Crimson Sky

I fly to the opening at the front of the lift and scan the crowd as they disembark; I begin looking instead for people that I know were close to him, hoping someone knows what happened to him.

You know Al knew him as a fellow inventor, but past that there are few people here who you recognise, and most of those who you do are hunters.

I drop out of the air next to Al. "Did you see Ezra before coming up on the lift?" I ask immediately after landing.

"Chastity is is then." I reply with a smile.

Turning to look oustide I continue "That it is," I pause "did you know it was humans that created the mechanical moon and put it into the sky near the end of the demon war, although it was never used."

He sighs.

"I haven't seen him in three days, sorry kid. If he was still at his house... he would never have made it to us. He might be able to hold up in his home for a few days if he was there, but..." He shakes his head and grips your shoulder.

"What's the point in a mechanical moon?"

OOC: That's the thing, no one knows why it was made. Its practically THE great mystery of the war.

I chuckle lightly "That's the thing interesting about it you see,"

Glancing back up into the sky I continue "No one actually knows why it was created. Only that it was."

"Seems a 'lil bit daft to me... I'd rather have a massive mechanical dome so we can actually live on th' surface..."

"That is may be, though it certainly happened. Maybe one day we'll know why they did it..." I reply wistfully, my voice trailing off a little.

Emmarabella tugs on Chastity's sleeve.

"Umm, Kitty, uh-" She points at the door that the last few stragglers have left through.

You suddenly spot Ezra. He appears to have donned your armour and made his way into the lift, but not before sustaining a mortal injury. His head has been ripped from his body and blood and bits of brain and skull are splattered everywhere.

I drop to my knees in front of Ezra. After tearing off my mask I let out a wordless cry. My head drops and I remain in place for some time, unaware of anything going on around me.

The hunter appears to have found his Ezra, appart from you four he is the only person left in the lift.

Ezra is an armoured, headless corpse.

I grin slightly as I ask Chastity "Kitty huh? Is that like, your pet name?"

"P.u.n.n.y."

I look at you relatively sternly.

"No, it's her name for me and that is all."

I chuckle slightly before saying "So shall we be off? We don't want to be left behind"

Emmarabella appears to be looking at the sobbing hunter with some concern.

It doesn't appear that Ezra will be getting better any time soon.

It slowly sinks in that he would have had a good chance of making it out alive if he hadn't brought the armour. He's dead... because of me? My mask drops from my hand as my body goes numb once I realise what he died doing.

Emmarabella tugs on Chastity's sleeve, looking over at the sobbing hunter, before giving up and walking over to him, touching his shoulder and speaking quietly to him.

A gentle hand touches your shoulder.

"Umm... h-he saved my life ...um, l-lots of people's lives." A quiet, breathy, feminine voice tells you.

Though I don't move, I have to find out why things turned out like this. "...What happened?"

The edge of the wound on Ezra's neck is smoking very slightly.

"I... I don't know I didn't see, but when we were at the fountain, he... h-he fought bravely." She falls silent.

I turn my head to see who is speaking to me.

It is the beautiful unicorn-blooded girl in white you saw with Al earlier. She is staring at the corpse with some confusion.

"But... it's weird..." She trails off.

"What is?" I barely register who it is i'm speaking to; all that I can focus on is what she says about him and what happened.

"I... was the first person in the lift and there were no corpses in here and... no vampires got into the lift."

...I
SEE
YOU