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 LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow 

 Horsemen Saga 

 Season 2 - Death Arc 

 Episode 25 - The Sin Eater 

 Death's Return Sub Arc - Part 1 

 Sub Arc Prologue 

 Twelfth Episode of Season 2 



 Previous Season: LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow - The Cranes Arc 

Previous Crossover: LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow & Sword of Kings Crossover - The Corbin Files

 Previous Crossover Episode: LOTM: Crossover - The Corbin Files - Chapitre Douze et Fin (Final)

 Previous Episode: LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow Horsemen Saga - Howe's Remains (Part 2) (Sub Arc Finale) 

 Also tie-in with: LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow Spin-Off - Firenza Junior

 Previous Spin-Off Episodes: LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow Spin-Off - Firenza Junior - Back into London (Part 1)

On the Last Sub Arc of LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow


- Baccarat Blueberry: Previously on LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow...



 - ???: Hello, maybe I'm not that late, am I? 

''The mysterious girl let out a cheeky grin and giggle once she entered the door, trying not to laugh as she squeezed her cheeks. She rather found the physical appearance of both Noirton and Isolendy amusing. Isolendy immediately stared at the mysterious girl sternly.'' A moment later, the mysterious girl stopped acting mischievous and showed a much more serious face. Isolendy narrowed his gaze and was conspicuous wary of this mysterious girl. The mysterious girl then sharpened her eyes and her voice went deeper. "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Noirton immediately slammed his fist on his table when he heard Melancholia gave the finished stuff known as the Supreme Croatoan Virus,  The mysterious girl shrugged her shoulder and chuckled casually, making face mischievously. Kaysie silently heard about what the mysterious girl was saying, before she suddenly slammed her fist on the table as well. After finishing her words, Kaysie then forced herself to smile once more as she pushed her anxiousness down. ''Kaysie then looked at her table. On her table, there was a large notebook, written with every topics she and her brothers were discussing in today's meeting. She lifted her head and looked at others with some concern.'' "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
 * Isolendy: You? Why are YOU here?
 * ???: Well, I'm here to assist Princess Kaysie's plans... and of course, yours, Your Highnesses. Isn't it why I was made for?
 * ???: You know, Selina's behavior is getting more and more abnormal these days, but that's not without a reason. Something is possessing her, and she is trying to fight over it. I only gave her a little stir under the pretense, pretending to be a fragile segment... of that little ice fairy whose name was Plaisir Permafrost. You know, she is the original form of Melancholia.
 * Ophelia_La-na.jpgIsolendy: I'm listening.
 * ???: Under that cheap pretense, I tried to convince Selina that the future is compromised by the legacy of demons, who tried to alter the history and eliminate the Order of Flourish. In addition, I also said that Moloch's minions, Melancholia and Michael Langdon, actually tried to avert such situation from coming true. Therefore, I gave Selina the tool needed to communicate with Melancholia and Michael across the time, but Selina had no idea that she was used by us. She was blinded by her devotion towards justice.
 * ???: Then, at the proper time, I knocked Selina into unconsciousness when she was trying to ask about Phyllis and her failure years ago. I didn't hit her head with a stick. I just used the tool I gave her to gave her a shock, making her unconscious for many days. As I recently heard, she had awakened, though she was still barely able to leave her bed. During her recovery, she gained a vial of completed  Supreme Croatoan Virus  from Melancholia, as it was only reserved for her. This vial is more intense than ever, as I believed... since it was enhanced by the Firenza Blood.
 * Noirton: Firenza Blood?
 * Noirton: So Michael found Firenza's son, but... why did Melancholia gave the vial to Selina instead of us? Didn't she know she did something wrong?!
 * ???: Huh, who knows? Bah! Unless Melancholia wants betrayal. She might turn against Master Moloch by using the Order of Flourish as her tool, but that's just a theory.
 * Kaysie: Impossible! Brother Sorensen  had sent his crystal to Michael in order to overlook his and Melancholia's actions. Langdon is ambitious, and Melancholia hated Father for killing her family. In fact, both of them could be traitors on our side, but we already has assured that no one would ever betray us. For now, Sorensen didn't report anything that could be disadvantage. Sometimes, without news is the best news for us.
 * Kaysie: Therefore, I don't think there'll be any flaw upon us. I warned Melancholia in her Mind Palace via my ability, and she knows Sorensen is watching beside her. We can actually be safe, for now. Then, what's next...
 * Kaysie: I just remembered that Crow Faux has no idea that our most important human agent, Hubert Zodiak,  is never here, am I right?

