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Omen

Recruitment requirements: Have an evil alignment.

Alternative recruitment: Have Keane already in your party.

Desertion requirements: Keane is removed from the party.

Betrayal requirements: Give Omen ⁂The Promise.

Recruitment Dialogue: “A world in turmoil is just... boring. May as well speed things up a little... Well? Stop wasting time!”

Alternate Dialogue: [Keane recruits Omen] - "Going off on some pointless adventure to prove you're not completely worthless?.... This is something I'll need to see up close."

Special Ability: The Disillusioned - Omen cannot be targeted or damaged by faith-reliant, Godly, or Eldritch abilities.

Equipment: Fashionable Suit, Harbinger’s Almanac (Wielder gains damage resistance against long-channel spellcasts)

Encounter with Rival: To ⁂ Her: "No more. NO MORE. I AM MY OWN.”

Encounter with Big Bad: “Your clock must be off: the end isn’t coming for a while. If you want to power things along, too bad; you’ll have to wait your turn to perish like everyone else.” Death: "I... can’t... go back...! RRRAAAAAAGHH.... I'LL SEE YOU BURN- Burn... Gah..." (Omen then crumples, alive but unmoving.)

Keane

Recruitment requirements: Have a Good alignment.

Alternative recruitment: Have Omen already in your party.

Desertion requirements: Omen is removed from the party.

Betrayal requirements: None.

Recruitment Dialogue: “I’ve been stuck doing nothing too long! I’ve got work to do!... F-From a distance, I hope? No? That’s ok too, I suppose- Let’s go!”

Alternate Dialogue: [Omen recruits Keane] - "Yeah, yeah; I'm coming, I'm coming! Stop yelling at me!"

Special Ability: Startling Circumstance - Keane’s allies have a greatly enhanced chance to critically strike. Keane may not critically strike. Keane suffers doubled chance to be critically struck.

Equipment: Cloth Armor, Spellbook, Forgotten Pauldron (Grants additional magical damage to Arcane Magic.)

Encounter with Rival: To ⁂ Her: "I am not at all prepared for this.... but, really, when would I be?”

Encounter with Big Bad: “The only thing I decide to do with my life, and I end up here. Why didn’t I try baking? Or going to college? Or more drinking?!.... Here goes nothing.” Death: "I could think of worse ....ways... to.. li...ve.”

if there’s a general interest, i’d like to see if anyone wants to try and learn it with me.

Keane tightens the covers over himself once more and groans louder. Evidently, today was going to be one of those days.

Omen enters the doorway once more, carrying a strong-smelling red jug of indiscriminate origin.

Keane lays in his bed, thoroughly drenched and hungover. Choosing to sleep through this as he is not prepared to deal with today, he pulls the damp covers up over his head and moans angrily.

Omen snickers to himself from the door.

“Likely the first time his sheets have been washed in weeks.”

“Oh, do be quiet. I’ve not the mind to deal with this today.” He speaks angrily into the air around him, as though to dissuade some outside voice.

“Yes, you. Thank you for pointing out the obvious.” He continues, seeking to accomplish some-

“Look: It’s the first of April. The one day a year I can’t torment Keane because he’s expecting it, and the one day I have to listen to... this.” The entity muses, frustrated by the increasingly distant tone of the voice in his head.

“You’re acknowledging it.” He says aloud, restating what he already knew.

“I’ve killed louder voices, you know. Ones with more knowledge than you.” He bluffs, knowing full well ⁂she’s doing fine.

“You son of a- How dare-” Omen stammers out, becoming more irate than usual.

“Nraaagh! Just- go bother the other blonde idiot. Leave me to my reading.” He growls, lifting his mug of morning brew to find it flavored with-

PBBLBT- “WHEN DID YOU PUT VINEGAR IN THIS? HOW?!” He asks fruitlessly. He sips again, slower this time.

“....Alright, it’s not half bad, but I still despise you.”

Meanwhile, upstairs, Keane sits in the corner of his room, a bottle of liquor and a cheap-looking novelty dagger in hand.

“OMEN, I CAN HEAR VOICES, SHOULD I BE CONCERNED?” He shouts, hoping to hear an explanation from the entity, who snickers and ignores him.

Still in the Dark - Guilty Gear XX

One of the softer themes on the OST; deals with Millia facing off against her husband’s corpse, possessed by the Shadow Forbidden Beast, Eddie. 

Though that direct doesn’t fit, the music and general themes can be applied here: Hope in the face of hopelessness, heroism where there is nothing to save or gain. A choice between throwing one’s life away to save what is lost, or accepting themselves and moving on.

Carnival - Marvel Vs. Capcom 2

A little more on the high-energy side of things, as opposed to the usual state of barely repressed childhood trauma.