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[yolo]

you saying hes stronger than you?

<vortexman>

[heirrant]

I've never fought him myself so I can't be sure, but it's very likely he is.

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[yolo]

so how the heck does he pull that off
first thing he did when i went for him was scream

[After dodging a kick like lightning, but it was a girly scream.]

<vortexman>

[heirrant]

He has Burning Inner Strength. [Yes, that needs to be capitalised.] When it matters, he's unstoppable.

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[yolo]

oh yeah?

and where is he now
he hiding out with you?

<vortexman>

[heirrant]

For now.

[Though these changes make it more and more difficult to keep him contained every day.]

Why do you ask?

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[yolo]

cause im not gonna sit here and take your word for it

bring him to our next match
if hes really got killer moves i wanna see them

<vortexman>

[heirrant]

We'll see about that. Maybe once this disease has passed I'll let him out.

[No promises. At this point, though, he just wants to see Suguru alive again.]

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[yolo]

what do you mean disease?

[Instantly, the word makes him feel a little wary.]

<vortexman>

[heirrant]

[There's a painful, faltering pause.]

You haven't seen? The newcomers who appeared a couple of weeks ago are turning into zombies.

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[yolo]

no

ive been busy

[Searching around the lake, the woods, the cities, only vaguely aware of the disturbances caused by the new faces among them. The moon could be on fire in the sky and he wouldn't notice. Fuu was missing.]

we talking walking corpses?

<vortexman>

[heirrant]

Yes. They feed on flesh, and many of them are becoming more violent.

[Cold, simple words on a screen. You wouldn't think they'd have taken him ten minutes to type out.]

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[yolo]

yeah and so do we

have they been going after other monsters
or is it just humans

<vortexman>

[heirrant]

[Obviously. But he's always thought, deep down, that Suguru might somehow be immune to it.]

Whoever comes near them. Even if it isn't all that different, it shouldn't be happening so quickly. He's falling apart, Mugen.

[And, just for a second, he gives himself away.]

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[yolo]

[Fuck.

It could've been them. Could've been some stiff gone berserk who dragged her down some alleyway and ate every last bit of her, and that's why nobody's seen her, why he hasn't found anything. Why he might not ever. How was he supposed to tell the difference between one pile of bones and another.]

bitch will get bored and hit rewind

[The fog hag always has, right?]


just got to hold out til then


you been letting him eat?
i heal faster when im full

[heirrant]

[She'd better. But there's always a chance that this time will be different, that Suguru will be damned to this shape until his body can't take it anymore.]

I've been keeping up a ready supply of meat, but it doesn't seem to be slowing anything down.

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[yolo]

human meat

can't go around skimping