''Kaysie's words made everyone solid like grim cold stones, remaining in their position and trying to push down their worry. Even the mysterious girl seemed to get worried.'' ''Noirton then grinned and raised his hand, making Kaysie nodded as a cue for him to speak. Smirked, Noirton then stood up, stating his opinion.'' Isolendy thought for a minute and then, he wore a big smile on his face. The mysterious girl then bowed in front of the Nethers very politely. The mysterious girl soon raised her head and let out a malicious smile. The mysterious girl them turned back and left the hall, but all of a sudden, Noirton stood up and shouted out. The mysterious girl stopped as Noirton immediately asked her. The mysterious girl grinned for a split second, and then, she gave him her answer proudly.
 * Goshenite.(Houseki.no.Kuni).full.2211611.pngKaysie: Think about it, just how shameful it will be when our best human agent was defeated by Abigail Adams simply because she lured him into his trap, imprisoning him in somewhere else. As he set up a series of code and rule system in our cult almost perfectly, we still make it function as we can, as usual, pretending he's still here. However, the hex spell casted upon the seal made us unable to locate his current location. Think of how Crow Faux would think if he knew we lied to him, lying that his adoptive father was still here.
 * Noirton: Well, actually, there's nothing to worry about. After the end of the Feast of Apollo, we managed to earn a new human agent known as the Wiseman. I heard that there were rumors that the Wiseman is a spy from the Order of Flourish, but I already checked the previous meeting of its top executives, thanks to Phyllis who leaked us the information. Every top executives - excluding some on duty - were presented, while the Light Lord spoke via possessing a follower of his. In the meantime, we had a firm overseeing over the Wiseman, but so far so good. His guardian demon, Proxima, assured to us that the Wiseman was Moloch's chosen substitute for Zodiak during his absence.
 * Isolendy: Ahh... I see. So, so far there's nothing to worry about with Crow, Zodiak, the Wiseman, Melancholia or even Selina, but we need to be careful since any turbulence is possible if we're not cautious.
 * ???: Allow me to do the job, Your Highnesses. I shall ensure that the rule of Moloch coming more and more smoothly. Selina Strawberry was about to recover from her condition, and yet I promise that I shall put her under my sight.
 * ???: One day, you shall see the Witnesses and the Order of Flourish bite against each other. That's when we shall fight back. Farewell.
 * Noirton: Please wait for a moment!
 * Noirton: May I have your name?
 * ???: Well, you can call me...



- ???: Arzonia.

