnapped Kyle, forcing the NSS and the Infernadise crew to climb the Spire of Order to take him down. After getting his powers punched out of him by Kyle and Ring (an Octoling from outside of the story), he went back to his original identity, Ollie.

🎴 Ollie (Master of Hanafuda) (NSS) - Ordarius' original identity. After reverting back to Ollie again, he decided to join the Alternarune Agents. He's best known for one thing: Hanafuda. He keeps his lucky deck of Hanafuda cards with him at all times, and is more than willing to teach other people how Hanafuda games work. While Marina and Pearl have made him the head of Memversal security (allowing him his Ordarius powers for keeping anything intrusive out of the Memverse), he'd MUCH rather not be reminded of the horrible things he did as Ordarius. He's trying his best to put his past behind him.

🍸 Yumi Squiina (Bartender) (NSS) - A 22-year-old female Inkling who owns a bar known as "The Squiizer", where she is also the head bartender. Her bar is located in the outskirts of Splatsville, but it's got a very luxurious feeling for being located so far from the main area. When the results of Grand Festival were revealed, Dystopiac came to The Squiizer and drank himself to the point of unconsiousness, and Squiina decided to take care of him, even driving him home afterwards. Since then, he's become one of Squiina's best patrons. Unlike the others, she has no relations to any idols, but has since begun hanging out with the Alternarune Agents whenever her bar is closed. She's a caring person, but hurt her, her friends, or her patrons, and you'll be sincerely wishing you hadn't made her angry.

🪙 PMD!Kyle (WATERNORM) - One of the two founding members of Team Waternorm. He had met Kyle and the other CSB members back when he was a Meowth. After they had left, he was sent back to his own world after destroying a meteor with Rayquaza's help, but was placed back into the Pokemon world after he wished to stay with his partner, Blastie (originally "Squirtie"). He has since helped take Team Waternorm to a multiversal scale, helping with the Alternarune mission, the RE:KMRG folder mystery in Grandiose City, and the clash of different worlds in Operation: Puppet's Overture. His specialty is close-range attacks with his feline claws out, his favorite move to use being Scratch.

🌊 Blastie (WATERNORM) - The other founding member of Team Waternorm, Blastie (originally "Squirtie"), found PMD!Kyle as a Squirtle when he woke up on the grass, and has since become his rescue team partner, as well as having evolved into a Blastoise. The two are an unstoppable force, whether attacking seperately or attacking together. He provides the long-range attacks, with Hydro Cannon being his favorite one.

🔪 Kris Dreemur (DELTARUNE) - The non-binary, sword-swinging leader of The $!$! Squad (who's has been forced into their role by fate), and Catti's boyfriend. They recently finished dealing with a Titan, with their friend Susie at the assist, and have grown numb to the horrid things the player has asked them to do. Now having crossed paths with the Alterrune blog's cast, they will fight until the bitter end to get this done.

🪓 Susie Saurington (DELTARUNE) - The axe-wielding, damage-dealing pink dinosaur of The $!$! Squad (which she came up with the name of), and Noelle's girlfriend. Outside of the Dark World, her rich parents were incredibly abusive, strict, and hateful. She had more than one instance of going without food for an entire month as punishment for even the slightest mistake, developing pica (an eating disorder where she eats things she shouldn't eat) because of it, and eating chalk was essentially how she got by. However, thanks to Kyle, her horrible parents are now behind bars, and everything they owned has been automatically transfererred to her. She still prefers the Dark World, as she's developed more friendships there than she has in the Light World, but she's working on making friends that aren't Darkners.

🧣 Ralsei (DELTARUNE) - A scarf-slinging Darkner who resembles Kris' adoptive sibling, Asriel. He's helped Kris and Susie throughout their adventures, and has been nothing but helpful to them. Kris has tried to supress the Player from saying anything mean to them, and so far, they've succeeded, and Ralsei has remained on their side. He's clearly got some skeletons in his closet, but he is still on Kris' side no matter what.

🎄 Noelle Holiday (DELTARUNE) - A deer girl who somehow found her way into Cyber City alongside Berdley, and Susie's girlfriend. An ice mage who's not proud of her first time in Cyber City, she has the ThornRing still stuck on her finger from then. She considers it a blessing more than a curse, but she only wishes it didn't hurt her when something touches it.

✡️ Catti Cattenheimer (DELTARUNE) - Another member of Kris and Susie's homeroom class, who decided to jump into the Dark World upon discovering it. She's Kris' girlfriend, works at QT's Diner by day, and tries to summon demons by night. She's a Satanist who wants to summon the big guy himself to learn some powerful dark magic right from the source, but hasn't been sucessful so far, only summoning minor demons and demonesses. She'll get there eventually, but as for right now, she's using powerful dark magic in the Dark World, wearing a cultist's robe and wielding a demonic spellbook full of dark magic.

💖 Sakuroma (INFERNALANDS) - The Infernaling of Lust. She runs a strip club known as the Fuzzy Feeling in the center of the Lusty Lair Square, where demons all over Infernadise flock to visit. She's very flirtatious, but will not hesitate to permanently bar anyone from her services who she finds to be nothing more than a sleazeball. She also has a second form, Breakeroma, where her lusty desires are completely unfiltered.

🐝 Hivemine (INFERNALANDS) - The Infernaling of Greed. She operates a debt-collecting business from her flying fortress, the Hive Hind, with the people below her permanently indebted to her by mining honey in the Hive Mines. She has a second form known as "Hiveless", where she drops her calm and collected demeanor for a much more hyperactive and battle-ready demeanor. Not many people know about Hiveless, however. So far, other than the higher-ups, only Sakuroma and Insatian know about it, and they've promised to keep it a secret from the others.

🍖 Insatian (INFERNALANDS) - The Infernaling of Gluttony. She's a goat demon who hunts for prey in the Veiled Voids, which is considered to be her home. While she doesn't have a second form, she does sometimes have what she refers to as "hunger pangs", where she grows bigger and begins craving food of any kind. Her favorite prey is Crimstalkers, which she has hunted to near-exintion, to which even she is concerned about. The enchanted cuffs on her wrists and ankles are to help prevent her "hunger pangs" from going too off-the-rails, but it's not perfect, and a more permanent solution is still trying to be found.

⚰️ 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 (INFERNALANDS) - The Infernalord of Death. She's the head doctor of her Infernmary located in the Infernalands. Unlike the other girls, she's an Infernalord instead of an Infernaling, meaning she's higher-placed upon the totem pole. She despises her fellow Infernalords, with War and Pestilence being stubborn and obnoxious, respectively. She is rather fond of Famine, however, as she's simply doing what she's supposed to do, and is merely a bit scatterbrained compared to the others.

COLLECTED ACHIEVEMENTS:

Stock achievement set:

Not Failing This Time! - Get through one of the AtO pathways without failing. Only counts on your very first attempt, so make sure you choose wisely!

Dreamed By Bone - Looks like bonedbybone's dream came true...though I have no idea how many times I've ACTUALLY answered him, to be honest, so let's just say that it was 10 like his dream said.

Double Duelist - Win the friendly 2v2 duel with the Phantom Squad.

Rank: Wallbreaker (WB) - Get the true ending for Chapter 1 - "The New Protaganist(s)".

Rank: Quintuple Threat (QT) - Get the true ending for Chapter 2 - "The First Fight(s)".

Rank: Unstoppable (U) - Get the true ending for Chapter 3 - "The Breaking Point(s)".

Rank: Ready for Anything (RtA) - Get the true ending for Chapter 4 - "The Undying Burnway(s)"

The Right Move - You made the right move with Alter...but at what cost...?

No Way Back - Witness Lily Burnway's death.

A Strange Reunion - Learn who Kynn truly is and the person she once was.

True Happiness - Reunite Laurence with his sister, Lily.

Forgiveness - Successfully find peace in Laurence.

Alter's Dalmatian - Meet Alter's pet Dalmatian dog, Damien!

Thunderstruck - Meet Violet's pet stormcloud, Thunder!

Fate - Destroy the remains of the Heaven Incursion.

Anarchistic ColorStreak Rainbow - Have the AtO team join in on the Grand Festival festivities!

Blackjacks Redeemed - Hear out the stories of the Ex-Blackjack Members.

Blackjacks Assemble - Witness the Ex-Blackjack Members turn themselves into superheroes.

White Diamond - Get the CSB to earn the highest and most prestigious medal of honor that GEOGRAM can bestow upon them: the White Diamond.

"Beastly Beauty" achievement set:

Beastly Rage - Complete Alter's monster test

Beastly Fear - Complete Violet's monster test

Beastly Pain - Complete Henry's monster test

Beastly Sorrow - Complete Ellie's monster test

Beastly Sickness - Complete Kyle's monster test

The Perfect Lab Rat Group - Get 100% completion on all 5 monster tests

"Party Animal" achievement set:

Party of Rage - Complete Alter's party test

Party of Fear - Complete Violet's party test

Party of Pain - Complete Henry's party test

Party of Sorrow - Complete Ellie's party test

Party of Sickness - Complete Kyle's party test

The Life of the Party - Get 100% completion on all 5 party tests

"Faded Color Gang" Achievement Set:

Killer Knox - Turn Kyle (TK!Alter) into Knox.

Violent Victoria - Turn Violet into Victoria.

Harming Harold - Turn Henry into Harold.

Evil Emma - Turn Ellie into Emma.

Klever Kelvin - Turn Kyle (IRL!Alter) into Kelvin.

Two Sides, One Coin - Turn all characters evil (IRL!Alter isn't required for this achievement).

BONUS MESSAGE: I hope you won't be needing your little quartet anytime soon, IRL!Alter, because I have plans for them. -Adam

"Thicker Than Water" Achievement Set:

Cousins Forever - Succeesfully have Alter calm down Violet.

