Roleplay:We're all Mad Here!

This Roleplay is Closed! Sorry!

Overview
The morning after Sedna's death, the Mythic Knights are still in mourning when they are pushed to continue their quest and hunt down the Queen. With the help of Ann Denerim, they find the Queen's location, only for everything to go south as a new villain shows his mask, and the Mythic Knights learn that it wasn't Madness that was thrown into the world yet, but something far more sinister; Stigmata.

Meanwhile, Saren, now armed and ready to fight the Deciever, faces the man that is slowly stealing his life from him, in a battle far stronger than any he has faced yet. With nothing but Fey's Scythe and the Gifts from Diety at his side, everything is about to change, the Shard of Deciet is here.

Participants
NeoExlucky

Characters
Zero Evol (Neo)

Knave Veron (Neo)

Echo Radon (Neo)

Leah Dubio (Neo)

Trinity Moon (Neo)

Delta Radon (Neo)

Ann Denerim (Neo)

The Queen (Neo)

The Deciever (Neo)

The Rook (Neo)

Saren (who else but Saren)

Natalie Alister (MHS)

Monica DeLouise (MHS)

Ciel Mackenzie Fay (MHS)

Nemi Harper Fay (MHS)

Masako Haruno (MHS -- Odd that I'm listing her last.)

Zapor the Hedgehog (Z888)

Lexi the Hedgehog (Z888)

Part 1: Vengence
Zero and Leah sat at the table, the morning after Sedna's death. Trinity slammed the table, one her of daggers sticking into the wood, some new form of resolve had taken shape inside her. "We need to hunt her down!" Trinity told Zero.

"Gods, give us some time to mourn Trinity, it hasn't even been twenty-four hours..." Zero told her.

"While we're here 'mourning' and feeling sorry for ourselves, the Queen is out there getting stronger!" Trinity argued.

"She's right." Knave told them, walking into the room. "We can't hope that the Masked guards are going to stay hidden forever. Eventually she'll want blood for what happened to her, we need to strike before they do."

"About that..." Natalie emerges from the shadows in the corner of the room. "Masako's already gotten a head start since yesterday. Comms are dead, so I can only hope she's out there clearing a path for us."

"We don't know that for sure, Natalie," Ciel states as she hovered into the room. "We spoke with the Fallen Knight. Most of what she said implied that Masako might do something in her time alone that will endanger us all." She nervously glances around the room. "I know it's not really my call whether or not we can trust the Fallen Knight, but Masako's all by herself right now. Who knows what sort of things she's done, or what sort of people she's talked to?"

"So Masako's gone to look for the Queen? I can't tell if that's a good thing or a bad thing." Lexi said.

"Speaking of people being gone, has anyone seen Kala?" Leah asked.

"She probably went out, she'll be back..." Zero told her.

"Luckily, we have a contact in the city who owes us one, that might be able to tell us where Conquest is." Knave suggested. "I'm sure Ann has some sort of information that we can use."

As if answering their call, there came a knocking on the front door.

"I'll...get it?" Echo suggested, unsure of how to react to that.

Ann stood in the door, her hands around her back. "We need help." She said immedietely and walked right into the room. "We are dealing with a pretty big problem in the city right now."

"Such as?" Knave asked.

"Currently, we're dealing with something really big that you guys need to see." Ann told them and fumbled with some photographs that had been taken just recently. There were pictuers of mobians and humans with holes in the hands and feet, as well as burns being discovered on their wrists and constant bleeding on the crown of the head.

"What is this?" Knave asked.

"We don't know, it just showed up over night, like some kind of disease." Ann explained. "We've been calling it Stigmata."

"Stigmata?" Echo asked.

"It comes from an old king here, who had banned death by crucifixion. A long time ago, whenever someone was sentenced to death, the most common form of killing them was with crucifixion." Ann told them. "People would have their hands and feet nailed to boards, and ropes tied around their wrists. A crown of thorns would be placed on their heads and people would be left their to die for seven days, and if they survived those seven days, they would just be stabbed with a spear. It was an inhumane way to be killed and it's always a death sentence. These people are randomly experiencing the symptoms of being crucified without anything actually happening to them. People are beginning to die from it already."

"Ouch. So who's doing it to the people?" Zapor asked.

"Something like this seems far from natural. Someone has to be perpetuating this epidemic," Monica said. "Things like this don't just magically crop up overnight. There's gotta be a person at the source, and I wouldn't be surprised if they're connected to Conquest."

"And we're gonna put a knife through his throat, right?" Natalie scoffed.

Paralogue 1: Diety's Coin
The sun had just risen over the horizon. It was almost time for Saren to end this. The gifts were a little strange, those bright orbs seemed to have some form of sentience, they sort of hummed to one another in Saren's head, talking to themselves. It didn't hurt per se, but it was something that the orbs made sure Saren recognized about them.

Diety leaned against the fence, waiting with Saren. "Are you sure you're ready?" Diety asked. "Like I said, this is a battle I cannot see the outcome of, it is sure to be difficult."

"Ready as I'll ever be dude.." Saren shrugged, it was now or never.. He needed to do this, not just because Deceit was stealing his life, but for more personal reasons..

"Okay," Diety said. "There's nothing else anyone can do for you, flip the coin once your ready."

Saren flipped that coin like a motherfecker.