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The red-eyed kin folk embraced upon their meeting, toothy grins on each of their faces as Victor lifted his child into the air and in a hug, swinging the girl around to gleeful giggles and drawing strange looks from some of the other inhabitants of the library, some of them wondering if he knew the purpose and proper etiquette of such a building. Of course in his many years at the imperial academy, the young assassin had picked up on that the library was supposed to be a place of quiet and learning, however, what the spectators did not seem to realise that the new father did not care for their rules.
Spotting another one of the Nippurian elite that seemed to be making up a large portion of this competition the assassin grabbed a few books from a nearby shelf labelled with badly drawn animals, and crayon designs before sitting down at a table near the mage who seemed to be working on something to make even the most dangerous of rebels jealous.
"Well I assume that we should have a talk about our tactics for this wonderful event, so why don't you all take a seat?" Victor smiled politely as he pointed to the open chairs, raising an eyebrow to his companions. Shantotto was the first to respond.
"I concur, I've Made it my mission to bring our plans to fruition" She continued to rhyme every sentence, the Lord of Nippur very quickly realising that this was not just a joke but a character trait and something he would have to get used to very quickly. She had answered their call for new members though and seemed to have stuck around, thus he answered respectfully.
"Thank you very much Dr. Shantotto, now how about you do the same, and be quiet like always whilst I school you all on this event" Victor said sarcastically as he looked to the exorcist who held back his rage, not wanting to have an outburst in front of a child and simply huffed before taking the seat furthest away from Victor. Before the assassin could even ask Erik Vrell also took a seat as he seemed keen to avoid doing anything to draw Victors more teasing side away from the Exorcist.
"Oh Mari, so good to see you again this is Erik, he can read your mind and is the best follower a Lord could ask for! That is Dr Shantotto, she is a mage like you so I assume you will have a lot to talk about on that subject." Victor pointed to the little girl sitting on his lap whos eyes were now locked onto the blonde mage and the ]concoction she was mixing.
"This little bundle of joy and adorableness is my daughter, Valarie Wolfe!" Victor said with a huge amount of pride on his face as the little girl gave a happy wave wondering if the short mage could be a friend. Victor then pointed to the exorcist across the table.
"And this is Mr Kanda, he is an exorcist of some sort, and if I had to say one thing based on my knowledge of him so far, its that he is far better with the sword at his hip, than he is with the one that defines his sex" Erik stifled a chuckle, this was much more fun to watch when it wasn't aimed at him. The exorcist could bearly hold back his rage as his fist collided with the table. Valarie not getting the joke decided that if it was making other people angry it was most likely hilarious and decided to laugh along.
Handing one of the children's books to his daughter Victor leaned back so she could get more comfortable. The book with a picture of a tortoise and a hare on the cover drew the attention of the girl as she began to read it, zoning out of the conversation. Victor began to teach his awaiting students, filling their brain with sweet-salty knowledge.
"So welcome to Dante's Abyss, this is a yearly tournament held by a glorious madman named Karl Jak, his sociopathy only matched in brilliance by his taste for the colour purple and that god damn amazing hair. He is a prime so powerful that this place, his own personal verse seems to almost laugh at the rules set by the smiling one. From what I have observed it seems that the event changes every year, the year I took part had us all dropped in random locations with a weapon and only finished when one man was left standing, New Babylons right hand of the King, Sasuke Uchiha. If you don't know who he is and you see a kid with more angst than an emo band, more muscles than I would have is I only injected roids for sustenance at that age, and hair that makes mallards campaign for it to be censored on the Dataverse, then that is probably him." Victor took a break from his explanation as he noticed his kid finish the book in front of her, it was a story that Victor knew from childhood, and he wanted to see if she could tell the moral of the story.
"So honey, what did you learn from that little story?"
"That the hare should have used his advantage to set a death trap for the tortoise, then he could have slept as long as he wanted to and still won the race whenever he wanted!" She said confidently.
"Very good dear! You see if you are going to be lazy do it after you have covered all of your possible failings, never be the cause of your own defeat" Victor patted her on the head as he passed the next book, one with a green character, Victor quickly flicked through it himself, it seemed to be about someone performing a great heist on a holiday but then cowering out of it. Handing the book to his child he patted her on the head as he turned back to the group who seemed to be stunned at the morals that Wolfe was passing on. Before any of them could object Victor made a show of coughing to clear his throat as he continued.
