Mary Miller
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After exiting the reality rift, Finn flipped open his blanket and stood up, then calmly headed for the door. He prepared to walk down the stairs, but then remembered Iris and her lack of a wheelchair. Sighing, he went over to her room and gently knocked on the door. “Iris. Are you awake?” “Mm…” Finn heard a soft groan coming from inside the room, then knocked again. “… Iris?” “Mmngh… yeah… I’m getting up…” “Are you wearing clothes?” “H-Huh? Yeah, I am… is that…-
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After delivering the clothes to Iris and carrying her to her room, Finn headed back to the main entrance by retracing his footsteps, where Archon sat in his office. “Oh, Ivis is all done?” he raised an eyebrow and asked, placing down the telephone. Finn nodded. “I took her back up to her room.” “And you didn’t try anything with her?” Archon teased, laughing boldly. “She’s quite cute, you know. If I was twenty years younger, I might be in love.” “I can’t see her…
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Finn and Iris slowly made it back to where Archon and the other three had gathered. By the time the two arrived, they had just about finished cleaning up all the Phantoms there. And quite evidently, they were extremely surprised to see Finn walking, perfectly fine, with no sign of black liquid on his face. “You…” Octane blinked in surprise. “What the hell? How did you recover so fas- wait, how did you even recover at all?!” Archon slowly lumbered over to them, using his warhammer as a walking…
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Finn jumped up onto the Titan-class Phantom’s head, visualizing the creature in his mind to help him gauge how high he needed to go. He had an idea of how big the creature was based on the amount of noise it was making with every step, and having already climbed up once, the second time wasn’t as difficult. The Phantom tried throwing Finn off, but he could tell when an arm swipe was coming for him from the wind that arrived before the actual strike. Using his quick reactions and taking advantage of…
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There was no time for Iris to switch to a princess-carry position, so the landing on the ground below was a bit harsh, but Finn managed to stick it nonetheless. Unfortunately, the Phantoms that had chased them down here followed through the gaping hole in the ceiling, and there was no time to rest. Finn and Iris quickly readjusted themselves and prepared to keep running… but Archon did not. He remained rooted in place, tightening his grip on his warhammer. “Damn it… this is how it’s going to be,…
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“How are we going to deal with them…?” Iris asked, peeking over the corner at all the slouched Phantoms loitering around as if guarding something. “They are too grouped up for us to deal with them one-by-one.” “Well…” Archon snorted, spinning his warhammer around in his hand. “You have yet to see me in action, have ya? You guys already got to have fun… it’s my turn now.” Iris frowned skeptically, recalling the dire situation he had been in mere minutes earlier. “I don’t want…
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Archon dashed through the dense rain and fog as fast as he could, Finn carrying Iris and following him. The precipitation was so heavy that if it wasn’t for the storm drains around on the ground, a flood could’ve possibly ensued. Had Finn been a normal human still, there was no doubt running in this storm like this would’ve been difficult for him. But with the mysterious yet incredible physical enhancements of the Ghost blood in his body, this wasn’t much of a challenge at all. “Fanatic!”…
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“Seems like both of you are happy with your new clothes,” Mavrick grinned, stroking his beard. “Now then…” He turned to Octane, who had an innocent look on his face. “… About the price.” At this, Octane froze. “P-Price?” “Of course. Just because your boss and I are old comrades, doesn’t mean I won’t charge you. In fact, I should charge you more, no?” “Uh… damn, I think my boss is calling, I’ll be right back!” Saying this, he dashed out of the store at Mach 1,…
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Once Finn and Iris arrived at the bottom of the stairs at last, they found Octane trapped beneath the wheelchair. “N-Ngh… I got it… c’mon… THERE!” he shoved the wheelchair off of his body with all of his might, before leaping back up to his feet and letting out a deep breath of triumph. “Whew!” The wheelchair’s wheels spun around rapidly before slowly coming to a stop. Still, the entire right side of it was busted — definitely not suitable to be sat on anymore. “…” Iris and…
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“Can I come?” Iris asked softly on their way back to the main living room of the group. “To… buy clothing?” Finn tilted his head. “You already have clothes though, no? I felt them when holding you earlier.” “The clothing they’ve bought me and the clothing Archon was talking about just now are two different things,” she explained. “What I’m wearing right now are normal clothes. The clothes Archon wants you to get is armor.” “Hm, I see. That makes more sense. Alright then,…
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