Scott - Eying Light and Dark as they watch from a diner window, "Everything they took from me, was like having another little piece of my soul torn out. I never let on how much it hurt me, I never wanted them to have that satisfaction. But it did."
Roger - "And when they fell ?"
Scott - "I laughed. Such satisfaction, only the tortured can know, if only they're lucky enough for revenge. But that's what ends up making us the same."
Roger - "No. It doesn't. You were the righteous, and they were the thieves in the night. They never would have stopped and you know it so now there's no need to torture yourself. Enjoy the peace."
Scott - "Oh I do. Fingers. Toes. Kidneys. I enjoyed all the pieces."
Roger - A look ... "Stop sidestepping. You know what I'm saying."
Scott - "Peace is a dream, reality is the night."
Roger - "That's not helpful."
Scott - "Colors. Colors. C-c-c-colors. Colors."
Roger - Laughs, "Don't you Ice-T at me when I'm making a point. Trying to save your soul."
Scott - Soul's fine. It grows back."
Roger - "Then why you dodgin' ?"
...
Scott - "Fine. I'm doing it because it' the right thing to do."
Roger - "And the payday in advance ?"
Scott - "Well. That just makes it funny."
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The car leaps off the cliff over the water, Marsha picks herself up from the dirt and starts walking for the diner ahead. Inside ~
Raphael - Through the kitchen window, "Now there she is."
Gabrielle - Takes one of two bags and two shakes off the shelf and walks to Marsha, "Have a seat."
Marsha - "You ... huh. I'm in a hurry."
Gabrielle - Sits at a table and pulls the burgers out, sets one across from her and one for herself, pulls out the fries. "No you're not. Stop getting distracted by side quests."
Marsha - Looks at her while she takes a bite ... "Fuck."
Gabrielle - "Mm. I swear to God I can never get sick of these."
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Roger - As they stand before a back alley door, "You ready ?"
Scott - Pulls the sword as one world fades to another again, "For Love and Camelot."
Roger - Pulls his, "For unification."
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Hammer - Pulls up skidding, enters. "Well look at you." Grabs the other bag and shakes off the shelf, grins his way out the door. "Distracted again."
Marsha - Watches him skid off ... "You just cost me a thousand dollars." Looks at her bitter, then fades into a smile. "How you been ?"
Gabrielle - Smiles weakly, "Dead inside. Healing. Recovering. You're right. It does grow back."
A tear down Marsha's cheek.
Roger and Scott enter the door into the light.
Roger walks into Hell and Scott into Heaven, the armies of each charge forth and it's on. Gabrielle holds out her keys.
They battle, she drive, accelerating into her madness and streaming tears.
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Light - Stand up from his throne, a slaughter of angels before him, "How dare you ... "
~ While Dark just grins and lays his head on the stone.
Dark - "A story first. If you will hear my last words, a story which never was told."
Roger - Looks at his watch, "I'm sure your counterpart's wasting the same time, why not."
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Light - "I am your maker. Your creator. And you dare ... "
Scott - "No you're not. Or you'd have seen this coming." Spins the blade, "Now throw down."
Light - ... "Grins ... " A blinding light as he draws.
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Dark - Grinning sideways while awaiting the chop with pleasure, "Eve was hungry, do I taught her how to eat. And I taught her more."
~ Light - In a blocked strike, "Good."
Dark - "And evil ... heh. I split the apple in two and inside, two seeds. One was black and the other, skinless white. It told her that one was the day. And the other darkest night."
~ Light - "I gave you everything that you are."
Roger - Raises the blade, "You said this was original."
Dark - "It is. It's nothing to do with good nor evil at all. Never was, these are absolutes. And where in the world do absolutes truly exist, no. It taught her binary. The core of all mathematics." Bursts out madly laughing, "And your species has been addicted to counting ever since !"
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Scott - Running him through, "You both paid in advance."
~ Dark - Calming with the thought. "Heh. Good one." The chop.
The world fades back to the chop shop, and them away with it. Marsha falls out of the car ... Hammer eating a burger with Nails. On fours she struggles to stand and works her way to them.
Marsha - "What ... what's happening to me ?"
Nails - Slurps the last of his shake, "Easy kid. It's just a game."
Marsha - The look on her ace straightening, the powers of light and dark swirling in the other world to the blades in each hand. "I ... I am ... "
Nails - "That's all that needs saying. Now get the fuck out of here, stop getting distracted by side quests." Ignores her back into burger.
She looks at the bus, smoke puffing out from within, 'Midwich SD 319' on the side. She walks to.
The voice of Dark - "And so God made the game."
The voice of Light - "So She can play it."
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