106. Promises

[corrinesbell]

Hey guys, listen up. If you see anything that looks like a huge ball of lightning, a giant...mole, a really muscular guy with four arms, or a really old guy using magic, you've gotta let me know right away. They could be dangerous.

[There are others, but they're harder to describe and, while they could be equally as destructive, they're not as

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[Voice]

[salvationfound]

[Kratos sounds... kind of disturbed, actually. He doesn't exactly have fond memories of the summon spirit before him.]

I have Origin.

[Voice]

[corrinesbell]

...Define 'have' for me.

[Voice]

[salvationfound]

He's here... As calm as he can be in this situation. [Meaning that he could just slap Kratos away and demand to be brought back to his altar again before he can do anything about it.]

[Voice]

[corrinesbell]

D'you need me to come back home and talk to him? I've got the ring, too, if he needs to see that.

[Voice]

[salvationfound]

Please do.

[He tries talking to Origin to calm him further, but all he really receives in response are angry arguments and the warning crackling of power.]

[Voice]

[corrinesbell]

Okay, just tell him I'm coming. He should already know what Luceti's about if he's been anywhere near my thoughts in the past three years...so see if you can find out what he's so angry about.

[Voice]

[salvationfound]

I will try. [He'd rather not, but he will.]

[Action]

[corrinesbell]

[Coming, coming. Sheena'll just burst through the front door, no need to knock at her own house]

Kratos?

[Action]

[salvationfound]

[Kratos is right in the living room, a hand gripped on his sword as Origin floats in front of him. The fact that the summon spirit has put away his weapons and has two of his arms crossed in front of him tells that Kratos managed to calm him somewhat, but he still doesn't look happy.]

Sheena.

[Origin looks up, too.]

Pact Maker Sheena.

[Action]

[corrinesbell]

Oh good.

[As in, Oh good, nobody's dead or even injured. She shoots Kratos a look before turning to face Origin.]

Okay, what's going on?

[Action]

[salvationfound]

[Kratos steps to the side to allow her to speak to him. He still keeps his hand near his sword, just in case things get out of control. Nngh. The sight of Origin brings up unpleasant feelings and memories...

Origin himself digs his nails into his arms and clenches his fists at his sides.]

Where is my altar? Where is the Eternal Sword? This world has no right to take me away from those which I'm bound to!

[Action]

[corrinesbell]

...Y'know, you're right. They don't have the right to tear you from Aselia and bring you here.

[hands on hips and serious face] But unless I've really screwed up somehow, you're still bound to me and I'm here. And there's not a whole lot you can do about being here either.

[Action]

[salvationfound]

If the Eternal Sword were in my grasp, I would tear this world's creator asunder!

[The spikes around him spin faster, and the power that sparks around him creates cracks in the floorboards and makes the ceiling groan. Kratos very nearly pulls his sword from the scabbard, when...]

... But your words ring true. Very well. What will you have me do?

[Action]

[corrinesbell]

First of all, you can not take this house down. There'll be nowhere else for us to go, and we're short on places to live as it is.

...And then if you think you can handle it, we need help keeping all the monsters out there away from the village. [clumsy or not, Sheena does know how to pick on the egos of each and every summon spirit]