>>6048273“What you want my mother’s maiden name and my social security as well?” He tries to joke. You think. Though by Marie’s lack of reaction, it’s not a very funny one, to ease nerves perhaps?
“How do more people not know you’re a Stranger? You’re not that subtle?” Marie does ask.
“Because people don’t know what I’m talking about and I usually work alone,” The Inquisitor says before sighing and rubbing his temple.
“I was not joking I want-” You continue to say before he raises a hand to silence you. The nerve!
“One second, let me think,” You mercifully grace the ingrate with a few seconds of reprieve before he starts again, “My Cheat Skill allows me to turn back time, specifically when I die. I can kind of control it but it’s tough to describe how. I can’t go back more than a couple hours though, at least not that I know of. I call it Try Again but that’s pretty unoriginal, I know.”
“And you must die for this to happen?” You ask.
“Yeah, it isn’t exactly fun but it’s ironically the only reason I’m still alive today. If I die a lot in a short amount of time though…”
You wait a second as he doesn’t speak and his eyes go a bit distant, “Continue,” You say to remind him of his current whereabouts.
“Oh, right sorry. I guess the best way to describe it is that I start to ‘lose it’ mentally at least. I’m not sure if my skill is hardwired to work that way or if I’m simply not that strong mentally. But, uh, if you ever see me acting super strange that’s probably why.”
“I see, now elaborate on Lord Beneger, if you may. He seems like he could be involved in the mess currently going on as of now.”
Asher leans back in his chair as Alyssa, standing off to the side as she is, looks intensely at the Inquisitor, “For lack of a better term he’s my mentor, maybe even foster father but damn shitty one at that. I,” He purses his lips, “When I was about four or five I must have hit my head, got memories of a guy from another world called Asher, my old memories if you hadn’t guessed. Right freaked out my ‘parents,’” The air quotes he makes are telling, “When I started acting Strange. They reported me to the Inquisition and Lord Beneger, just Inquisitor Beneger at the time, was the one who picked me up. He was quite surprised when I managed to dodge all his attacks. Long story short he trains me as an Inquisitor, sicks me on the Demon Wastes, and here I am now. I learned through my time with him that he’s the kind of guy to have his fingers in every pie, plans for everything, and is solely dedicated to the Inquisition’s goals above all else. Not even the Lord Inquisitor cares about it as much as him,”
“I see,” You trail off and look at Alyssa. Perhaps you should try and patch things up again with your father when next you meet. After this whole mess is behind you of course.