''Phyllis frowned her eyebrows while looking into the article. A tranquil fury began to took form on the face of Phyllis..'' ''Calvin didn't notice that Phyllis was blaming Walter instead of Blaze, and he continued to complaint after taking one sip of beer after another. He seemed devastated by the case of La Gloton due to some reason.'' ''Calvin peered on the table and continued to spout nonsense in a fit of rage. Phyllis silently listened to Calvin's long complaint as he drank another cup of beer. Phyllis then took a sip on her cup of chianti.'' ''Just then, Melvin, the mute salesman, had gave an alerted stare at Phyllis. He seemed to discover some strange behavior of Phyllis and was suspicious. Phyllis noticed this. In spite of this, Phyllis still gave a chilling impression to Melvin by maintaining such an expression and didn't act panic.'' ''Melvin just blinked his eyes. He seemed surprised that Phyllis was merely angry, but didn't act panic. He then looked at Calvin, who was also angry but acted much less composed. In fact, it was normal for everyone to be angry at this Director's false claims.'' ''Phyllis hid her anger inside her mind and emptied her cup of chianti. Shivering, Calvin then finished all of his complaints and turned to Phyllis.'' ''The words of Calvin had suddenly made himself shut off his mouth, and Melvin reacted in a shocked face. Calvin widened his eyes in panic, but Much to Calvin's surprise. Phyllis still acted calm in such a circumstances, as though she was as angry as he was.'' Phyllis then closed her eyes and remembered the time years ago, when she was still a teenager but a highly intelligent person who assisted the Croatoan Virus research of the Order. ''In spite of becoming angrier and more serious, Phyllis kept her cool and calm demeanor while thinking about what she called as "the project of Supreme Croatoan Virus". Melvin then went back and went upstairs with a sigh, holding a cup of hot coffee. With malice, Phyllis watched the back of Melvin as the latter left.'' Phyllis then put her empty cup back on her table with a serious face. Phyllis then stood up and walked away, but all of a sudden, she stopped and heard a drunken Calvin to complain continuously. Phyllis just looked at Calvin mumbling and yelling in a frenzied mood whiplash, before she sighed with a feigned pity. ''Calvin didn't care and continue to rant. Phyllis took her bag and left, with a face of fury. She trembled in anger and humiliation. She tried to force herself a smile but she couldn't. Ignoring Calvin's drunken state, Phyllis went straight out of the room.''
 * Phyllis: Walter... That disgusting weasel tries to weasel from his punishment brought by his negligence... via claiming he had captured a so-called serial killer? That's truly an absurd news, and too bad that you had to print it.
 * Calvin: The townspeople in Sleepy Hollow often prefers quiet life, and it'll be utterly insane as well as definitely disastrous when even a little spark of difference occurred in their own regular life. Ah, days aren't so good to be such a journalist in such a town... but what do you think I've gonna do? The Horseman is gone even before we step in.
 * Phyllis: (think) * That ungrateful bastard who's sitting on the seat of Tarrytown Director... He let Jennifer Mills to escape, and now he threw out such a fake news... That man Nelson is my apprentice of some sort... He isn't La Gloton. Alas, to think I still need a petty hypocrite like him in my further plans, but one day I'll take him down... permanently, to show him who's the real boss. *
 * Phyllis: (think) * In some occasions, the best way to avoid suspicion is to maintain your own attitude. *
 * Melvin: ..................!?(°Д°)
 * 1374934_435217713265537_275700866_n.pngPhyllis: Hmm...
 * Calvin: What a piece of trash! Both Director Walter and my boss! If they're demons, I can take them down with my power, and yet they're humans...
 * Bloodborne_iosefka_by_duskitar-d9rlgcq.jpgPhyllis: He's about to go down, both him and his assistant that gave him such a poor idea. I believe that Jenny Mills' case as well as such a impersonation would crash his reputation even further. I now remembered the time years ago but...
 * Phyllis: (think) * Curse that Alexander... If he didn't try to sold us out and turned against Lord Helio, the Order would've succeeded in the project of Supreme Croatoan Virus... years ago! Bah, I don't care about Helio at all. The Supreme Croatoan Virus would be my meat on the table... No one shall take it away! *
 * Phyllis: (think) * The old mute is leaving. Now, I should get on with it. *
 * Phyllis: I can see how desperate and dreadful this part is... However, I still have something else to deal with. See you later.
 * Calvin: Well, see ya later! Oh, for God's sake, I hate to say this but I'll prefer to see those bad, indecent, deceitful and corrupt executives from Tarrytown - especially that goddamn director, to be ripped apart by La Gloton one by one! Especially that Dr. Maynard! He made Jenny Mills into the confinement and failed to keep an eye on her! I believe he would be the one who would gave the idea to weasel himself out of punishment...
 * Phyllis: Well, stay quiet, Calvin. No one's gonna mistreat you if you stay quiet.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Phyllis: Dr. Maynard... '

<p style="text-align:center;"> 2 minutes later  <p style="text-align:center;"> Upstairs  <p style="text-align:center;"> Zoe Corinth's Room 

Inside this Vestige Hall, there were one special room for a special young girl, living alone in the room and must not be disturbed without permission, unless there's absolute necessity.

''Melvin quietly walked upstairs with his cup of coffee, and he walked to the room to he girl he adopted as his own child; Zoe Corinth, a sickly young woman whom he adopted years ago when Calvin returned back to the town. Zoe slept in her room alone, and Calvin & Marshall gave her enough personal space in the sake of respect.''

