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[ TRIBUTES TO THE SEXY GOD ]

[ They say where there is smoke, there is fire, and happily, despite the spat of unusual occurrences lately, this has not stopped being true; there is a large column of smoke rising from somewhere off in the trees, and should you pursue it, you will find a large clearing with a roaring fire. A makeshift altar has been built in front of it, and even the nearby animals seem drawn to the flame.

The altar is sacrificing a large wooden heart, crudely carved from wood, and slowly burning. The smoke is also thicker than it ought to be, and if you breathe it in, you may begin to feel a little lightheaded.

As you examine the altar, or even as you head back to the mansion, your thoughts may involuntarily begin to change. Anxiety and homesickness melt away, leaving you desiring company. What this means may be different for the individual, but it is more or less a unified sensation of craving a companion for the evening. Whether you just want to have someone there, or hold them, or perhaps more than that...

Any way you cut it, the sexy god should be appeased. ]

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[The clothes were something like a uniform. An altered, corrupted version of what she'd worn as a court sorceress when she'd been at Emeraude's side. Part of her wanted to be rid of it now, but she had nothing else.]

I didn't think you were...

[Freedom was a beautiful thing. Something Alcyone was enjoying here. Not needing to feel dependent on a Pillar for the world's stability, not having to feel loyal to some little bitch who chose to unnecessarily martyr herself...]

[Chell just nodded politely in return. True, she had done some...unpleasant things, but she had to in order to survive. Killing the Companion Cubes, the cores, and her and letting Wheatley fly out into space were top on the list. However, she hadn't much choice on Wheatley and even she didn't know whether or not she would have even tried to save him if she had been able to. There was also the matter of the other cores, but she hadn't been directly close enough to even think about attempting to save them.

If she hadn't done any one of those things, she would be dead. And she didn't plan on dying for a long, long time yet.]

[Alcyone isn't exactly the best person in the world either. She betrayed her mentor and tried to kill a bunch of teenagers. She also ended up betraying one of her own allies and killing his weird giant snail monster.

But in fairness, her mentor had betrayed her first. And rally, everything she'd done had been for the sake of love she knew she wouldn't get. But being acknowledged by him just once.. That would have satisfied her. But she couldn't even accomplish that. Still, she had no regrets.]

...I don't want to be alone here.

[Why had she said that? It was such a strange thing to say. But she wasn't the type to ignore her desires. Knowing what you want, and striving for it whole-heartedly is what brought strength where she came from.[

[Chell inclined her head slightly to the right, there was plenty of space to sit down beside her and she wouldn't mind the company. Though she really wanted to get the sand out of her boots soon, this didn't seem like the time to concentrate on that.

If this woman was somehow a prisoner of hers, they could work together to escape.

Though, the last time she had tried it, well...it didn't turn out so good. At first, anyways.]

[Adiane was still for a moment before giving a small nod in response to the gesture, sitting beside Chell. She tilted her head back, staring upward at the rising smoke from the burning offering.

Part of her wondered if she'd made the wrong choice back home. No... No, Emeraude would have died either way. At least having chosen to fight for Zagato, she had no regrets. She glanced toward Chell, still curious about her, but she didn't seem to speak much. It only made Alcyone more curious, but she didn't want to overwhelm her.]

...It's been so long since I've been able to make my own choices, I think I've forgotten how.

[Chell tilted her head to the side and thought on this. She had been making her own choices for a long time now, but part of that was choosing to listen, or not listen, in some cases, to what others were telling her to do.]

"You do what you need to." [And sometimes that meant following orders and other times it meant ignoring them to escape a pit of fire.]

I suppose.

I still can't tell which one of us won.. She got him, but I'm not dead.

[She let out a slightly bitter laugh.]

Well, they're all probably dead by now.

[Chell listened to this silently. There were so many questions she had, but it was probably just better to let Alcyone talk at her own pace. Whatever had gone on sounded quite unpleasant, since she expected to be dead and thought everybody else was as well.]

[Alcyone seemed surprisingly unbothered by the thought of her world ending and everyone she'd ever known dying painfully. Really, she felt most of them deserved it. Maybe not the Pharle... She'd been all right. She could bet that Clef lied to her too.]

I just hope we weren't dragged into the same situation. It seemed like it at first... But there's so many of us, and more just keep coming.

[Chell frowned, she wasn't ready to die and she'd do nearly anything to stay alive. Even though she no longer had the portal gun, she'd find another way to fight.]

"What is this place?"

[If it was a place of her creation, then likely she wouldn't get a straight answer.

