animus_network | Ω → five [video; open to action]

The villain enters stage left.

[ Wilhelm comments quietly, from what appears to be the third floor library. In front of him is his chessboard from before, but this time, there are only five pieces on the black side; two close together, the other three spread out over the far end of the board. The black pieces contain one of every special piece: a knight, a rook, a queen, a bishop, and the king. On the white side are all pawns, with one king. The ever-rotating Compass was perfectly visible behind him, however, one of its arms was rotating far more wildly than the other. In the background, coming from an off-screen phonograph, was a fairly appropriate musical piece, as Wilhelm carefully moved the black rook behind several of the white pawns, rendering them useless. The white king was now in check, but with the mess of pawns, had very few effective places to move. ]

The heroes are confused. Disoriented, impatient, and irrational. It is only to be expected, given the setting.

[ He doesn't move the white king. Instead, he turns to one of the other white pawns, which had managed to be only a few moves away from the far end of the board, where it could be exchanged for a superior piece. He doesn't move it; rather, he simply stares at it. ]

I wonder who will step up this time?

[ And with that, the feed ends. ]

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You would not have been able to cause the extinction of the entire human race. It is a statistical impossibility.

Mary would disagree with you.

Statistics were never my strong point~

They say a little bit of competition is most healthy~

This may be the exception to the rule.

Well I'll never know unless I try~

And what will you do once your toybox is empty?

Why ask my sugar daddy to buy me a new one, of course~

If money was all that was required to save humanity, I could easily accomplish this myself.

Without any money, there are a lot of things you wouldn't have been able to achieve though~ Ain't I right?

Perhaps. Greed is an all-too-human trait. Others require something more subtle, and others something more overt.

Such as~?

It should not be difficult to guess my meaning.

Maybe I'm not in the mood for guessing games~

Force.

Relying on force is always a safe option~

But it is not always the most effective.

Not with you at least~

Is it different for you?

You already know the answer to that~

No, I don't. You cannot extract what you need from a dead body. And from what I have seen, restraint is not where you excel.

Not what I meant~ I meant force is the only thing I respect.

But you have a point too, I guess~

We were discussing what is useful. Not what is impressive. If it were only raw power that I found attractive, I believe my fascination with you would be of a different nature.

A bit more like Hagire's, you mean?

What do you believe his to be?

That's a very personal question~

[ That answers his question. If he were capable of such, he'd be smiling. ]

I see.

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