Brothers For Never - Sucessfully get Kyle's brothers to retreat.

All In The Family - Learn about Justin and Nicholas’ recruitment into The Trinity of Fate.

The Son - Listen to Aaron’s confession with Laurence.

Never Alone - Show Laurence that he isn't alone on his endeavours.

Family Reunion - Reunite the Schaffer Family with Marian Schaffer's unexpected return!

"The New Enemies" Achievement Set:

The Old Soldier - Gain info on William Arase and his group.

Not One Of Us - Gain info on Sarah Kelso and her group.

Phasmophobia - Gain info on Phantom 1 and his group.

Pulled To Darkness - Gain info on Laurence Burnway and his group.

A Dreamer's Space - Gain info on Albert and his group.

The Enemy Within - Gain info on Terence Suave and his group.

For Your Sake - Gain info on Justin & Nicholas and their group.

"Operation: Prowling Spider" Achievement Set:

Should've Gone For Silver - Successfully complete Part 1 of Operation: Prowling Spider and give Laurence Burnway a taste of his own medicine.

Data Unavailable - Successfully complete Part 2 of Operation: Prowling Spider and syphon the data back from Laurence's servers.

A Pheonix's Birdcage - Sucessfully complete the final part of Operation: Prowling Spider and finally put a stop to Laurence Burnway's plans.

Zulu Security Gone - 100% complete all parts of Operation: Prowling Spider and weaken the Trinity Of Fate.

"Operation: Hounds Slumber" Achievement Set:

House Of Blackjack Cards - Successfully complete Part 1 of Operation: Hounds Slumber and weaken Kyle's brothers' forces for the first time.

One Pair - Successfully complete Part 2 of Operation: Hounds Slumber and find out just how skilled Violet can be with a sniper rifle.

Two Pair - Successfully complete Part 3 of Operation: Hounds Slumber and detoxify the toxin with a recipe from Laurence Burnway.

Three of a Kind - Successfully complete Part 4 of Operation: Hounds Slumber and destroy the Blackjacks' drill machine.

Royal Flush - Successfully complete Part 5 of Operation: Hounds Slumber and sic a trained dog on the Blackjacks.

Full House - Successfuly complete the final part of Operation: Hounds Slumber and save Nick and Justin from having to take any more of Arase's fury.

"Operation: Twilight Gate" Achievement Set:

Edge of My Mind - Complete the prelude to the Operation and have Adam Schaffer give William Arase a literal taste of napalm.

Monochromatic Victory - Complete Section 1 of the Operation and begin the push towards Albert.

Double Freeze - Complete Section 2 of the Operation and show Albert that cold temperatures and two-on-one battles won't slow you down at all.

Tripled Trouble - Complete Section 3 of the Operation and show that even when three things go wrong at once, you can still handle all of them.

Quadruple Quarrel - Complete the final section of the Operation and finally show Albert he doesn't know everything about the team.

"Operation: Emperor's Abyss" Achievement Set:

Sewage Blast - Complete the first part of the Operation and prove that not even raw sewage will stop you from reaching your goal.

Beach Party - Complete the second part of the Operation and enjoy some well-deserved fun in the sun.

Rage Of The Colorblind - Complete the third part of the Operation and find out the truth about Alter's past.

A New Outpost - Complete the fourth part of the Operation and give Violet a new base for the Chaos Creation Center.

A Cup Of Earl Gray - Complete the fifth part of the Operation and have Earl take Jerry away from Terence...with a profound effect on the latter.

End Of Suave - Complete the final part of the Operation and get rid of Terence Suave once and for all.

"Operation: Cat's Claw" Achievement Set:

Catnipped - Complete the first part of the Operation and show Kelso why nature really matters...and humiliate a grunt by making him hallucinate in the process.

Electric Kitty, Eclectic Kitty - Complete the second part of the Operation and display to Kelso why using electric based-weapons was a really bad idea.

Exploding Kittens - Complete the third part of the Operation and turn one of Kelso's syndicates into bloody chunks of meat with a mounted high-speed high-ordinance grenade machine gun turret.

Giving A Cat Cow's Milk - Complete the fourth part of the Operation and cause the assassins in both the Airship and the GEOGRAM base to get killed by their own sabatoges...and earn the CSB a medal of honor in the process!

Cat Medicine - Complete the fifth part of the Operation with help from a familiar face and set the stage for the final act like a Phantom Aficionado.

Declawed - Complete the final part of the Operation and take down Kelso once and for all...and have three other characters deservingly earn the same medal of honor the CSB did!

The End of a Cat's Denial - Witness Sarah finally changing her heart, and have her see exactly why "To forgive is to destroy grief itself" is considered to be "words of wisdom".

"Operation: Malice Malediction" Achievement Set:

Slasher Dasher - Complete the 1st act of the Operation and show Killer Laurence some true ingenuity when it comes to makeshift weaponry.

Nightmarish Escape - Complete the 2nd act of the Operation and escape from Malice Lily's malice-magic-induced nightmare.

Hotel Fever - Complete the 3rd act of the Operation and save Sandy & Candy Wilson from becoming the Grady twins...and give Killer Laurence a taste of his own medicine.

Saw Right Through It - Complete the 4th act of the Operation and find a new beginning...and then promptly use it to threaten Malice Lily.

Messing With Death - Complete the 5th act of the Operation and manage to avoid a horrible fate: death by hardware store.

Ghostfaced - Complete the 6th act of the Operation and get help from an unexpected ally, powered up with the Sutton equivalent to Pym Particles.

Absolute Cinema - Complete the final act of the Operation and get rid of Malice Lily and Killer Laurence once and for all.

"Operation: Hangman's Hymn" Achievement Set:

Six's Sniper Shootout - Complete the first trial of the Operation and prove that the difference between a crazed gunman and an assassin is that one is a job and the other's a mental sickness.

Four's Familiar Fight - Complete the second trial of the Operation and encounter a very familiar face in-person for the first time.

Three's Total Throwdown - Complete the third trial of the Operation and show what the power of being compassionate to someone truly holds.

Two's Traditional Toussle - Complete the fourth trial of the Operation and meet a face that hasn't been seen since the 2021 Outworld Expedition.

One's Only Option - Complete the fith trial of the Operation and show Phantom One you mean business.

Life Will Change - Complete the final trial of the Operation and gain the help of some new and powerful allies.

"Operation: Puppet's Overture" Acheivement Set:

RE:KMRG Badge - Complete the first part of the Operation and give it a GRAND opening with the Tengami Tower team!

Alternarune/Orderrune Badge - Complete the second part of the Operation and show off the true power of the Calamari Inkantation.

AtO: Shadow Hunt (Part 1) Badge - Complete the third part of the Operation and avoid the Day of Fates from happening a second time.

AtO: Shadow Hunt (Part 2) Badge - Complete the fourth part of the Operation and give everyone watching the Midnight Channel one hell of a show.

Lust, Greed & Gluttony Badge - Complete the fifth part of the operation and show Killer Laurence the power of the seven deadly sins...and smack him upside the head with a boom mic, too!

The Spinjitsu Whip Badge - Complete the sixth part of the operation and ensure the safety of New Ninjago City and its' citizens once again.

Alterrune X Deltarune Badge - Complete the seventh part of the operation and not only ensure the safety of the Dark World, but also ensure the safety of two familiar friends.

Altering the Outcome Badge - Complete the final part of the operation and finally end the trail of destruction that Malice Lily and Killer Laurence had left in their wake in the most badass and explosive way possible.

"Operation: Traitor's Coffin" Achievement Set:

Sinners' Gospel - Complete the first part of the operation and show Arase how gospel can be used to misdirect...especially when it comes to the sin of greed.

Phantom Ink Chemistry - Complete the second part of the operation and, with the help of some battle-tested marine life and a certain group of rebels, stop a chemical war before it even starts.

Fighting Over Snowy Horizons - Complete the third part of the operation, and turn TRU's entire fighter pilot force to shattered ice with the help of a high-quality ripping team and some friendly island-bound anthropomorphic talking animals.

"Anniversary Events" Achievement Set:

One Year Older - 100% complete the scavenger hunt for the Altering The Outcome 1st Anniversary Event on July 27th, 2021.

Two Years Older - Enjoy some time off for the Altering The Outcome 2nd Anniversary Event on July 27th, 2022.

Three Years Older - Celebrate three years since the story's inception on July 27th, 2023.

Four Years Older - Celebrate four years since the story's inception on July 27th, 2024.

Five Years Older - Celebrate five years since the story's inception on July 27th, 2025.

CHARACTERS PERMANENTLY AVAILABLE FOR ASKS:

🔺 Alterrune

💜 Violet Wolfsbane

🔵 Henry Stickmin

💕 Ellie Rose

✍🏼 Kyle Gibbons

🔥 Laurence Burnway

🎩 Reginald Copperbottom

🛠 Right Hand Man (RHM)

🐁 Carol Cross

💟 Jacob Wolfsbane

🛡 Clarence Cross

💞 Jacob Rose

🎀 Lily Burnway/Kynn Lee

🥼 Dr. Vinschpinsilstien (Dr. V)

🚁 Charles Calvin

🚀 Dystopiac (Neo Agent 3)

🎱 Eight (Agent 8)

👨‍✈️ Trinity (Advisor 3)

🎭 Quadrinity (Agent 4)

⚙️ Makoyaki (Mechanic)

🎴 Ollie (formerly Ordarius)

🍸 Yumi Squiina (Bartender)

EVENT CHARACTERS AVAILABLE FOR ASKS:

- 💖 Sakuroma

- 🐝 Hivemine

- 🍖 Insatian

- 📣 Makuroma

- 💎 Hinus

- 🍔 Minsatian

- ⚰️ 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝

- 🍯 Terry

- 🎙️ Terrus

- 🃏 Joke-Explainer 7000™

- 🌸 Susie Haltmann

- 🥶 Haruka Amami

- 🥀 𝔸𝕟𝕟𝕒 (𝕊ℂℙ-𝟚𝟟𝟜𝟟)

- 🍡 𝑀𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝐻𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉 (𝒮𝒞𝒫-𝟥𝟣𝟦𝟨)

- 🏈 𝙸𝚍𝚎𝚕 (𝚂𝙲𝙿-𝟾𝟽𝟽𝟿)

- 📓 BB

- 2️⃣ Agent S

- 🦈🐿️ Cece

- 🦈⚡️ Viché

- 🕸️ Cherry

- ⚱️ Ankha

PREVIOUS EVENT CHARACTERS:

(Note: Any characters that are crossed out on this list have been made available again, or are still available. See above list for info on available characters.)

