Desman's Paying, Obviously!!

[Desman Black]

Desman put the toast back down on the plate and looked at it with the same worry and guilt that was coursing through his friend's eyes. “Jak look…” he said softly, pushing himself up off the stool and walking over. “I’m worried about Ash too, but we-” The Redhead was interrupted by a beep on his wrist device just before he got to put his hand on Jak’s shoulder.

Quickly forgetting what he was going to say he hastily and clumsily checked to see what it was about. “Banished…” the man whispered to himself before picking his voice back up again to ask Jak a question. “Do you know what it means by the term ‘Banished’?”

Jak grew darkly silent as his jaw tightened. "Banishment... It's not pretty, are you sure you want to KNOW? I've... seen Victor Wolfe, he was once called 'The Banisher' in Dante's Abyss at some point. He sent many people to hell..." He looked away, "They... They never returned.”

“Then I definitely want to know about it.” Desman said, his voice deeper, more serious. ”Everything.”

Jak could see the seriousness on his friends face "NO!" The eco-worrier argued, tensing up and getting really nervous. "I refuse to lose my friends! I can't deal with losing both of you this way... I.... What if you two don't make it back? Banishment is a fate worse than death!!"

“Jak, listen to me carefully…” As the elf looked into Desman’s eyes he could see something had changed, he couldn’t tell what though. The teeth of the once robot clenched together. “I’m not willing to lose anyone to it. So you tell me everything about now!" His voice lowered, "...or else.”

Jak raised an eyebrow "Heh, Desman, wow... I didn't think you had it in you, you are actually talking back?” Did his personality change with his appearance? Or.. Or was this also Ash's doing?

“Don’t change the subject!” Desman demanded before bringing his hand up to Jak's collar and pulling the man face to face with himself. “All you’ve told me is that this is a fate worse than death, well death isn’t that bad here, so start giving me details.”

Jak growled as Desman grabbed his collar, he remembered Dark and tried to stay calm. "I meant what I said. Banishment is where you don't exist in the omniverse. "

“Well, then I’m going to make Ash exist!” Desman responded before shoving Jak into the nearby couch, signaling Arin and Barry to hold him down with their swords by snapping his human fingers. “NOW GIVE ME SOME GODDAMN INFORMATION!!”

Jak scowled as Arin and Barry pointed their swords at his neck, pulling his head back to avoid the points and staring up at Desman seriously. He took a deep breath before answering him. "Banishment circle. That's all you need." He eyed the samurai angrily. "If I have to, I'll let Dark out again." He threated.

“Look Jak…” Desman kneeled down and placed a hand on his friend's shoulder again, his voice so calm you could hardly tell it was the same one that was yelling just a couple minutes before. "I would never make you bring them out, just show me what one looks like, then I’ll let you go.”

Jak nodded and held out his hand, a round object appearing in his hand, it grows. "If you wish, I can help you down there. I didn't do this out of spite, I will help you. I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if I lost both of you, dammit!"

“I know, what you mean, I couldn’t bear to lose my only two friends… Which is exactly why you're not coming with me.” Desman slowly closed the hand that Jak was manifesting the object with, making the summoning unstable as the object crumbled away and back into an Omnilium state. “You two.” The red-haired human quickly said as he got up, "Make sure he doesn’t follow me, other than that he is your commanding officer until I get back.”

And with that Des turned to face away from the trio of men, focusing hard he summoned the object that saw before into his left hand before throwing it at the ground. Soon, after a brilliant burst of white light, he was gone.