>>24614144All this time you were under the assumption that you had some pretty bad demons in you, turns out you're not the only one with those kind of issues. Dio may as well be as unhinged as the men who persecuted him here, but of course, you'd never say that aloud.
"They mistook me for a ranger, so that's who I pretended to be. No one sought to question it, I played the part too well. I guess common courtesy was just a part of me. Helping others and all that stuff. I used the privileges that came with that title to my advantage. I couldn't afford to stay in the dark much longer. I studied up on the history of this world using any resources I could find, learned of its history and its differences to mine, its rights, its wrongs, and its brazen secrets."
"Everyday I thank the public library for existing."
>'..?'"I always made sure to keep an eye out for my friend, but I'd never cross paths with him, and it would be long before I'd see him again. I couldn't be alone forever, so I began to assemble a team using only the strongest, most fiercest competitors I could find. The ranks were quick to be filled in, all the right abilities, all the right stats, all the right moves and what have you, and the most important thing of all--no nicknames."
"They were quick to maximize their potential, no Youngsters could stand in our way, they were all ANNIHILATED as quick as they came. I had a team of literal devastation and I was ready to assimilate with this new reality, but I was still nowhere close to answering any of my questions. I didn't rest, I couldn't rest, so I kept going."
"I caught wind of a fossil institute by the seaside, and I ventured out one day on a limb I could learn more about this world's past.."
"And on the way there..."
"I saw the most faggoty looking kid drowning in the sea....."
A) "Yaaaay! Me!"
B) "Can't we skip this part?"
C) "..What are you trying to imply here?"
D) "Oh man, I HATE faggoty looking kids drowning in the sea!"