"But yes, it does seem that the format can change so who knows exactly what this one will be. All I can tell you is that it will probably try to remove you from your comfort zones and get as much entertainment as can be gotten from you all, even if that means killing you, it is an event that can drive even the most well-mannered primes to commit horrific acts to scrape out whatever little advantage they can get, some don't even survive long enough to be killed, the stress causing them to kill themselves or shut down and refuse to move. Please do not do that, Karl has this... Thing in a white mask with a machete that will hunt you down and kill you without a second thought." Shantotto seemed to be noting things down in her notebook, Victor could appreciate good note keeping skills, and as he finished his sentence Valarie handed the book back to him, her eyes pleading to ask her about it.
Raising a finger to the group of primes he once again grinned from ear to ear as he took the book back.
"So what did you learn from this tale my little one?"
"That if you allow yourself to feel empathy for the people you punish for wronging you it can all come back to bite you in the ass!" The girl clapped to herself confidant as always.
"Very good again, although there are two other lessons to be learned here. The first being that people will judge you based on your appearance so remember, the face of an angel, mind of a devil. And if you can learn to fake being nice to people a lot of the idiots will fall for it and let you into screwing them over even harder at a later point." Victor patted the head of the girl as he handed her another children's book this one having a picture of a rabbit in a blue coat.
Once again the gathering of New Babylonian primes where stunned by Victor who saw this as the perfect chance to propose his plan.
"So I say if the format allows for it, we go easy on each other, any advantage is useful and we don't need New Babylonian brothers killing each other in the first few days of this event, I also ask as the head of the Nippurian public image council that if you are going to kill someone, make it look merciful. I know that torture is amazingly fun but if I see any of you remove every organ someone has before ending it by cutting off their head then I am calling you in for a meeting when we get back to the city!" Before he could ask what the other primes thought of his plan Victor felt the prodding of a bored child at his chest again.
"So what did you learn this time my dear?"
"That so long as you look cute, innocent and weak people will feel sorry for you and thus you can get away with stealing the shit they need to survive and only do a minimum sentence if they can ever manage to catch you!" Both Wolfes smiled as the head pats continued confirming that the little girl had done well with her studies for the day.
Once again the other New Babylonians seemed too stunned to say anything causing Victor to ask "So any questions?"
Spotting another one of the Nippurian elite that seemed to be making up a large portion of this competition the assassin grabbed a few books from a nearby shelf labelled with badly drawn animals, and crayon designs before sitting down at a table near the mage who seemed to be working on something to make even the most dangerous of rebels jealous.
"Well I assume that we should have a talk about our tactics for this wonderful event, so why don't you all take a seat?" Victor smiled politely as he pointed to the open chairs, raising an eyebrow to his companions. Shantotto was the first to respond.
"I concur, I've Made it my mission to bring our plans to fruition" She continued to rhyme every sentence, the Lord of Nippur very quickly realising that this was not just a joke but a character trait and something he would have to get used to very quickly. She had answered their call for new members though and seemed to have stuck around, thus he answered respectfully.
"Thank you very much Dr. Shantotto, now how about you do the same, and be quiet like always whilst I school you all on this event" Victor said sarcastically as he looked to the exorcist who held back his rage, not wanting to have an outburst in front of a child and simply huffed before taking the seat furthest away from Victor. Before the assassin could even ask Erik Vrell also took a seat as he seemed keen to avoid doing anything to draw Victors more teasing side away from the Exorcist.
"Oh Mari, so good to see you again this is Erik, he can read your mind and is the best follower a Lord could ask for! That is Dr Shantotto, she is a mage like you so I assume you will have a lot to talk about on that subject." Victor pointed to the little girl sitting on his lap whos eyes were now locked onto the blonde mage and the ]concoction she was mixing.
"This little bundle of joy and adorableness is my daughter, Valarie Wolfe!" Victor said with a huge amount of pride on his face as the little girl gave a happy wave wondering if the short mage could be a friend. Victor then pointed to the exorcist across the table.