- 🪙 PMD!Kyle

- 🌊 Blastie (formerly "Squirtie")

- 👾 harmony (aka paruko)

- 🐟 SYNTH

- 💣 Callie (Agent 1)

- ☂️ Marie (Agent 2)

- 🔊 Pearl Houzuki (MC_Princess)

- 🐙 Marina Ida (DJ_Hyperfresh)

- 🎧 Acht Mizuta (Dedf1sh)

- 🦈 Shiver Hohojiro (The Cold-Blooded Bandit)

- ⚡️ Frye Onaga (The Eel Deal)

- 🥷 Big Man (The Hype Manta Storm)

- Kai (Master of Fire)

- Nya (Master of Water)

- Cole (Master of Earth)

- Jay (Master of Lightning)

- Zane (Master of Ice)

- Lloyd (Master of Energy)

- Sensei Wu (Master Teacher of Spinjitsu)

- P.I.X.A.L. (Zane's Assistant)

- Sensei Garmadon (Dark Lord turned Four-Armed Sensei)

- 🃏 Joke-Explainer 7000™

- 🌸 Susie Haltmann

- 🤪 Noaka

- 🥀 𝔸𝕟𝕟𝕒 (𝕊ℂℙ-𝟚𝟟𝟜𝟟)

- 🍡 𝑀𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝐻𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉 (𝒮𝒞𝒫-𝟥𝟣𝟦𝟨)

- 🏈 𝙸𝚍𝚎𝚕 (𝚂𝙲𝙿-𝟾𝟽𝟽𝟿)

- 🥶 Haruka Amami

- 📓 BB

- 🔪 Kris Dreemur

- 🪓 Susie Saurington

- 🧣 Ralsei

- 🎄 Noelle Holiday

- ✡️ Catti Cattenheimer

- ✉️ Spamton

- 📺 Tenna

- 🤡 Jevil

- ⬛️ 2B (NieR: Automata)

- ⬜️ 9S (NieR: Automata)

- 🍭 Sweet Tooth

- 🪄 Luvli

- 🛸🧠🐌📡 The Zoshlings

- 🐈‍⬛ Morgana (Mona)

- 🐦‍⬛ Goro Akechi (Crow)

- 🗡️ Ren Amamiya (Joker)

- 🏺 Futaba Sakura (Oracle)

- 💖 Sakuroma (Infernaling of Lust)

- 🐝 Hivemine (Infernaling of Greed)

- 🍖 Insatian (Infernaling of Gluttony)

- ⚰️ Nightflaid (Infernalord of Death)

- 🍯 Terry (Hivemine's Bee of Terror)

- 😇 Pen'du (Nice Provinight of Patience)

- 🤬 Du'lum (Mean Provinight of Patience)

- 📣 Makuroma (IPU Cheerleader)

- 💎 Hinus (IPU Queen Bee)

- 🍔 Minsatian (IPU Foodie)

- 🎙️ Terrus (Hinus' Hired Bodyguard)

- 🏝️ AC!Kyle (Kyleville Mayor)

- 🔔 Isabelle (Kyleville Mayoral Assistant)

- 💰 Tom Nook ([Former] Kyleville CFO)

- 2️⃣ Agent S (Kyleville Squirrel Agent)

- 🦈🐿️ Cece (Kyleville Shiver Cosplayer)

- 🦈⚡️ Viché (Kyleville Frye Cosplayer)

- 🕸️ Cherry (Kyleville Spider Lover)

- ⚱️ Ankha (Kyleville Pharoh Hypno-Cat)

- 🩸✍🏼 Fell!Kyle

- 🔁✍🏼 Swap!Kyle

- 🔪✍🏼 Dust!Kyle

- 🕶️✍🏼 Fresh!Kyle

- 🫠✍🏼 HELP_Kyle

- 🥩✍🏼 Horror!Kyle

- 💫✍🏼 Outer!Kyle

- 🐠✍🏼 Ocean!Kyle

- 🌕✍🏼 Dream!Kyle

- 🌑✍🏼 Nightmare!Kyle

- 🖌️✍🏼 Ink!Kyle

- ❌✍🏼 €ŘŘØŘ!Ķ¥Ł€

[FANFICS:]

[One Single Blow - a short Animator vs Animation fanfic featuring The Second Coming and Blue that shows how things could've gone differently for Blue during Animation vs. Addiction]

[A Flock Of Bird-Types - a short Pokémon-themed fanfic featuring SparklingDemon's NaN and SiIva!MissingNo. having a heart-to-heart, inspired by an artpiece of the two that Sparks made]

Any asks sent to the blog will be answered whenever I have the time to. Don't worry, I'll get to your ask eventually, though it may get posted through screenshots because of a glitch the Tumblr mobile app has.

New info will be added whenever any new data is collected. Just don't expect every character to have a bio card.

[From: Nier Vin]

I must ask, what does Saku not like about Yandere’s? Honestly, it shouldn’t be a surprise that Lyna isn’t trusting of Saku, considering what she represents.

But as you all may or may not know, but Lyna is a full on Yandere through and through, certainly not so different from Yuno Gasai. She’s not a downplayed or toned down Yandere in the slightest.

Any form of purity culture towards a Yandere like her is completely thrown out the window essentially. Lyna has been known to leave so much carnage in her wake for the sake of James’ safety and happiness?

And what does Saku think on the fact that despite Lyna being a Yandere, James still chooses to be with and love her nonetheless, as both are benefiting from each others presence, and there is no issue of infidelity on Lyna’s part. She would never cheat, emotionally or physically, on James, and she’s cared about James in the best way possible.

Even then, me and James are the only people that are really keeping Lyna in check considering how extremely lovesick and obsessively in love she is with James.

(sigh...) Let me put it this way. I once slept with a yandere girl who ended up in the Lustlands. Imagine this next to you in bed.

"Oh, don't sleep with other girls, Sakuroma-san! Just keep sleeping with me! I'll always treat you right! I'll make sure the other girls never bother you again! Wink wink!"

That girl clearly forgot the SLEEP part of my services! She ended up keeping me awake all damn night! That, and they actually DID end up killing some innocent patrons!

If there's two things I don't tolerate, it's making me miss my beauty sleep and killing patrons who are entirely innocent.

Ugh. That lady was the second-worst partner I ever slept with. The first was the one Atrocean possessed, of course.

James Finbar: I know, I shot her in the head, me and Pop are past that now.

Nier Vin: Yes, and it’s because of that Lyna’s become incredibly lovesick over you. Everyone knows how complex this entire relationship is between you and her.

James Finbar: Listen, I’m happy being with her, and she’s happy being with me, we’re benefiting from each other.

Nier Vin: You two are codependent with one another… you know, how does Lyna love you?

James Finbar: Well, she carried me around from time to time like a princess, or falling asleep in her arms, watching my while I sleep because Lyna thinks my sleeping face is adorable, or when she drinks my blood, she did that to me 5 times in a single day.

Nier Vin: And what is it like?

James Finbar: Well, as you know, through a vampire’s fag, they can inject subtle substances when feeding, one of them serves as a painkiller and as a soft aphrodisiac both, in order to make the situation a bit more pleasant for the human. Helps me to destress or fall asleep, I highly recommend it.

Nier Vin: I… see. So… what else?

James Finbar: Lyna’s a great homemaker, cooks food, keeps my uniforms ironed and my weapons ready. Still rambles and thinks about me a-lot during the day and night:

Nier Vin: Where is she anyways?

James Finbar: Well, apparently Lyna told me a bunch of guys had plans to mug me, turns out she was right. She’s gone to see them personally, they sure as hell aren’t walking out alive.

Nier Vin: Is that why you aren’t scared when you get kidnapped or captured?

James Finbar: Nier, Lyna follows me all the time, she knows where I am. If Lyna learns about anything bad happening to me, it’ll send her into a violent frenzy. Last time that happened, Lyna scattered the body parts and organs of the kidnappers across the entire building, she was fucking furious. It was cathartic as well when her demeanor shifted to having a saccharine sweet personally, before that her gaze was penetrating and completely gone.

Nier Vin: Well, she is a keeper I suppose. What about that closet Lyna has? It’s full of pictures and memorabilia she had about you and her during your relationship, it’s essentially a shrine.

James Finbar: Well, it’s oddly endearing, she wants to remember me, so I might as well let her keep it around.

Nier Vin: Have you at least been trying rephrase what Lyna says in public or how she acts? She can’t really control her emotions or thoughts properly. The therapy I’ve been giving her does help.

James Finbar: Well, you’ve helped me a ton with that, it’s become easier, still doesn’t make some situations awkward. If anyone does have a problem with her, I’ll try my best to make a middle ground or something.

