Gin & Tonic: Polpo Fiamma

[Gin Yatreg]

The following takes place during the Nexus Battle Royale thread, and makes references to "What is that?" (SPARTAN-813 & Ururu Kyuuei), "The Leader of Team AMBR" (Amber Veritz & Sabrina), Burdened (Loki), "You Will Be Reborn" (Dante & Jak Mar), Revan Reborn (Darth Revan), The Fresh Prince of the Nexus (Bowser Jr.), and Ain't Cutting No Ice ( Gin, Lubbock, Mami {who is Neptune now}, and Alain). That said the only ones you'll need to understand this post are Battle Royale and ACNI. 

"Huh, this place seems a lot more lively since we were here last. Then again, we wren't here for very long." Gin said. He looked over at Tonic, expecting a response, but the bird seemed to be in its own world at the moment, mumbling to itself about the food as well as about something Gin couldn't quite make out.  "I'm starting to think that guy in the Vasty Deep sold me a faulty translator." he thought. The boy leaned back in a chair and peered through a pair of newly summon binoculars. There wasn't much to do while eating the meal he summoned up, what with the Nexus being a white void and all,  so Gin had taken to observing the random passerby's and new arrivals that came through. Thus far, the only new arrivals to the Omniverse that he had managed to see were some sort of turtle-shaped abomination, a man with a strange horned helmet, another in some sort of power armor, a cat-girl, a surprisingly normal looking woman, and...and...

"Wait, is that an android or a woman in armor wearing a mask? I can't tell, even with these binoculars." Gin said  out loud. 

Tonic looked up from his meal, "Wark wark wark? [Are you peeping?]" 

"What!?" Gin shot a look at Tonic, "No! Why would I even do that?! ...Wait you respond to that but not when I'm actually talking to you?"

"Wark wark? [You were talking to me?]" Tonic asked.

"...Oi... Never mind." Gin said before looking back through his binoculars. Searching around some more, he spots some odd characters by one of the gates. They seemed to be waiting for something. After a few seconds, he then panned back over to the Fountain of Infinity. Seems the one in power armor has met up with someone, and a familiar face from Dante's Abyss appeared as well. "Huh, must've died recently. I think the roster had him listed as Jak? Tak? Ah well. Hm, speaking of dying, I wonder if Lubbock and Mami ever saw that sign I left them." Gin thought. 

Panning back over to the suspicious characters before, it seems some new people had shown up. Though they didn't seem to be happy about meeting the original group. Suddenly the large skull-headed being grabbed one of the new arrivals and slammed him to the ground. "Holy shit!" Gin shouted, unable to look away. Soon after, more people arrived from the gate and drew their weapons. This was starting to look like a battle at the coliseum...No, this was nothing like Gin's time at that place. It wasn't nearly this brutal, this...awful.

Just watching this made him feel uneasy, up until now it had just been a fun romp through the universe taking down monsters and bad guys. Nobody died...well, almost nobody. Lubbock and Mami died, but they supposedly came back according to Alain. Thinking back, Gin wondered how he escaped from Esdeath after Lubbock died. He couldn't seem to remember what happened after that, only waking up in the cave after the battle. He put the thought at the back of his mind for now, going back to the fight at hand. It was then Gin realized why this scene made him so uneasy;

It was like a battle back on his colony, only even more one-sided. 

Gin shook his head, "No...That's over with now, I...I want nothing to do with that hell ever again." he thought, almost choking up. "Tonic...Let's get out of here." He said, standing up. 

~~~~

Meanwhile, in the freezing tundra that was the Frozen Fields, a shadowy figure moves through the darkness. It paused and began to sniff the air, looking for a trail to follow. Finding its mark, the creature continued onward, finally reaching a cave in the side of a mountain. Inside the cave, it found evidence of a group that had stayed the night a couple days prior. Looking back outside, it spotted the site of a battle not too far away. 

Making its way down the mountain and closer to the battlefield, it noticed what seemed to be a large hump in the snow. Once at the hump, the creature wiped some of the snow away, revealing the face of a dragon! It jumped back, ready to fight. But nothing happened. Inching closer, the creature examined the dragon's body, finding it to be long since dead. What appeared to be a grin formed on the creature's disfigured face. Wings began to sprout from its back, and scales formed on its skin. The once disfigured face began to elongate, forming a snout. Soon enough, a replica of the dragon stood where the mysterious figure once was. It then took off, flying off towards the nearest gate.

"gIN.....yATreG..." it moaned in a hoarse voice. 

To Be Continued in Coruscant (For real this time)

(Unless an event happens.)