''Melvin walked upstairs and knocked the door of the room lightly. A young woman's voice came out from the room.'' ''Melvin then grabbed a chain of bells before he sway them and let them jingle. Then, the woman's voice became much more delighted. She immediately realized who the person was judging by the man's jingle bells.'' ''Melvin slightly stepped back as the girl named Zoe Corinth opened the door with a delightful smile. She's a ivory pale girl with ebon black hair and a petite figure. She was wearing tight cloth as well as a pair of gloves somehow. An orange ring was wielded on her right hand's index finger.'' ''Melvin walked into the room with his cup of coffee and placed it on the table. Melvin slightly gave a sad look on Zoe, which she never noticed.'' ''In front of Melvin, another woman from his past, who had a similar appearance like her, appeared in Zoe's place. That woman looked almost identical to Zoe when she was younger, when they first met... With tears rolling in his eyes, Melvin closed his eyes and looked at Zoe again. He found that the girl Zoe was still Zoe, not something else. With a sigh, Melvin carefully put the coffee on the table, and he was about to go away.  All of a sudden, Melvin heard Zoe asking some question. Zoe's sudden question made Melvin stopped his footstep. Rubbing his tears immediately, Melvin almost stumbled due to being snapped from his own illusions.'' ''Melvin heard Calvin sobbing at the hall, but after three seconds, everything fell silent. Forcing himself with a smile, Melvin then turned back to Zoe and shook his head.'' ''Zoe nodded with a smile after interpreting what Melvin tried to express. With a smile, Zoe then turned to the cup of coffee. Melvin looked at Zoe with a sad look for three seconds before he walked back on the ground. Still, he spoke no word, and he never even let out a grunt. He walked downstairs, completely in silence.''
 * Zoe: Who's there?
 * Zoe: Mr. Melvin? Come in please.
 * X00_00_01--2018X0307-09553M4-0Z.pngZoe: What a surprise. I was just about to, um, to paint... Thanks for this cup of coffee.
 * Melvin: ...........................(╯︵╰)
 * Zoe: Is Calvin sad about something? I heard him ranting...
 * Zoe: What happened?
 * Zoe: I see. Nothing wrong...
 * Melvin: ...................ヽ(ー_ー)ノ

''The Sleepy Hollow has its own art museum owned by Sleepy Hollow Historical Society, which stood for nearly a century before this year. There were some myths about a ghost or pixie hiding inside the place and would play tricks on those who disrespect the value of arts. People call it "Mirage of Art".''

''No one know who he or she is... except one person, Harold Harrison, the museum's manager. With him being a multiracial man between French and Persian, while he born in Iran and immigrated to the United States, Harold is often called as Persian by many townspeople.''

''However, Harold is no longer manager... Now, he was revoked from duty by the historical society. On October 30th, the museum was celebrating its annual Halloween fair, but unlike years before, Harold wasn't presented. Instead, there was its new manager and his wife, along with its new patron, a woman known as Lillian Lime. ''

''Lilian is a tall young woman with a pair of green eyes and long chartreuse hair. ''

