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[color=7ea7d8][h2]Evan Strauss[/h2][/color][i][h3]Strauss Workshop, Shinto Town[/h3][/i]
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[color=7ea7d8]"Oh?"[/color]

As the one he had sent out returned from its business, there was something present on the other side of the city. The sight was so distracting that he nearly forgot to praise the hard work of his...associate. 

Regardless, as Assassin made herself scarce from the impending site of destruction, Evan watched with a curious expression. 

Bright, bright, bright. 

A dazzling star falling from heaven.

A terrible lance rising from the kingdom below.

This was the radiance of a Heroic Spirit, the power that he had been expecting, and the thought of facing it even with his own preparations and Servant brought him some amount of concern. However, with that, there was some pride. After all, looking at the results of his fire, and of the might being brought to bear against it, he couldn't help but grin. 

After all, a simple bit of alchemy had done this much to a force of Heroic Spirits. Perhaps he'd overestimated them. Still, better safe than sorry.

At the same time though...

[color=7ea7d8]"Perfect. That's absolutely perfect."[/color]

Seeing a future that only one such as he could see, the alchemist let out a sharp laugh as Miyama was rendered to dust.

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[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/G70pU5v.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/T6lyWEF.png[/img][h2][color=a2d39c]Carly-Beth[/color] / [color=e8736d]Devil's Mask of Primordial Rupture: False World Shaytan-Ea[/color] / Mary[/h2][i][h3]Za Boat, Harbor[/h3][/i] [/center] 

[color=a2d39c]"...oh?"[/color]

"Miss Carly-Beth, Miss Carly-Beth, what's that?"

[color=a2d39c]"...the start of something interesting, Mary. Now here, have your candy."[/color]

"Yay~! Thank you thank you thank you! Oh, oh, Miss Shaytanea, you try some!"

[color=a2d39c]"Mary, that's no-...actually, yeah, Shaytanea, don't you want some?"[/color]

[color=e8736d]"I will decli-"[/color]

"...!"

[color=e8736d]"...I would love some."[/color]

"Yay~! Miss Shaytanea and me are candy buddies now, right, right?"

[color=e8736d]"...of course, child."[/color]

[color=a2d39c]"How cute~"[/color]

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[h2][color=aba000]Chiron [Lily][/color] / [color=bc8dbf]Dionysus[/color][/h2][i][h3]Pelion’s Pub, Edge of Shinto[/h3][/i][/center]

[color=aba000]"..."[/color] 

[color=bc8dbf]"..."[/color] 

[color=aba000]"Heh."[/color] 

[color=bc8dbf]"The curse inside that fire."[/color] 

[color=aba000]"The nature of that world."[/color] 

[color=bc8dbf]"Your number one and number two both, it seems."[/color] 

[color=aba000]"Good shit. Good shit."[/color] 

[color=bc8dbf]"Does this mean what I think it means?"[/color] 

[color=aba000]"It always does, Donnie. It always does."[/color]