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<span class="mu-r">You’re dying to further investigate what the hell this guy means by the game being over, especially when two minutes ago you were getting bathed by a well-endowed Durher, but that and the rest of your concerns take a knee while you focus on the most pressing question you have:
Who the <span class="mu-i">HELL</span> is he and why can you <span class="mu-i">SEE</span> him!?
“No one of consequence, really,” Chuckles the man who is most <span class="mu-i">definitely</span> someone of consequence, “I’ve never been one for formalities and this is hardly a formal meeting, so for the time being you can call me RED. Charmed, I’m sure.”
Yea, it’s a real treat, you reply as ‘RED’ takes another drag from his cigarette, but seriously: who is he?
“The question you’re asking, kid, isn’t who I am,” He drawls, exhaling another red cloud into the abyss, “But why I’m here.” Crossing one leg over the other, the crimson caballero leans back in his unseen seat. “As it happens, I’m here to collect.”
You open your mouth to take a guess at what he means when the cowpoke beats you to it! “Y’see, son, those… <span class="mu-i">powers</span>... you’ve been using… you’re a smart enough kid to understand they didn’t just fall out of an apple tree…”
You got them when you arrived, you nod, well, you didn’t know you had them until you torched some local wildlife, but-
Your eyes nearly leap from your skull as you connect the dots. He… he’s-
“Not a local, far from it!” Replies Red with a raspy, coughing laugh! “Here’s the thing, Anton–and let me just say I LOVE what you’ve been up to since you blew into town–sowing chaos, gathering damsels, charging windmills… entertaining to a fault, really!”
You feel sensation return to your extremities. But?
“But as all roads lead to Rome, amicus, all of my power, well…” He jabs his cigarette at you, “It all comes back to me. Like a bad penny.”
Look, you stammer as you feel the proverbial ‘walls’ closing in around you, you never ASKED for his powers! Hell, they were pretty much FOISTED onto you! Th-there’s this other chick from where he’s from-
>CONTD.</span>