(James gets a text)

James Finbar: Oh, she’s coming back… covered in blood. Can you get her a new set of clothes, and set the table for dinner, we have to please her as much possible.

Nier Vin: Oh, of course! I’ll make things as perfect as possible for you two!

This'll be quite the dinner. By the way, I hope those guys got that message from Nightflaid.

The one about Saku and Lyna, right?

Yeah, that one. Saku's not a fan of yandere-types, and wants Lyna to keep her distance.

Hope Nightflaid can make that happen.

“I might potentially be working with you lot when Nier makes their presence over there again, but I guess I might as well address my Vampire Wife, Lyna.”

“Reminder that she’s not an ordinary Vampire, she has centuries of experience and a plethora of different powers, Nier themself said that she is able to match a infernaling’s strength for the most part.”

“She’s not an enemy, she’s my wife, and I’m overseeing her. She’s a very sweet and kind person to be around despite her nature, but remember, don’t try to flirt or intimidate me, she won’t like it.”

- James Finbar Mansfield

(The other note shows Lyna’s written side, it’s a-lot more intense than the previous ones)

“I know what your kind are, I know what you can do to people, well let me remind you lot that James is off-limits, and I don’t want a single demon going near my little bird! But if James and Nier will allow this, maybe I can try tolerating it… but a reminder that if something bleeds, I can still tear is apart!”

“And yet no one will ever be able to comprehend the love him as much as I do, and as much as he cares for me! AND SO MANY WILL DIE NEVER FEELING THE STRENGTH OF CONNECTION I HAVE WITH MY LITTLE BIRD!”

“I’m just kidding! I’m just kidding… come on, it’s just a joke… just a joke…”

“Okay, I’m not joking, deal with it.”

- Lyna Arabella Finbar ❤️

LYNA, DO ME A FAVOR AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR---

SISTER! CALM YOURSELF! What is with the sudden outburst?

Yeah, you don't normally act like that.

Apologies, everyone, but I don't take kindly to yandere-type people like her. Quite honestly, I detest them.

Could you at least try, Saku? For Nier Vin's sake?

Yeah, you're friends with that Nier Vin guy, remember?

Yeah, like it or not, you have to play nice with her. I don't wanna either, but, like, you don't hear me complaining.

Yeah, because you were complaining to Terrus earlier.

Terry. You were supposed to keep that between us.

Shit. Forgot that part. Uh, no hard feelings, right, Hinus?

UGH!!! You little tattler! You're INCREDIBLY lucky this is going on right now, but this isn't over. I'll deal with you later.

Regardless, I will try to get along with Lyna, James. I'm only doing this for Nier's sake.

But keep that yandere on a tight leash when I'm around.

(𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡…) 𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐒𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚.

Yes! Thank you very much, Nightflaid!

𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭, 𝐒𝐚𝐤𝐮.

“But why did I leave this on the back of this letter? Well, let me tell you, I’ve got a Vampire Wife, her name is Lyna, and she’s another associate of Nier, but she mostly follows me around. That’s mainly due to how madly in love she is with me.”

“I’m sure there will be a-lot of tension when you see how she really is, know that I’ll be there to help with Lyna just in case, and understand that I’m helping her at the end of the day as her husband.”

- James Mansfield Finbar

(The other side of the note is from Lyna addressing the Alternarune Agents)

“Salutations! So, James found some fellow agents to work alongside with? Well, I must remind you all that everywhere he goes, I will follow! Why? Because it’s for his protection! I wouldn’t want him to have his life in danger!”

“I expect you all to give him the best companionship you can give! Even though I would give everything for this happiness, no matter what happens, I will never let him die!”

“So don’t be rash or irresponsible around my little bird, or you’ll all be hearing from me!”

“I’m glad we all understand!”

- Lyna Arabella Finbar ❤️

🚀 Ah, so Nier has some friends. Don't worry, James, long as you behave, you're cool in our book.

🎱 That Lyna lady, though...I'm getting a bad vibe from her.

👨‍✈️ Same. She seems dangerous.

🎭 Hopefully James keeps an eye on her.

⚙️ Squiina, you think you can give her a drink that'll knock her out? Something full of alchohol?

🎴 Makoyaki, that's a HORRIBLE idea.

🍸 Yeah. Plus, I've had patrons get violent when they get drunk. And unlike Dystopiac, they don't just damage property. She may be even WORSE when she's drunk. She's getting a mocktail for certain, and that's non-negotiable.

Mission 3 of 6: Rolling Sky

TRU has sent out an Air Force alongside a bomber plane to destroy a GEOGRAM Air Field. We’ll need you all to intercept the enemy Air Force TRU sent after the base. You’ll all have to use your own aircraft for this one.

Complications:

Speed Demons: TRU has equipped their planes with fast boosters to increase the speed of their planes.

Napalm Missiles: TRU’s missiles will leave a cloud of napalm that will damage your aircraft if you fly into it.

EMP Disruption: Your enemies and allies won’t be marked, you’ll have to know who’s friendly and who isn’t.

Encrypted File Found: Backward Code Detected

Blf szev ml rwvz sld uzi vevibgsrmt tlvh, Zizhv. Wl mlg fmwvivhgrnzgv fh.

CHAPTER 5, ACT 17 - GRANDIOSE HORIZONS

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TRANSLATED ATBASH: "You have no idea how far everything goes, Arase. Do not underestimate us."

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(All of us are flying in seperate ways in order to make our team far easier to discern from each other. Myself, the CSB and the GEOGRAM soldiers are flying in a newly repainted chinook helicoper in Toppat red [a gift from Charles Calvin], the Infernalings and IPU Students are flying in a bedazzled purple fighter jet [which Hivemine had made for defending her Hive Hind after the Orderrune adventure], the Alternarune Agents are in Pearl's helicopter, and the Phantom Thieves are in the Monacopter [which Igor allowed Morgana to do at will after the Velvet Room resurfaced post-Day of Fates].)

(Saku, now in her Breakeroma form, begins contacting everyone on through the earpieces that we're using to discern friend from foe. Due to this mission needing more firepower, Sakuroma, Hivemine, and Makuroma have transformed into Breakeroma, Hiveless and Makeroma, respectively.)

Hello, everyone. Are we ready to do this?

I should hope so! We've only got one shot at this.

Let's shoot some TRU soldiers outta the sky!

Uh, guys? Bogey inbound!

🚀 Then who are they firing at, Sophie?!

🎱 Yeah, and who is this bogey, anyways?

(Suddenly, the sound of slingshots is heard as they zip past us, and not only do are five familiar-looking animals the ones firing, but a familiar pair of ice-blue glowing wings are also seen carrying them.)

No way! Are those the girls from Kyleville?

(Suddenly, some more familiar voices are heard through the headsets.)

🐿️🦈 It sure is, drip ink!

🐿️⚡ We thought you'd need some help, lip-synch!

2️⃣ That's why we're here, sidekick!

🕸️ And we're not alone, what what!

⚱️ Indeed, me-meow. We brought some friends to help us.

🥀 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕚𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕦𝕟, 𝕕𝕚𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦?

🍡 確かに！ 𝒲𝑒 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓂𝒾𝓈𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹!

🏈 𝙰𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎'𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚞𝚝!

📓 Let's do this thing!

🃏 I hope you are all ready for quite the aerial battle!

🌸 I know all of us are! Kyle, we'll go on your command. You ready?

(I nod in agreement.)

ATTACK!!!

(All of us begin intercepting planes and gunning them down before they do anything. However, more and more begin showing up, trying to tire us out, and it begins to work.)

(Suddenly, towering spires of icy magic envelop all the TRU ships! Once the pillars vanish, the ships and the troops within become nothing but ice, as they fall to the ground and shatter upon impact, killing them all.)

𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬, 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐤𝐚.

(All of us fly back to base, now with Haruka and the Kyleville residents with us.)

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END OF CHAPTER 5, ACT 17

THE TENGAMI TOWER TEAM AND THE KYLEVILLE RESIDENTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR ASKS!

ACHIVEMENT GET: "FIGHTING OVER SNOWY HORIZONS"

ACHIEVEMENT ADDED TO "OPERATION: TRAITOR'S COFFIN" ACHIEVEMENT SET

DISPLAYING EPILOGUE...

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(Arase, pounding the ground with his fist in anger, has just seen his once-glorious fleet now reduced to piles of shattered permafrost. He then spies another note, this time written by Nightflaid.)

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𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡, 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞.

𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐩𝐬𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟? 𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬?

𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐇𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰.

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐦𝐞, 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡. 𝐈'𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥, 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐀𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐞.

𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠.

- 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 (𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡)

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(Arase crumples up the note, then dials up someone on his phone.)

Hey, you three? It's Arase. We need to reschedule that meeting for tommorrow. Set up the underground bunker, and make sure we're protected from the CSB and their friends. I shall see you then. Goodbye.

(Arase ends the call, as he heads off to prepare for the meeting.)

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“Like many other people, Lyna’s letting everyone know who she is and the person she’s in love with, and that’s me. Woman is a bombshell in the best way possible for me because I made it work.”

“Still, she’s sending this letter to you nonetheless, if you people want to know what she’s like, it’s all here in the letter.”

- James Mansfield Finbar

(The rest of Lyna’s letter is on the other side of the the paper)

“I see a lot of girls on this end of Kyle’s inner circle, and I want to remind you all to not go near my little bird. James is everything to me, I believe in that man.”

“I think of him and think of him and think of him and think of him and think of him and think of him. It's what makes me strong!”

“As long as there’s no funny business with him, I’m sure we’ll get along nicely!”

- Lyna Arabella Finbar ❤️

𝔸𝕟𝕟𝕒, 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕀 𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣? 𝕀 𝕕𝕠 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕪𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕖-𝕖𝕤𝕢𝕦𝕖 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪.