''The director of Historical Society was there, too. Most of the guests were celebrating, but Lillian seemed saddened.'' ''The new manager is a young man, much younger than Harold. The new manager seemed to be 30 years old. Lillian looked at the new manager with concern, but the manager shook his head with a nonchalant smile.'' Lillian then let out a sarcastic grin at the new manager and giggled, pointing at the door behind her. ''Lillian pointed at the door and then, all of a sudden, the door opened. A tall young clown with greenish hair and armor walked into the hall with several other clowns and other people. Those people were artists, actors and actresses across the town. The celebration music suddenly halt when they broke in.'' ''Lillian's smile disappeared and it was replaced by a firm stare at the new manager, Choleti. Choleti shook his head and looked at the clowns in disappointment.'' ''Hearing Choleti calling them "freaks" in an hubristic tone, all of the clowns and circus actors started to get offended. The lead clown angrily walked towards the arrogant new manager, raising his fist. However, before he can march towards the new manager, a tall middle-aged man with silver hair suddenly walked out of the crowd and raised his hand.'' ''A yell with thick Persian accent made everyone pay attention. The clown named Alfonso immediately saw the silver-haired man and stopped. He then narrowed his gaze and sneered at the new manager, who gave him a smug smirk.'' ''Alfonso immediately turned back and rushed back into the crowd. Lillian silently watched as the silver-haired man walked towards Choleti.'' Harold Harrison, an influential member in Sleepy Hollow Historical Society the previous manager of this museum, marched towards his successor with great concern. ''Before Harold could finish, an annoying and sharp laugh bursted out of a crowd, from a woman. The voice was so sharp and annoying that all of the artists, clowns and actors, who joined the protest, were utterly shocked.'' ''The irritating laugh bursted out all of a sudden and Harold frowned his eyebrows. Lillian also gave an irritating sigh'' ''Under everyone's ogle, out of false respect and/or sincere disgust, an average height woman with long brown hair and teal eyes. She teasingly looked at the people who gathered around and protested.'' Dora clapped alone with a cheesy giggle, but all of the circus crew members were infuriated. Lillian looked at the debarcle and sighed, narrowing her gaze and walked pass Mr. Harrison with a sad face.. ''Frustrated, Lillian softly patted Harold's shoulder while the visage of Pedro Pineapple surfaced from the curtains, maintaining the order. Lillian was a bit of surprised when she saw Pedro's face.'' ''Ignoring other people's complaint, Lillian silently and sternly walked away as Pedro ordered the annoyed crowd to silence. Harold merely stood at his spot, looking on the ground in dismay. Several staff of the museum went to comfort him.'' ''The people gone quiet and silently listen to Pedro making his speech, but they never wanted to hear it. Some even clenched their fists and tried to hit Pedro in the face, but Harold noticed this and dissuade them from doing so.'' ''Choleti waved his hand and walked to the middle of the hall, standing beside Pedro, showing hubristic attitude which disgusted many. Choleti never belonged to Sleepy Hollow Historical Society, unlike all of the previous managers (including Harold). He's simply a rich and lavish man who wanted to turn this museum into his place.'' ''Pedro waved his hand to Dora, and Dora were prepared to go onto the stage. However, it simply halted when Pedro forgot about Dora's name. Choleti immediately reminded him.'' Listening carefully, Pedro nodded in realization and finished his announcement. ''Holding a fan in her hand, Dora let out her annoying and cheeky laugh once more and walked onto the stage, pushing her husband and Pedro away. She laughed and smiled with a pair of sparkling eyes. Some people unwillingly applauded, while more others just stared at her in sheer resentment. However, she didn't even seem to notice such.  