"And this is Mr Kanda, he is an exorcist of some sort, and if I had to say one thing based on my knowledge of him so far, its that he is far better with the sword at his hip, than he is with the one that defines his sex" Erik stifled a chuckle, this was much more fun to watch when it wasn't aimed at him. The exorcist could bearly hold back his rage as his fist collided with the table. Valarie not getting the joke decided that if it was making other people angry it was most likely hilarious and decided to laugh along.
Handing one of the children's books to his daughter Victor leaned back so she could get more comfortable. The book with a picture of a tortoise and a hare on the cover drew the attention of the girl as she began to read it, zoning out of the conversation. Victor began to teach his awaiting students, filling their brain with sweet-salty knowledge.
"So welcome to Dante's Abyss, this is a yearly tournament held by a glorious madman named Karl Jak, his sociopathy only matched in brilliance by his taste for the colour purple and that god damn amazing hair. He is a prime so powerful that this place, his own personal verse seems to almost laugh at the rules set by the smiling one. From what I have observed it seems that the event changes every year, the year I took part had us all dropped in random locations with a weapon and only finished when one man was left standing, New Babylons right hand of the King, Sasuke Uchiha. If you don't know who he is and you see a kid with more angst than an emo band, more muscles than I would have is I only injected roids for sustenance at that age, and hair that makes mallards campaign for it to be censored on the Dataverse, then that is probably him." Victor took a break from his explanation as he noticed his kid finish the book in front of her, it was a story that Victor knew from childhood, and he wanted to see if she could tell the moral of the story.
"So honey, what did you learn from that little story?"
"That the hare should have used his advantage to set a death trap for the tortoise, then he could have slept as long as he wanted to and still won the race whenever he wanted!" She said confidently.
"Very good dear! You see if you are going to be lazy do it after you have covered all of your possible failings, never be the cause of your own defeat" Victor patted her on the head as he passed the next book, one with a green character, Victor quickly flicked through it himself, it seemed to be about someone performing a great heist on a holiday but then cowering out of it. Handing the book to his child he patted her on the head as he turned back to the group who seemed to be stunned at the morals that Wolfe was passing on. Before any of them could object Victor made a show of coughing to clear his throat as he continued.
"But yes, it does seem that the format can change so who knows exactly what this one will be. All I can tell you is that it will probably try to remove you from your comfort zones and get as much entertainment as can be gotten from you all, even if that means killing you, it is an event that can drive even the most well-mannered primes to commit horrific acts to scrape out whatever little advantage they can get, some don't even survive long enough to be killed, the stress causing them to kill themselves or shut down and refuse to move. Please do not do that, Karl has this... Thing in a white mask with a machete that will hunt you down and kill you without a second thought." Shantotto seemed to be noting things down in her notebook, Victor could appreciate good note keeping skills, and as he finished his sentence Valarie handed the book back to him, her eyes pleading to ask her about it.
Raising a finger to the group of primes he once again grinned from ear to ear as he took the book back.
"So what did you learn from this tale my little one?"
"That if you allow yourself to feel empathy for the people you punish for wronging you it can all come back to bite you in the ass!" The girl clapped to herself confidant as always.
"Very good again, although there are two other lessons to be learned here. The first being that people will judge you based on your appearance so remember, the face of an angel, mind of a devil. And if you can learn to fake being nice to people a lot of the idiots will fall for it and let you into screwing them over even harder at a later point." Victor patted the head of the girl as he handed her another children's book this one having a picture of a rabbit in a blue coat.
Once again the gathering of New Babylonian primes where stunned by Victor who saw this as the perfect chance to propose his plan.
"So I say if the format allows for it, we go easy on each other, any advantage is useful and we don't need New Babylonian brothers killing each other in the first few days of this event, I also ask as the head of the Nippurian public image council that if you are going to kill someone, make it look merciful. I know that torture is amazingly fun but if I see any of you remove every organ someone has before ending it by cutting off their head then I am calling you in for a meeting when we get back to the city!" Before he could ask what the other primes thought of his plan Victor felt the prodding of a bored child at his chest again.
"So what did you learn this time my dear?"
"That so long as you look cute, innocent and weak people will feel sorry for you and thus you can get away with stealing the shit they need to survive and only do a minimum sentence if they can ever manage to catch you!" Both Wolfes smiled as the head pats continued confirming that the little girl had done well with her studies for the day.
Once again the other New Babylonians seemed too stunned to say anything causing Victor to ask "So any questions?"
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