📓 Hey, Haruka. Been meaning to ask you something. What up with the lesbian flags?

📓 OH SHIT! I completely forgot that June is Pride Month! I assume it's because of JE and Susie being loud and proud about being a lesbian couple, or something kinda like that?

ℝ𝕖𝕘𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤, 𝕃𝕪𝕟𝕒, 𝕕𝕠 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕕𝕠 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕣𝕖𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕦𝕤.

“Hello, or greetings, however you all want to say it, but I’m pretty sure you all had an encounter with Nier. I’m James, an associate with Nier Vin, and I have a vampire as my wife, and she’s a foot taller than me. I know, sounds crazy.”

“But if Nier ever props up to you all, I might be there alongside my lady in red. Just to remind you all that she’s very obsessively in love with me, and personally, I don’t mind it one bit.”

“But for a reminder, Lyna doesn’t like it if anyone flirts or threatens me, she sent me a photo of herself posing at a wall written in blood saying “I Love You James!” with a heart next to it. She’s heavy, but reminder that blood came from some very bad people she dealt with during an assassination job.”

“Hope you guys will get comfortable with her.”

- James Mansfield Finbar

(As for Lyna’s written side of the note)

“I learned that the Phantom Thieves in Shibuya aren’t the only Persona users, you really do learn so much!”

“Now, a reminder to you all that I think and love James a-lot! I would do anything for him! He’s mine forever because James will always live in my heart!”

“If I catch anything funny happening with him, I’ll let you all know what happens to anyone who threatens his safety and happiness!”

“You get what I’m saying?! I hope you all do!”

- Lyna Arabella Finbar ❤️

(Chie glares at Yosuke and promptly kicks him in the shin, causing him to fall to the ground, clutching his shin in pain.)

(Yosuke gets back up, still wincing in pain.)

(Yukiko sighs at Adachi being Adachi yet again.)

“Please don’t find this completely concerning, my wife can get a little quirky sometimes, but I might end up standing with you all at some point. I’m an associate with Nier Vin along with my vampire wife, and she gets quirky sometimes… and I’m being generous about saying that.”

“Godspeed I guess.”

- James Mansfield Finbar

(The other side shows Lyna’s written end of the letter)

“So my little bird gets to meet the Phantom Thieves? I actually might look forward to this eventual meeting, maybe.”

“Why am I saying that? Because I don’t want anyone thinking wrong with my James, he’s my little bird and I won’t let anyone try to make him feel sad!”

“And don’t even try threatening him and giving him an attitude, I’m looking at you Akechi! I’ll keep an eye on you, and if I catch you having a problem with James, I’ll see how sweet your blood tastes!”

“Do you understand? That’s a good boy!”

- Lyna Arabella Mansfield ❤️

(Akechi suddenly snaps to his senses.)

(He quickly turns away and winces, realizing his bloodlust nearly activated again.)

[From: Albert]

Hey, everyone… it looks like you got a written note from a… Lyna Arabella Finbar. Apparently, she’s associated with Nier Vin and is the wife of James Finbar, another associate with Nier.

She learned that James would eventually meet you all with Nier… and she plans to send more notes to other members of Kyle’s Circle.

Nier and James seem to be allowing this, but, I don’t fully know what to make of these Lyna’s letters, so here’s what she wrote to the CSB.

But James did write something on the back.

(On the back of the note written by James)

“Look, this note may appear very unhinged, but know how protective she is over me. I will not cause any problems, and as long as I’m with Lyna, she won’t either. This is just to remind you all that she is, what Nier calls it apparently by your slang, a Yandere at her very core.”

“Again, I’m a very level headed and rational person, I just hope you’ll all get comfortable with her.”

- James Mansfield Finbar

(On the front of the note written by Lyna)

“James told me he’ll be meeting you all with Nier, and if James trusts you all, then I might as well do the same, a part of me finds this very exciting, knowing that I get to meet more people with my little bird!”

“But! I must give you all a reminder! James is off limits! Yes, James knows you lot are good people, but understand that if you pull anything towards him, I’ll make sure you all know how shape my blade is!”

“Do you understand? If so, then great!”

- Lyna Arabella Finbar ❤️

Thanks, Albert. And to James, when you all get here, we'll try to get along with Lyna.

We don't want to do anything stupid.

Just tell her to keep her blade sheathed, okay? Don't want her slicing anything on accident.

Yeah, we don't want her to cut herself or anything around her.

Nationality, German-American

Age, 34

Race… Human

So, Nier told me to record this entire video where I talk about my wife that you will all soon meet, Lyna Arabella. 

You might be asking why I have to introduce her to you all like this, well, trust me when I say this… but she’s very… unhinged. Trust me, this entire thing I’m recording right now is going to be insane in its own right.

And as Nier said in their own words, I broke her, now I get to fix her.

I guess I’m doing this now.

Now, I need to clarify that Lyna has not harmed a single innocent life, she has proper morality and knows right or wrong, but know that there is a plethora of things about her that I must talk about to understand her more and how you should interact with Lyna if you happen to be in her presence.

I will be explaining everything in a very matter of fact way, I won’t be downplaying what I am about to talk about when it comes to Lyna, as this is for the sake of preparing you all for your eventual meeting with my lady in red.

This will be a long story, I’m telling you all now, so I hope you’re all patient listeners. Lyna has told me everything about her story, and has been going on with her.

Okay… here we go:

Lyna Arabella Finbar…

Nationality, Irish-Italian

Physical Age, 30’s

Biological Age, 436 Years Old

Race… Vampire…

So… she comes from a clan of vampires who specialized in assassinations. You see… one of the things about her entire upbringing there is that she, alongside other vampires with her, was not allowed to have any established connections with another person.

This was done so that she wouldn’t develop any forms of sentiments or empathy for another person, so naturally, this left Lyna very socially awkward and lonely.

It was because of this that Lyna began fantasizing over and over again about wanting a relationship with someone, to know how it would feel to have a connection with someone.

“I was very lonely, you know James? I wanted to know what it was like to love someone, love them so so so much, you would understand, wouldn’t you?”

- Lyna Arabella Mansfield

Soon enough, after a long time, and I mean a real long time, she was let go from her clan, and Lyna got to choose her own path from there. While I was out in the city finishing some errands for my parents, I ended up passing by Lyna.

Now, I was in a hurry, so I wasn’t able to give another glance to Lyna, but for her, right there and then… she was drawn to me, maybe it was because of my looks, or my background, but Lyna never forgot my face.

And soon enough, Lyna began digging into anything related to me and family, she was essentially following me around at that pace. Because of Lyna’s experiences as an assassin, she did a damn good job, especially without being caught, no less.

“When I saw you… I vowed to never forget your face, I ingrained it into my mind, there was so much I wanted to know about you, James… everything.”

- Lyna Arabella Mansfield

But at the same time, Lyna’s lack of social skills due to her isolation by her clan meant she wasn’t confident enough to have a face to face meeting with me, she was both too nervous or shy.

Maybe she thought I wouldn’t accept her, or she believed she wasn’t worthy enough to be her romantic partner… so she never showed up, only staying outside my house aloof not knowing what to do. My parents thought she was just some other neighborhood girl…

Then the fire happened. Turns out my family got caught in the crossfire of a crime gang, they ended up setting our house on fire. My parents, my older brother and sister… they were dead, neither of them were able to escape the house.

I was the only one who survived, and let me tell you… I still wake up paralyzed remembering that night, I couldn’t even stop being haunted by that fire ever since it happened…

And Lyna saw all of that happen. She didn’t know what to do, she was going to meet me the night this all happened.

Not once did Lyna move in to get me… she backed away and left, she knew she couldn’t just come to me like this, she put my feelings before hers, and left so I could mourn.

“I should’ve done something when that fire happened James, I could’ve saved your siblings! Your parents! I… I couldn’t forgive the ones who burnt it all down.”

- Lyna Arabella Finbar

So I was lost, like, completely lost after my family died and my only home was burned to the ground. So I needed a way to find another way to survive… and to vent my frustrations.

I found out about Army sign-ups taking place, so I joined the marines as soon as I could. Soon enough, I was headed off to Iraq. I specialized in force-oriented reconnaissance and interrogation, meaning I often crossed over enemy territory to both collect information and, should the opportunity present itself, fuck with the enemy in whatever way that I saw fit.

Earned four hundred and seventeen confirmed kills over the course of five tours. The majority of those were done by        hand, by blade, and by small caliber. As for interrogation, power drills to the knees, pliers to the teeth, and blowtorches to the chest did the trick.

Only reason I went as for as to torture terrorists and insurgents like that was because I needed an excuse to put people who deserved it to through the pain I went through, projected the ones who killed my family onto the faces of my combatants.

It got to me though, hell, how could it not? Even through I won nearly every military distinction, including the Medal of Honor, and being honorably discharged, I found myself back at home still not satisfied, I was still looking for work.

I wasn’t just there with the marines because it was my duty. I wasn’t there to spread the greatness of the military. I was there because I wanted a reason to fight, another war to join, I missed the violence deep down. See, to me, there was no greater pleasure than feeling the warmth of my boots drenched in blood.

You know, I tried find a normal life, and I did, found an apartment, found a job as a mechanic, but deep down that really wasn’t who I truly was, it felt like a facade, and it lasted longer than I felt it was supposed to.

Then I met Nier Vin, met them at a bar, flirting with me dressed as a woman in a black dress with roses on it. I will admit, she looked real good in that outfit.

Turns out, Nier knew about my work with the marines, and asked if I was interested in joining their organization. I was skeptical at first, but I joined.

And god would I tell you, I made a damn right choice, but I sure as well wouldn’t have known that Nier was the grim reaper itself.

