Baba Yaga's Castle was in ruins. Explosions had ripped through the spider's legs, eight explosions, eight piles of rubble. The main body of the spider was ripped open by the force of the explosions, but otherwise it was largely intact
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The knowledge that that was true burned with an unreasonable, insane anger in his chest. But it was an anger he would stoke for now. He would stoke it, feed it, until it was more than just a fire. He'd feed it and release it at the right time, when he had a chance to really hurt those assholes, and then the heat would be so high that it would consume the world.
"What do you want from me?" he asked finally, his voice low.
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His reasons were mostly selfish; Justin knew Noah liked collecting things and a Weapon who didn't need a meister was a fairly rare commodity and he did not want to end up collecting dust on a shelf somewhere, so getting someone more or less exactly like him should imply that there were others which would make his collector's value go down slightly. But at the same time, he was insanely curious about Giriko and wanted to know more, they were more alike than different after all, and he had a sinking feeling that the chainsaw might either drink himself into a coma or disappear somewhere if he didn't take the time to step in.
"This is your best chance of getting revenge for Arachne's death. Your only chance, really."
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But he stood his ground - recklessly, maybe.
And the word 'revenge' tripped over his skin like a shiver. Justin was a dick, but he knew what was important to Giriko right now.
"Why should I hang around with you fucks?" he snarled back, folding his arms and glaring at the priest weapon. "I still want to break your face, you know. I can get revenge all by myself."
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He circled around Giriko slowly. "Noah happens to be in possession of a few things that may interest you." He wearily eyed the golem. Being between an Alchemist and his golem was a precarious spot indeed. At least it also meant Giriko was between him and the Clown though. "The Book of Eibon. I assume you've heard of it?"
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In response to a subtle movement of one hand, the golem shifted away a few steps, forming a triangle between Giriko and the clown, so it could attack the clown if it made a move towards Giriko.
He turned to face Justin again. "I've heard of it," he said warily.
He still didn't want to listen, but he couldn't seem to help it. Giriko's might be a petulant, foul-mouthed child in some ways, but he also was used to following. He was no planner, no leader. If he attacked Shibusen he'd simply go out in a blaze of glory. Somewhere deep inside, even he knew it wasn't the most effective plan.
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"He wants to get rid of those Shibusen idiots too. Helping him is only going to help you. Strength in numbers, yes?" Though Justin wasn't sure that tactic would really work. Giriko was just as used to working alone as he was, and the idea of teaming up with a small group wasn't the optimal situation.
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