Alfonso was so disgusted that he was almost going to throw up. Pedro and Choleti then clapped in a flattering face. Then, as Dora finished her words, the light gone dim all of a sudden. All of the people inside were either confused or shocked by this. Some people screamed, and some women even passed out.'' ''With a drop of sweat on his cheek, Alfonso took a deep breath and looked up. Amidst this atmosphere of panic, Alfonso saw a packed envelope falling down onto the ground softly. Alfonso went to pick up the envelope and walked into the hall, as others saw him getting more and more tensed.'' ''Another woman saw the letter and screamed out in horror. The word broke the mist of silence and replaced it with a mass horror all of a sudden. It was apparent that those people were afraid.'' Even Dora started to get panicked, as her husband went to comfort her. Among the panic and confusion, Alfonso merely stared at the envelope.
 * Lillian: Can't we just invite Mr. Harrison to this place, sir?
 * New Manager: No, what makes you say that? Without that Persian old fool, we can refurnish this museum and make it under my command. This place is now mine, and yours, as our investor, should support our work, right, Ms. Lillian?
 * Lilian: Hmm... well, I think so, but thousands wouldn't, Mr. Choleti.
 * Lillian: This angry mob is here to protest, my friends, and though I feel troubled, I guess you need to hear what they're gonna say.
 * Choleti: Some circus freaks accompanied by those actors and actresses in Shakespeare's play? They have no rights.
 * ???: Stop! Alfonso!
 * Alfonso: It's your lucky day.
 * Choleti: What the heck are you doing here, Mr. Harold Harrison? You lead this protest, huh?
 * X00_00_01--20180307-0QRS9553DMENE4D-0Z.pngHarold: You cannot just drive me out of here and change its rule. In fact, this museum is based on the former residence of John Adams during his stay in Sleepy Hollow, and there would definitely have unprecedented ordeals happening in this place if anything goes wrong. You and your wife is planning to make this artistic domain into a tool for profit. I know it, but you'll offend " her " if you ever take...
 * ???: Ah-heheheheheheh!!! Mwa, Mr. Harold, there's nothing for ye to worry about-a! I can assure ya!
 * Lillian: You again, Dora Dorian.
 * Dora: Well, even you have no choice in undoing such, Ms. Lillian. Unfortunately for you, this has been approved by the Minister of Culture in this town. Let's give a warm welcome to him - Mr. Pedro!
 * Alfonso: Pedro? Pedro Parkinson? Who made him the Minister of Culture? No one have ever heard about such title in this town, have they!?
 * Clown 1: He must have been bought!
 * Clown 2: No one can dismiss Mr. Harrison! He's our best friend!
 * Clown 3: Screw that so-called Minister!
 * Lillian: Gentlemen, if you need me, I shall be in Henan... No, I mean Holland... I guess I'll set up not later than next week. I can't take it anymore.
 * Harold: So am I, but I still have something that I need to take care of.
 * 70287545_p0_master1200.jpgLillian: That's the man whom I met in Opera House yesterday... Good luck, Mr. Harrison.
 * Pedro: Order in the museum! Order in the Historical Society! People from Sleepy Hollow, as a member in Safety Defense and Historical Society, I'm sorry to have Mr. Harold Harrison discharged. I know how you feel. I know he's a kind and benevolent man to you, but... ahem, but unfortunately, this museum really needs some fresh blood. He cannot always take power over this museum all day long.
 * Pedro: It has been eight years since he is the manager, so I guess he needs to retire. I know his health condition is failing, and I hope he'll take care of himself in the near future. Now, let's give a warm welcome to Mr. Harrison's rich and creative successor - Mr. Choleti Dorian!
 * Choleti: Thank you! Thank you! It's such an honor to meet you and work with you guys!
 * Pedro: And his talented wife named...
 * Choleti: Her name is Dora.
 * Pedro: Mrs. Dora Dorian!
 * X00_00_01--20180307-09553DMDENE4DN0Z.pngDora: Everyone, I'll never ever forget just how precious your clap means to me! I'll never ever forget about your warm welcome!
 * Alfonso: It's her .
 * 01-letter.jpgWoman: MIRAGE!
 * Clown 1: It's really Mirage?
 * Artist 1: No way, this is gonna...
 * Dora: What Mirage?
 * Choleti: Just a myth. Just a myth, hehe...