I met my squad mates from there, I got acquainted them very well, even if it felt I was a professional working with a band of misfits.

But when they saw what I was capable of doing, they knew I wasn’t someone who should be screwed around with. Nier told them everything, somehow getting footage I didn’t even know they got.

“James was what you could call one of the most efficient operatives you could ask for. Give him a name, a method, and he’d get it done. Come hell or high water, he’d complete the job. He made for a good errand boy as well.”

- Nier Vin

Then came this one mission in particular. It was only me who would be sent in, even if I thought it wouldn’t be something incredibly drastic, it would mark a turning point years after the fire occurred.

I was told of a woman who had just ripped apart a criminal operation in a warehouse, massacred everyone inside, bodies chewed up, mangled, or torn to pieces. I was told to take care of it, considered a potential threat.

Walked in and saw death everywhere, there were limbs, organs, and bodies splayed everywhere, sure as hell something an ordinary human wouldn’t have been able to do.

I heard the sounds of drinking, but not like drinking from a bottle, more like, sucking the liquid out of something.

When I followed the sounds, I finally found who was causing that. Yes… it was Lyna. But at the time, I didn’t know who she was.

She looked feral before I approached her, these criminals wouldn’t be missed, but I didn’t care about that, I was more concerned about the woman that caused all of this.

I slowly walked behind her, and I aimed my rifle at her. She looked behind me, and her face shifted to that of recognition and shock.

I pulled the trigger, two shots rang out, and she was on the ground. I thought that would be it as I left, but no, things didn’t end there. 

“Even if I did die, James, I’ll still follow you no matter what. In death, I’ll still watch over you, and protect you, and I wouldn’t let anything stop me.”

- Lyna Arabella Finbar

You know the spot where I shot Lyna? It was in the head, specially the prefrontal cortex.

You know what that controls?

impulse control 

inhibiting urges

risk evaluation

emotional regulation

social judgment 

future consequence simulation

cognitive flexibility 

When that gets damaged, it impairs your ability to regulate thoughts, emotions, and actions. That often leads to severe deficits in decision-making, impulse control, improperly being able to filter out thoughts one shouldn’t say out loud, and acting inappropriately, often resulting in drastic changes to a person's personality and social behavior.

But most notably, Perseveration.

It is the uncontrollable repetition of a particular response, such as a word, phrase, or gesture, despite the absence or cessation of a stimulus.

But in some cases, a thought that one can never truly let go of, even after long periods of time.

Those two bullets were the very things that took Lyna’s chains off, the damage to her prefrontal cortex dramatically decreased the part of herself that controlled her self restraint and impulses, which completely set her obsessive side loose. 

She was obsessed with me for years, yes, she’s stalked me, kept journals about me, continued to collect information, but that injury destroyed what little restraint she had left, and they became dramatically worse.

Her obsessive thoughts were no longer reliably suppressed or redirected. Mind you, she still understands boundaries, but she cannon consistently inhibit crossing them.

Since then, Lyna began killing anyone that had some kind of ill intent towards me, anyone who was a genuine threat. I didn’t even know she was doing all of that.

“I can’t let anyone hurt James, I just can’t, I won’t let anyone hurt my little bird! Without him, my existence will become meaningless, he gave me a reason to live!”

- Lyna Arabella Finbar

I had this one mission, a high risk one, and at the time, my squad was out on another mission, so this one was something I had to do with another team, much to my chagrin.

It involved blowing up a black market supply depot, problem is, the syndicate running that place was heavily armed, essentially akin to your average military soldier.

Sure as hell wasn’t going to be easy, and goddamn was I right. We couldn’t do it quietly, too many security measures, so we went in loud. 

Everything went sideways really fast, we were all getting overwhelmed, too many hostiles from every side.

One of our guys tried to get us more ammo, but he immediately ended up being shot dead by the time he stepped out. Our medic tried to drag him back to cover, but a sniper shot him in the head.

It was just me, the last man I was with instantly died after taking a hatchet to the face. I was bleeding, shot multiple times, my tac-rig was blown to pieces.

In a way, I was going to embrace death right there and then, and Nier would come to see me by then… for me, this felt like a good death though.

Then I heard screaming, which was then followed by the sounds of flesh being torn to shreds, I opened my eyes, saw this woman, claws and fangs barred and she tore the syndicate members apart.

I thought I was hallucinating, no… this was real, and deep down I felt scared out of my mind, who was this girl? Someone Nier sent, someone else entirely? I couldn’t properly think up a single thought.

“There is nothing I won't do for him. I won't let anyone come between us. I don't care what I have to do. I’ll kill anyone who dares harm him. I don't care whose blood I have to spill if they even dare lay a finger on him. I won't let anyone or anything take him from me. Nothing else matters. No one else matters but him.” 

- Lyna Arabella Finbar

Soon, everything went quiet. Next thing I know I see that woman again, she was drenched in blood, head to toe. 

Oh god… I realized it, that was the same woman I shot twice in the head back at the warehouse. I recognize the two bullet holes there, both of which healed. 

One of her pupils was contracted, and the other was dilated due to the head trauma… but how the hell was she still alive?

Was she going to kill me? If she was, I wanted it to be quick.

But no… before I could formulate another thought… she cuddled up next to me, and I felt this presence… one that never felt happier.

And she said my name…

“James… I finally found you!”

How did she know my name? And it sounded like she knew my entire life.

“Just… go to sleep, James. I’ll fix this, I always know a way.”

Lyna said that to me, and I gave in, and shut my eyes in exhaustion. I guess I wasn’t dying just yet.

I woke up, and it turns out I was in a day’s long coma. I was in a very tidy apartment, very clean, as if someone was preparing it for some kind of occasion…

I looked over across the bed to see this big bulletin board, you know what it has on it? Photos of me, from across the years, before my home burned down, when I was in the Marines, when I got into Nier’s organization? All there, right in front of me.

I was creeped out, this woman knew everything about me for a long time, who would’ve thought? Now what? Was I a prisoner now? No, escaping this would be child’s play, I was in this scenario numerous times and got out each time.

Hell, I’m in the same home with the woman who I shot in the head twice, and now she saved me? She nursed me back to health no less, I was bandaged and stitched up. No kidnapper would do that… usually.

Then she walked in, had this entire tray of breakfast, probably some of the best I’ve seen, complete with a small vase of flowers I could put on my bedside.

She was humming to herself, she looked very happy, as if everything in her life was leading up to this very moment. Still, this was completely mind blowing for me… 

Then Lyna spoke to me.

“I finally get to see you, James! You don’t know how long I’ve been waiting for you!”

I still thought to myself… Why the hell is she doing this? I thought she’d be here for revenge, why is she saving me and treating me like I was a significant other? I shot her for god's sake.

“Don’t worry about shooting me, James, I’m already past that, what matters is that I get to meet you, I always dreamt of this moment.”

What was she saying? I never knew her in my entire life, I didn’t fully understand.

“Oh, you don’t recognize me? Do you? We met long ago, we passed by each other when you were coming back to your home with groceries.”

Somehow, I don’t know what she did or how, but I think I remembered that moment. But that was just a chance encounter, I didn’t have the time to give a second glance back then.

“You’re wondering how I survived, don’t you? I’m a vampire, James. I can survive so many things, there’s so much of my world I want to show you!”

Lyna went to a drawer, took out this journal, opened it up and showed all these pages worth of writing about me, this wasn’t just an ordinary kind of love, this was an obsession. One of the pages was literally just my name written across it repeatedly.

“You don’t know how long I wanted this kind of connection, James. When that fire happened, and your family died, I couldn’t just come to you anymore and insert myself in your grief.”

And I thought about it. Some people that are like Lyna wouldn’t have made that choice, it was enough to tell me she saw me as a person, not as an object. 

“But I couldn’t just let that atrocity go quietly, so I killed the ones responsible for taking everything from you. I burned them alive! It felt poetic, James! And I spent the next years protecting you from anyone who dared harm you.”

She said that in the most casual and cheerful way possible. Lyna was already obsessed with me for years, but me shooting her only amplified those thoughts.

The damage I caused to Lyna’s brain meant she couldn’t properly filter those thoughts anymore, she could just mouth something she shouldn’t even say off in a regular conversation. And now, she couldn’t stop loving me, let alone get me out of her head for a moment.

But at the same time, I saw a bigger picture. She protected me, she watched over me. Sure she stalked me but she had good intentions, she didn’t harm me in any shape or form.

I spent the next few days with Lyna, I got to know her a little more. How she came from a vampire clan who specialized in assassination, but forbid her from ever making a connection with someone as a way to ensure she wouldn’t feel any empathy.

Then she got out of that, and she was searching desperately for love. Then she saw me, and she would make sure she forgot my face. But when the fire happened, she backed off so I could mourn.

Lyna began having relationships with other people, both men and women, in an attempt to try and regulate her loneliness through numerous attachments. But her unstable behavior and a lack of affection for them meant none of them worked. 

“I tried, James. I wanted to feel love again, I didn’t know when or if you would ever be ready for me. But, those people weren't you James, it had to be you, the one I wanted to meet.”

Lyna was lonely her entire life, she desired a connection with someone, and out of the billions of people in this world… I end up being the one to be chosen by her.

But at the same time, I still shot Lyna right there and then when it was supposed to be a simple clean up mission. And now Lyna is like this now, and I felt… guilty? As if this was my fault that she was like this.

I wanted to tell Lyna that, but I think she knew, and Lyna already knew what she wanted to tell me.

"I started existing when you pulled the trigger. You made me. Sure, I was probably somebody beforehand, people keep insisting. But that person didn't wake up, I did. Burned into my memory, you, your slick uniform, that composed demeanor. You birthed me, you made me, and every moment since then I couldn't do anything but think about you.”