She was still halfway expecting her to pop in out of nowhere and triumphantly cackle that she finally got her to talk.]

To be honest, I'm not sure. An island, and obviously another world from the one I was in. Probably you too, The woman who summoned us called it "Bermuda", but that doesn't mean anything to me.

All I know, is that here, I'm beyond the influence of a pillar. No one can sacrifice me again. I am free.

[Chell mulled this information over. An island would make sense, with the ocean, but there was still one important question to be asked.]

"How did we get here?"

[She wasn't sure what Alcyone was talking about with pillars, but she knew that sacrificing somebody else was not a good thing.]

Magic, most likely. This "Lady Eureka", whoever she is, is probably some high class of sorceress.

What exactly she wants with us is still a mystery.

[Chell frowns at this, trying to figure out what this means."

"She uses magic?"

[Chell sounds perplexed at this, perhaps even almost unbelieving. Though, she's seen a lot and it probably wouldn't surprise her that magic did exist. She's just been surrounded by science for so long.]

I assume so. I can't say for certain since I know next to nothing about this woman, but I've never heard of summoning from another world being done by any means other than magic.

Or by anyone other than a Pillar, which is what has me so concerned about her.

[Chell nods, processing the information. Maybe Alcyone could tell her more about magic, since she seems to know so much about it. She was going to need all the information she could get in order to figure out a way to escape.]

"I've not been around magic."

[Girl you came to the right place. You're talking to a first rate sorceress! She looks over at Chell and just smiles. She knew plenty of people who had no magic. Lafarga and the knights always seemed so uncomfortable around the court sorceresses and priests. It has always been amusing.]

Don't worry. I'm skilled enough in it that I can handle it for the both of us.

[Chell would be stunned speechless if she didn't already not talk much. She's surprised that this woman would willingly work with her after having just met her.

She's also a little suspicious, but that's not your fault Alcyone. She's not had good experience partnering up with people. Pretty much one worked out and one well...didn't.]

"...You will?"

If we have a common goal, I don't see why not.

[Really, Chell's probably right since the last time Alcyone teamed up with someone she basically used him and then threw him aside. But he was a dumb kid and she does seem to like Chell.]

Besides... I need to be able to trust at least one person here.

[Chell thinks on this for a moment, then nods. She knows all too well that you can't always trust others. But, then sometimes, someone who you thought you couldn't trust actually turns out to be the one who helps you the most in the end. So really, you never know what somebody is going to be like.]

"Good idea..."

[Chell will always hold up her end of the bargain, unless the bargain means that she's going to end up killed somehow.]

[Alcyone has a fierce loyal streak in her. If she devotes herself to something, she does it 100%. She's got it in her head that Chell needs to be protected. And that maybe Chell can protect her too. And she's going to hold to that. It's all she's got here.]

Then believe in me. This may not be my world, but my magic still works the same. So if you put your faith in me, I can be strong.

[Chell's got a lot of skills, so maybe she'll be able to help out Alcyone in her own way. She's good a solving puzzles, resourceful, and quite athletic. Plus, she'll probably easily figure out how to use a gun if she can get her hands on one.

She looks over at the other woman. Nobody's ever directly asked her to put her faith in them, usually it was forced due to circumstances. That already puts her a step up from her and Wheatley.

Chell gives her a resolute nod.]

"Thank you."

[Alcyone needs someone who can be a bit tactical without being outright manipulative the way Alcyone can tend to be when she's not under the influence of whatever this is. Plus Alcyone doesn't even know what a gun is, so Chell handling that will come in handy.]

Good... Then we should have no problem. Believe in me, and believe in you. I'll do the same, and we'll be fine.

[She was pretty sure Cephiro's mechanics of strength from will didn't apply to Chell, but Alcyone would still reciprocate the trust and faith Chell gave her. Not doing so would only make things harder. And besides, maybe it WOULD amount to something.]

[Chell hasn't handled tactics before, but she can think creatively to find a way to do things, even if it takes a little bit of trial and error.

She nods in response, not sure what else to say, she already thanked Alcyone.

If you don't trust who you're working it, it does make things difficult. Though, sometimes you still have to work with them, even if you don't know if they'll hold up their end of the deal. Chell had been pretty lucky so far in that regard.]

[Alcyone seems to have a spotty track record as far as loyalty goes, but really, when she devotes herself to something or someone, she is unwavering.]

If you don't use magic... what do you use?

[She didn't seem built for a sword. Nor did she seem to carry one. Then again,t hose girls hadn't been built for sword either and that hadn't stopped them...]

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