''Seeing Alfonso panicking, Harold walked to Alfonso and stared at the actor in green hair. The green-haired man handed the letter to Harold and looked at the Persian man in the eyes.'' ''Handing the envelope to Harold, Alfonso was horror-stricken when he already saw the envelope. With his trembling hands, Harold carefully touched the letter, before he quickly snatched from Alfonso. Alfonso then silently walked away like a perfect Roman soldier, but when he passed by the new manager and his wife, he leered at them in some confusion.'' ''They didn't notice him, or they didn't care about him. They both stared at Harold, who stared at the letter in a pale face, feeling the grizzly chill coming up to his spine. Alfonso sighed and walked out of the hall in a face of apathy.'' As Dora was panicked, Pedro immediately walked to Dora and kissed her hand, trying to comfort her. ''Pedro and his guards immediately led Dora into her room, while Harold stood in his former spot with blank shock. The new manager, Choleti, was there as well.'' ''Harold stared at the letter, which he already pulled out when Choleti angrily rebuked him. He saw the name "Javier Bouquet" on it.'' ''Hearing that Bouquet was sent to investigate the basement of this museum, Harold froze in shock. Then, he calmed himself down and passed the letter calmly to Choleti.'' ''Choleti stared at Harold, bemused and confused, prior to land his sight over the letter, surveying the letter carefully. It said, "Javier Bouquet had violated the rule of this museum."'' Choleti heard the word "phantom", of which Harold spoke slowly and clearly. ''Before Harold could finish, Choleti bursted into a mad laughter as he just heard some bad joke and tried to mock the storyteller. Harold stared at Choleti as if looking at a fool fooling himself.'' Hearing this, Choleti stopped laughing and shook his head in sheer disbelief. ''Helplessly, Choleti walked towards Harold in a serious face, staring angrily at him. Harold was clearly frustrated, feeling upset to be wronged.'' ''Choleti pushed the letter back into Harold's hand and walked away with hubris. Harold glared at Choleti who was walking all the way out of the Hall. Just then, with music coming from piano and trumpets, the glass window behind Harold suddenly opened, revealing themselves as doors to secret passages. Several masked clowns walked out of the passages and stood behind Harold.'' ''A deep and stern female voice came behind the clowns, and it echoed through the hall. Now, the light of the hall turned into a pinkish hue when the woman spoke. Harold was dismayed and wandered at the center of this hall.'' ''Harold looked at the ceiling as if the person talking to him was there. The speaker was revealed to be none other than Helene Hawthorn. Harold tried to find Helene, but he only found a portrait of a clown girl wearing top hat, suddenly appearing and hanging in front of him.'' ''Helene answered in a softer voice, but still stern, no less. Harold was shocked and stepped back, when he realized that Helene had killed people.'' ''Harold then caught sight of a vision that a dark hand stretched from the darkness, waving for help, with light shone behind it. However, the light disappeared as soon as the hand sank into the darkness below it, leaving no trace of its former existence at all.'' ''Harold then heard Helene's answer, which is far more broken and sad. The clown face on the portrait soon became sadder, with a large frown on her face.'' Gulped, Harold silently listen to Helene speaking in a sad voice before the voice turned its tone into a more furious one all of a sudden... ''Harold gulped when he heard Helene spoke this. The voice of Helene no longer sound like a normal human girl, but a witch coming from the deepest part of a forest. He felt horrified by Helene's words simply by listening to it, before all of a sudden, Helene bursted into a fit of rage and screamed out.''
 * Achilles_fate_apocrypha_by_shirashura-dc6oa9d.jpgHarold: What is it, Alfonso?
 * Alfonso: This is for you, sir. I'm sorry. She's not pleased with you.
 * Alfonso: ..............................
 * Dora: What happened? There's a "mirage" in this museum?
 * 65619590_p0_master1200.jpgPedro: Please don't worry. Just follow me and I'll lead you to your room...
 * Choleti: What the hell is this on about? Explain this to me!
 * Harold: Who is this "Javier Bouquet"?
 * Choleti: He's the costume assistant of my wife. My wife called him to investigate this museum, including its basement. What do you mean?
 * Harold: Maybe that man discovered something inside the basement.
 * 69652675_p11_master1200.jpgCholeti: What is this?
 * Harold: A letter written by a phantom.
 * Choleti: Phantom? What the heck?
 * Harold: It's a phantom who lives beneath this museum...
 * Choleti: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
 * Harold: What's so funny? Anyway, well, um, this phantom lives around a small lake inside the basement, near the sewers. It only want us to follow one certain code; never intrude the basement without its permission.
 * Harold: Your wife's costume assistant might never heard of the rule set by this little ghost, was he?
 * Choleti: Harold? You need to set up a bound when you make some joke out of your sense of sick humor.
 * Harold: I'm not joking! No one who broke the code shall ever come back alive!
 * Choleti: Stop telling me about that, Harold. You just made up a lie so that you can make me leave the place. I tell you this. There is no ghost in this museum, and I don't believe in fairy tales!
 * ???: What in God's name is going on here?
 * Optiko.jpgHarold: Helene... Is Javier Bouquet dead?
 * Helene: Yes... He's dead. I killed him. I ran out of my gambit, so I had to do this.
 * Harold: You...
 * Harold: Why did you do this? I thought we agreed not to hurt anyone. Why did you go so far to take his life? Why you couldn't spare him?
 * Helene: "Why" you ask? Isn't it obvious? He clearly disobeyed the rule of this museum... He came into a place where he should have never come...
 * Helene: ... and most importantly... If I didn't spare this one person, thousands would have come and raid my home in order to get me - to get all of us. He knew too much. He discovered my darkest secret. He discovered where we live...