“That Dashing Soldier that buried me out in that warehouse. Find you. Get you. That's what she wanted, that ghost in my skull, what she kept screaming, and the moment I saw you, she was satisfied, and she went quiet.”

“But here I am, your face carved into my brain. How can I think of anyone else when all I come back to are my last moments and how good you looked over me?"

“James, you helped free me, and I’ll always love you for that. You were never cared for years after that fire, you were alone, and I wanted you to feel love again. I won’t let you suffer alone anymore, James, I’ll do anything and everything for you.”

- Lyna Arabella Finbar

At that moment, after all these years, I felt something that I haven’t felt in a while, all over the course of these past few days of me staying with Lyna.

I felt love, care, I never had that sort of feeling for so long. I never felt happy, only just trying to find a way to make something out of this existence of mine.

I looked at Lyna, she felt like my responsibility now, sure she downplayed the injury I caused, but I still felt I had to be with her now. She’s crazy, she’s someone who has been obsessed with me for years, and she’s broken now because of me.

Right there and then, I made the conscious decision to stay with Lyna, knowing full well how dangerous and damaged she can be. Because of this I felt like I had to help her, I did this, and I think I began to actually care about her eventually.

Lyna looked to be around me, she spent years trying to get to me, and she finally achieved it… and deep down, I didn’t want to take that away from her.

Now, I consider myself a still sane and rational thinking man, but…

You know, I think to myself… What am I doing? I’m now living with a woman, a vampire, who stalked and obsessed over me for years, and I didn’t even know.

What would my deceased family say? Would my parents approve? Would my brother and sisters accept this?

And Lyna is like this because of me. Should I have noticed this sooner? If I had shot her anywhere else, would she still forgive me? Would she not be like this?

Now I’m her living with Lyna. She would do anything for me, and I would be the one to give her the happiness she desires, so she wouldn’t be let loose and lose herself to whatever darkness that awaits her if I’m out of the picture. But would anyone see this as a healthy relationship? This isn’t something I dreamed of being in, and so many people would find this alarming.

… but at the same time… I never felt this kind of love ever since the fire took everything from me… and I don’t want this feeling to stop.

Oh god, I think Nier was right, I think I did become as insane as she did, I desired her love and affection, something I never had for years. But now I don’t have to carry this burden by myself anymore, I found someone else who shared.

And Lyna? She’s benefitting from my presence now, she’s given me affection, loyalty, protection, emotional support, all of that. I’m here to give her stability, direction, restraint, and a reason to live.

In a way, we’re benefiting from each other one way or another in our way that some people might consider strange. Without her, I’ll lose this feeling of love, but if she loses me, she’ll lose herself in her misery.

In a way, I guess me and Lyna are what happens when two lonely people become each other's lifelines… funny how self aware I am considering my position.

If you do look at my neck, you can see two fang marks on it, that right there is a mark of ownership, Lyna’s let everyone know who I belong to, it’s what you call a Kiss of a Vampire.

I introduced her to Nier when they found me, trust me, when Lyna thought Nier was flirting with me, she gave them a nasty death glare. Though Nier did clarify that was just how they speak, it was enough to tell me that anyone who makes an advance or a hostile remark and action towards me, they will earn Lyna’s ire unless I calm her down or tell her not to be aggressive towards them.

“You know James, you and Lyna are unlike anyone I have ever met in my existence. James, I can’t help but respect you for your decision. I don’t think anyone else would’ve made the choice you chose in staying with someone like Lyna, certainly doesn’t make it any less real.”

“But despite all the odds, you and her made it work. Yet, how will anyone else see this? It’s on them to decide what they think, you gave yourself the obligation to stay with Lyna for her sake, you two are treading on quite the road. But if you two are happy, I don’t think anyone else can try to say otherwise.”

- Nier Vin

And since then, me and Lyna began doing missions together after she got acquainted with Nier. I don’t think anyone came between me and her since then, god I tell you, it was one hell of a rollercoaster I put myself on.

It’s a messy story, really it is, and at the end of the day, this is a very complex relationship you all might end up seeing once I come over. Now I will remind you all that I’m a hospitable person to be around, but just try not to be provocative towards me or she will dislike you, I’m not gonna be over there with Nier without Lyna being with me.

As a reminder that she can say and act out of left field, but you all must understand that her brain can’t properly filter out her thoughts and emotions anymore because of her damaged prefrontal cortex.

Lyna is ultimately very loyal to me, and me and my feelings always come first before her, I will do my best to try and descalate her in case she begins to act out, but do try to be as friendly as possible, trust me, she can fixate anyone on anyone who she knows has insulted or gave me a bad look, or say something she shouldn’t.

I may have to start rephrasing or reframing a-lot, you all will definitely be uncomfortable or on guard if she’s around, but know that as long as I’m with her, Lyna won’t be a threat. I understand her best and have been around her for a long time, so I know how to help navigate around her.

Well, I guess that’s it for this recording. Hope you enjoyed your popcorn or soda or whatever, Nier told me to record this and send the tape to you all, I don’t know what you all can make of it, but it’s all right there.

They did say love hurts, but if you can find a way to make it work or find a way around the problems, I guess it can feel good in its own different ways.

(Holy shit, this is probably the longest non-Darkhold Story ask I've ever been sent. Locsin, you are a madlad.)

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I...don't even know how to respond to this.

Ditto.

Agreed.

Uh, guys? Hate to interrupt, but you're outta meat again.

Insatian!

I'm sorry! Once I get going, it's hard to stop myself, y'know?

(sigh...) I'll get you some more meat, Insatian.

HELL YEAH! Thanks a fuckton, Ellie!

Don't get used to it. And by the way, try COOKING the meat. Raw meat can give you salmonella.

Actually, we don't have diseases like that down in the Infernalands. Far as I know, salmonella could never exist down there.

Hm. Fair enough. By the way, you're paying. And wearing a muzzle so you don't eat anything you shouldn't.

James Finbar: Nier, you know that if I go, Lyna would have to come as well. She’s come back, but let me tell you, she’s never going to leave my side when I’m going to some public area.

Nier Vin: Well, I guess it’s time you tell your and her story then. You know you can’t keep yourself in the dark forever.

James Finbar: Nier you do know what Lyna is like right? You know she’s a vampire, but it’s what’s going on with her that’s the bigger elephant in the room.

Nier Vin: … Right, it’s that. Well you’ve known her for a long time, James, you know how to navigate her when it comes to being with other people.

James Finbar: Yeah, I’m just making sure she doesn’t end up lashing out on anyone, I’m pretty much the center of her world, you know how much that woman loves me.

Nier Vin: But what if they ask about the two bullet holes in her head? They healed, but the scars are still there.

James Finbar: I guess there’s no getting around that one.

Nier Vin: James, you’re going to have to dump everything about both yourself and Lyna before we go to meet Kyle and his circle. It’s going to be a messy explanation, yes, but you’re going to have to tell everything to prepare them from Lyna.

James Finbar: You know how complicated this entire thing is, no, I don’t think complicated can even describe it.

Nier Vin: You still want to do it? You don’t have to, the relationship you and Lyna have going on is very complicated.

James Finbar: No, I might as well. Can’t keep everything a secret you know? Yes, Lyna is a vampire, but she’s more than that.

Nier Vin: Ever courageous. I look forward to how everything transpires.

James Finbar: Always you and wanting to see how everything goes from here. I hope you’re having fun, because I’m very nervous personally.

Nier Vin: Don’t worry, I’ll be there to help. Now, get to it.

(James looks at his phone, and he see’s more texts from Lyna)

James Finbar: Oh, here we go again…

Nier Vin: Can I see it?

(Nier looks at Lyna’s texts)

“God I feel like I'm experiencing withdrawal”

“I need your attention”

“I feel like I can't live without it”

“Without you”

“Where are you”

“Why did you suddenly leave”

“You could have said you'd be leaving”

“Why didn't you”

“Why did you just leave me”

“I need you I need you I need you I need you I need you I need you I need you I need you I need you l need you I need you I need you I need you I need you I need you I need you I need you I need you l need you I need you I need you I need you I need you I need you I need you I need you I need you l need you I need you I need you I need you I need you I need you I need you I need you I need you l need you I need you I need you I need you”

“Where are you”

“Come back”

“Why do you leave me so much”

James Finbar: She’s doing this again, I should’ve stayed with her. I was only gone for a single day!

Nier Vin: James, just reply to her, let her know she can come over here.

James Finbar: I got that! It’s just- oh man I don’t know what they’ll think of this, god I’m hesitating so much to show up with Lyna. I’m so scared from what happens when they meet her.

Nier Vin: Listen! I’m here for you, along with what’s left of my followers! You can do this, believe in yourself!

James Finbar: Okay! Okay!

(James replies)

“I’m coming back to you, Lyna. We’ll hug it out and you can have some of my blood if you haven’t had any in a while. Nier booked us a nice restaurant, we’ll eat there together to make up!”

(And Lyna responds)

“Okay! I’ll wait for you!”

(James breathes a sigh of relief)

Nier Vin: Well, James, you back down anymore. I’ll drive you and Lyna to that steakhouse.

James Finbar: Yeah, I think that’ll do.

Nier Vin: Come along, the night is still young.

(Nier leads James to their car, and they both drive off to see Lyna)

That was a whole lotta "I need you"s. Clingy much?

I mean, hey, that probably just means she loves him.

That, or she's some kinda yandere.

Vi, you've been seeing way too many horror flicks with Ellie.

Hey, can't help it. A Serbian Film and SAW aren't the only movies I like. I just love gruesome horror in general. And luckily, Violet doesn't have as weak a stomach as you do, honey.

