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"I told you why, idiot," The mayor hissed at Billy, trying [i]anything[/i] to get him to shut up. "I can see the bigger picture, not the smaller details like this, or [i]this.[/i]" He groaned as he looked down and saw blood seeping through his bandages. 

"Besides, I can see; I just can't do anything about it," The Mayor said. "Same with all the fucked up shit I've had to turn a blind eye to." He shook his head. He listened to Penny's speech, his face completely flat. Not changing even in the slightest, before he popped a grin. 

"Right, I can't blame you for trying," The Mayor said, as he stood up, "But do you know you can't kill it?"

"We keep getting told that," Sharon flatly said. "But there has to be something we could do to stop it."

"There is," The Mayor said as he wandered over to a wall with a massive painting on it. He gently placed his hand on one corner before he turned back towards them. "Do you know about the five seals?" 

"No." Lynette said,

"When those bastards from the other universe came in to make the thing our problem..." The mayor, with one hand, threw the painting to the ground and tore the wallpaper off... revealing a tiny hidden door with a lock. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a key which he promptly stuck inside before he turned it inside. The mayor reached inside and pulled out a transparent sheet of glass... with various lines painted on it. He presented it to the group.

"They locked it behind five seals of magic of some kind, I don't know," The Mayor started off, "It should have trapped the thing in there for all eternity, but something damaged one of the seals..." The mayor drifted off as he found his seat, and still held the glass map.

"... And woke it up, I heard it had something to do with John Reid and his wife." When the Mayor said this Sharon immediately tensed up. 

"Was it December of last year?" Sharon asked, clenching her fists. Fighting back tears as Lynette looked at Sharon's disposition.

"Yeah, why?" The Mayor asked.

"... That was when the bastard killed my mother!" Sharon shouted at the top of her lungs as she finally let the tears out. Lynette placed a hand on her shoulder and said some reassuring words to her that was inaudible to the rest of the group. Sharon said something back.

"I'm sorry to hear that, but that's really not important right now." The Mayor said as Britney and Lynette had to try their best to stop Sharon from lunging at her. "Whatever happened that day... it woke the Glutton up - and damaged the seals - I heard that it was alright since the Glutton wasn't doing anything but something made it act. Something made it decide to act. It's pointless, but maybe if you try to repair the seals you can keep it in there... the thing gets out one way or another, though."

He presented the glass to them, as he said, "You all need to go to the library, and get the map of the mines from there because it's... less than accurate. But with this you can find out where all the Seals up and repair them. Maybe you can defy fate. But hurry up and take this..." He presented this to the group

He somberly sighed as his next sentence was shocking,

[i]"... Because in the next minute or so, I am going to die."[/i]


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[i][b][color=lightgray]”Did that last thing you show us actually happen? Who was the hidden person?”[/color][/b][/i] She grinned. [i][b][color=lightgray]”Or did you just lie to us? Are you even capable of lying?”[/color][/b] [/i]

The Speaker merely blankly looked at Rita, for what seemed like minutes despite being only a few seconds passing. "... So you're saying you can't see who it is?"

The Speaker didn't break eye contact with Rita for the duration, "I showed you what happened, you should see who it is. It's a member of your group-" The Speaker's mouth moved but suddenly all sound cut out from their ears, they couldn't even hear their own [i]heartbeat[/i]. "It is the Child, the false God. When you were asleep, he planted many blanks of information in your head to cover up his own failures and lies. If he didn't, you would be able to see."

The Speaker sighed as they began to slowly fade away into orange ambers and flames, "But, it seems merely speaking isn't enough to get you to realize this isn't the natural order of things." They shook their head.

"However, ask the Child, next time they come to communicate with you, and you will have your answer," The Speaker was almost completely gone before they left the group with one message. "After all..."

"... The truth belongs to whoever seeks it." 

"... What an asshole." Jordan hissed before she shook her head.

"I don't know guys, maybe we shoul-" Kimberly tried to say.

"No." Justin quickly cut her off. "Don't play into his mind games, the second we do, we won."

"But, it won't hurt to ask the Child," Jordan said.

"Right now, we wasted en-" Justin said before he heard cackling not too far away and shook his head. "Rien, get the map, we're getting out of here now!"