🚀 Wait, what was that about A Serbian Film? Henry, why does Ellie like THAT one?! Didn't it get banned worldwide?

Long story, Dystopiac, but basically, the Wall tried torturing Ellie with it, and she actually ENJOYED it. She ended up torturing THEM by forcing them to play the entire thing for them, even when the torture was planned to stop. A lot of eyeballs were bleached that day. But hey, fuck those guys. I would've preferred the bleach go down their throats. They ripped Ellie's tounge out when they recaptured us.

Oh yeah. That was when we had to save you. Man, that feels so long ago.

Mission 2 of 6: Bitter Pill

TRU soldiers have been found using chemical weapons, and they plan to do it to one of the Toppat’s recruitment centers. We cannot let this come to pass, stop TRU from using these weapons and destroy it.

Complications:

Lethal Poison: TRU are using chemical throwers and bombs in the area, don’t breathe too deeply.

Ventilation Purge: The building has its venting purged, fogging the area in smoke. Be ready to close combat and ambushes.

Hunting Grounds: TRU has unleashed a canine unit in the area.

Encrypted File Found: ASCII Code Detected 

87 101 32 112 114 111 118 105 100 101 100 32 121 111 117 32 116 104 101 32 116 101 99 104 44 32 65 114 97 115 101 44 32 97 110 100 32 121 111 117 226 128 153 114 101 32 102 97 105 108 105 110 103 46 32 87 101 32 119 105 108 108 32 99 111 110 116 105 110 117 101 32 119 97 116 99 104 105 110 103 46

CHAPTER 5, ACT 16 - INKPOWER AND WILLPOWER

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TRANSLATED DECIMAL: "We provided you the tech, Arase, and you're failing. We will continue watching."

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(All of us are currently stationed nearby the outpost where TRU is stationed. Suddenly, one of the chemicals poured into a bomb is a shade of bright purple, and upon seeing it, Hivemine suddenly begins panicking.)

Wait a minute...is that my...?! No, that's impossible!

Sister. Were you about to say "poison" there?

Hivemine. Be honest here. You didn't poison those guys too much, did you? 'Cause if you left excess, you just made things ten times more deadly.

OKAY, FINE! Hinus and I went a tad bit overboard, okay?! I had no idea Arase would've been able to replicate my venom like that!

Great job, Hivemine. We need reinforcements.

🚀 Reinforcements have arrived!

(The Phantom Thieves AND the Alternarune Agents have shown up!)

Guys? What are you doing here?

🎱 Especially after Hivemine screwed up.

I hate all of you right now. Just cut to the chase, please.

(Futaba seems to give Necronomicon a command, and we're suddenly wearing cybernetic facial masks.)

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(With help from Futaba and the Alternarune agents, we make it to the camp. However...)

BARK BARK BARK!

Great. We landed right into a canine unit.

(Suddenly, Insatian runs in front of us.)

BARK!!! BARK!!! BARK!!!

(Suddenly the canines back off and run away, scared for their lives.)

What can I say, Casino? Being the sin of Gluttony has its' perks, especially when it comes to scaring off rival hunters.

Regardless, let's smash this shit up!

Wait, honey, we need to take care of the toxic stuff first.

Wait, this stuff is toxic? It just tastes like the different flavors of smoothies the IPU campus has for events.

Wow! No wonder people around the campus call you the human garbage disposal, Minsatian!

That's, like, a compliment, by the way.

👨‍✈️ Not to worry, Barista. We sure can.

🎭 This'll be done in no time at all.

⚙️ Just load the toxins into our weapons like our ink, and shoot them into the garbage bin.

🎴 By the way, Squiina, I don't think we've seen your weapon of choice. What do you use?

(Squiina brings out the Foil Squeezer.)

🍸 My bar's called "The Squiizer", and this thing is a weaponized bottle of champagne. Plus, the Foil Squeezer's in green, my favorite color. What else would it be?

(Ollie shrugs to non-verbally say "Yeah, fair point". With everyone working together, the chemical weapons are rendered completely inert. With a job well-done, we head back to the base.)

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CHAPTER 5 ACT 16 COMPLETE!

ACHIVEMENT GET: "PHANTOM INK CHEMISTRY"

ACHIVEMENT ADDED TO "OPERATION TRAITOR'S COFFIN" ACHIVEMENT SET

DISPLAYING EPILOGUE...

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(Arase comes to see the area completely destroyed thanks to us. Hivemine, in fancy cursive font, spraypainted the words "You were warned, Arase." onto every single chemistry station in bright purple ink, provided by the Alternarune Agents. Another note is on a nearby table, this time made to resemble a Phantom Thieves calling card.)

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As I have spraypainted onto your workstations, I have but one thing to say to you: You were warned, Arase.

I warned you in my last note that Kyle had more friends than you realized, and you failed to heed the warning.

As such, there is no backing down now. You are now trapped in a war that you have no concievable chance of winning.

When Nightflaid sends you to the Infernalands, I hope you are sent to the Greedlands so I can work you to the bone.

You have brought this upon yourself. There is but one person to blame for what will soon become TRU's fate: YOU.

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🚀 Hey, Arase-hole. Hivemine asked us to write some words here. So, let me say this: You're going down, motherfucker.

🎱 We've been friends of the CSB for a long time. We can assure you they're going to win. You have no chance of victory.

👨‍✈️ We faced threats even before we met the CSB. If you think you have any chance of winning with us here, you're crazy.

🎭 Like every single Turf War we've fought in, we'll be the ones to win this fight. We give 110% on or off the battlefield.

⚙️ Which means we're battle-ready at any time. We're always prepared for anything a foe can throw at us, anytime.

🎴 You're playing a game of Spades, while we're playing a game of Hanafuda. And I'm the best Hanafuda player around.

🍸 I've already made a cocktail and mocktail recipe to celebrate your inevitable defeat. I think I'll call it the "Arase Abolition".

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With the Alternarune Agents and the Phantom Thieves at the CSB's side, you cannot win. And there are still more friends of the CSB to come! This is not even close to all of them.

You are finished, Arase. I shall see you in the Greedlands.

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With all the hatred we can muster,

- Hivemine (Infernaling of Greed)

- Dystopiac (Neo Agent 3)

- Eight (Agent 8)

- Trinity (Advisor 3)

- Quadrinity (Agent 4)

- Makoyaki (Mechanic)

- Ollie (Hanafuda Master)

- Yumi Squiina (Bartender)

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(Arase crumples the note, then looks to the sky and smirks evilly.)

Let's see you try to hurt me when I'm in the air, CSB. I'll carpet-bomb your entire fucking group out of existence!

(Arase begins cackling like a madman, as he begins to work on Phase 3 of his plan.)

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James Finbar: Nier, is there a reason why we’re sitting in here? We should be out of this place by now.

Nier Vin: Quite, just a second…

(Nier sees the headline of the recently complete mission for Operation Traitors Coffin)

Nier Vin: Hah! There is it! We’re getting there!

James Finbar: Can’t we just watch this else where? I’d rather be out of here than waste time.

Nier Vin: Oh, you and your professionalism, you’re not on duty right now because I’ve lost my position, we’re out of it until we get it back!

James Finbar: God, this makes me question why I stick around with you.

Nier Vin: James, old friend… I helped you out after you came back from the Marines, you were still looking for work, I gave that to you, and I was the founder! Now, yes, I’m not that right now, but things will be different! Soon, we’ll be back where we are and we can leave the mess back then behind us.

James Finbar: In hindsight, I should’ve called Lyna to come over, but she’s still busy with her side of the operation, because I told her.

Nier Vin: I’m surprised you still stay with her, anyone would call you crazy just for being with a woman like that.

James Finbar: I’m not laughing mad, am I? I’m still a sane man.

Nier Vin: Yeah, yeah, say what you want, you chose to be with her, you’re as crazy as she is, are you ready to tell your full story?

(James takes his phone out, showing a large number of text messages sent from his wife Lyna to him, all of which keeps scrolling. James did reply to her, but Nier’s eyebrows raise in surprise)

Nier Vin: Oh… I should’ve expected that.

James Finbar: Nier, taking about myself and her world takes too long for me to speak of right now, maybe eventually, but not now, we’re supposed to be burning this place down.

Nier Vin: Ah, right, still have to do that. Should we put all of the bodies in the basement?

James Finbar: Bone burns to ash at 150 degrees, the basement is meant to double that so once we set this place on fire the deceased won’t be found in the rubble.

Nier Vin: Teleporting the corpses down there will be child’s play, no need for gas, James, I can handle this.

James Finbar: I’ll collect the leftover weapons, never know when you need them.

Nier Vin: Hey James, is your wife holding up alright at least? She’s a keeper in your eyes, but I just want to ask.

James Finbar: Nier, she’s a vampire, of course she can handle herself. As long as I’m around, she’ll always have a reason to keep going and come back. And I’d rather let people know that if anyone questions my relationship with her that they should get over it, we’re helping each other and that’s what matters.

Nier Vin: Oh, look at you, I should reserve seats for you two. You’ll have an amazing honeymoon!

James Finbar: Yeah, as long as I’m around to take care of Lyna, then sure.

A vampire wife...? Sheesh, the story behind these two keeps getting crazier.

Agreed. I didn't think it could get any crazier, yet here we are.

I wanna meet this "Lyna" person. She almost sounds like she's the only brain cell of the group. I can sadly relate.

Hey, I wouldn't be here if I didn't risk my life for the Toppat Clan. Sometimes you gotta shed the braincell.

Yeah, he almost got abandoned accidentally when the Orbital Station launched. He wouldn't have made it if it wasn't for making boneheaded moves sometimes.