- Helene: AND HE SAW MY FACE!!!

Laughed like a happy kid, Helene grabbed her hat and almost danced in joy when she heard Dora and her maid screamed in horror, before the scream went down into silence. After a brief moment of elation, Helene calmed herself down and shook her head sadly. Harold nodded in dismay. Helene gulped and immediately went forward to Harold, and in the next second, she'll hold her hand... but she didn't. She stopped when she stood in front of Harold just one inch close. ''Helene blinked sadly and her hands shook in sadness. She pushed her hat down and looked at the ground with sheer frustration.'' Helene then removed the red blanket on her mother's portrait and looked at it with a sigh. ''Harold went to Helene and petted her shoulder. He then looked at the portrait sorrowfully.'' ''Harold's word made Helene fell into silence. Harold then turned back and walked away.'' ''Harold then slowly went upstairs and left the basement. Helene then raised her head from the portrait. The twins went back with Alfonso and other clowns, and Helene turned back to look at her childhood friends.'' ''The twins nodded and disappeared into the darkness, followed by several more clowns after them. They were now nowhere to find. The light of circus went off as well, and Helene was the only person visible in the basement beneath a silver limelight above her. In a gloomy face, Helene began to sing.'' Helene then sat down as she continued to sing, but then her song turned into a much more inspiring and cheerful tone, with much more confident voice (and with a tune based on Yeston's Where in the World). Helene then stood up and started to smile, with her voice now turned more hopeful and cheerful. ''Helene then fell intoxicated by her voice that everything around her seemed to disappeared. Her voice echoed inside the room, being a voice much better and sweeter than the vainglorious woman upstairs.'' ''Helene then looked at the light above her, as if it was God showing His mercy towards her. She was now fully and clearly drenching inside her own wish.''
 * D2f056d.jpgHelene: HAHAHAHAHAHA!
 * Helene: They must be fainted after fighting each other. Ha, well done, boys! We made them scaring themselves!
 * Helene: However, this prank might not last forever and it cannot change anything. So, this woman will teach those students from now on and sing in opera house to those citizens who just want to have fun?
 * Harold: She wants to take over literally everything in this artistic domain.
 * Helene: That's unforgivable. Then, I'll leave this place with you, monsieur!
 * Knife-blood.jpgHarold: Helene...
 * Helene: However, I know this is impossible. This town can tolerate a serial killer, but it can never in the least tolerate difference. That's what made La Gloton gone quiet for eight years, and all police captured were copycats, before the so-called curse descended upon themselves. I know the truth. This is no curse. This is a conspiracy. However, would they believe me? As long as I leave this place, they will come and get me. The townspeople fears an ugly and eccentric people even more than a killer, I guess. 
 * Helene: My mother once promised me to send her angel of art to me, saying that angel would be what enlight my light and path. Now, the angel didn't come, while the devil took my mother's life. I know I cannot leave this darkness without some other people's help... someone who shares my idea, someone who can understand me, beside you and my friends. He'll come here from the outside world and light my life with gloom, and he'll bring me a chance to go outside in order to search out the truth and find a meaning in my life. However, this is really a chance in a million.
 * Harold: I'm sorry, but I still believe the day will come when the said angel arrives. Even without me, you can find someone else that can save you and this entire circus from its darkness underground. The angel will come.
 * Harold: I must go now. Farewell.
 * Helene: All of you, please, take a rest. I need some personal space here.
 * Helene: ♪ Where is the path that leads out of this place now that all has been changed on this day? Where is the sense of the life that I lead now that art's been taken away? Why was I born to this grave, languishing deep in this tomb? Oh, for an angel with heavenly voice to arrive and restore a small glimmer of light to my gloom... ♪
 * Helene: ♪ Where in the world we can find my new hope / Filled with new kind friends who are both kind and normal / We want to escape from the dark / And find the respect in this town we all desired...
 * Helene: ♪ Where in the world can I find my peace / Even dragging my feeble body which is not what you like to see / Where in the world can I find / The voice of that angel who can caress my soul / Even with the distance / I can feel him coming towards me / He'll show me the meaning of my life ♪
 * Helene: ♪ Ah, the voice of God is calling upon me / I pray the fate will make you to me / Make me out of the darkness and find my peace / How I wish to leave this despair forever ♪
 * Helene: ♪ The voice does exist in some part of this world / It can enlight my road to bring back the truth I always desired / Ahhhhhh... ♪



<p style="text-align:center;">' - Helene: ♪ The angel who leads my way / shall descend in front of my face / and I'll make... him... stay! ♪ '

''After finishing her song full of her dreams, her dreams of leaving the darkness and solitude, her wish to hunt down La Gloton with the help of her guide, Helene quickly walked upstairs with a face of stern and anger. She hates the corrosion inside this museum. She hates her own darkest secret. She hates the killer who claimed many life... However, she cannot take any actions when she and Merry Melody stayed inside the darkness.'' ''The angel she was waiting... Will he come? Even Helene isn't sure. All that supported her was her belief. Being fully aware of this, Helene disappeared into the darkness.''
 * Helene: This is not just for me... This is for the whole town and its beauty. When my own darkness is over and I earn my freedom, La Gloton will be discovered... AND PERISH!

''Gregory looked up and widened his gaze, as he heard Phyllis' voice. He went to open the door while rubbing his eyes. He seemed very exhausted for some reason. Phyllis was standing outside of his house, looking at him in distress.'' ''Phyllis slowly walked into the door as Gregory moved aside to let her in. He then remembered that he was supposed to have an appointment with her, discussing about the recent cases, but he was so tired that he went back home to sleep, forgetting to call Phyllis to cancel their appointments.'' Gregory then covered his face in sheer guilt and then he closed his eyes. ''Gregory then walked to the table and poured himself a cup of coffee. He took a sip and slowly regained his own consciousness.'' Phyllis peered at Gregory and leered at the wall. "....................." Gregory covered his face with his palm, stressed. Phyllis then took a look at the table in front of her.
 * 277445.jpgis: Gregory?
 * Phyllis: I have a 24-hour cancellation policy.
 * X00_00_01--20180307-09E553M4-0Z.pngGregory: What time is it?
 * Phyllis: Six-thirty, at night.
 * Gregory: Oh, God, I'm so sorry.
 * Phyllis: No apologies necessary.
 * Gregory: I must have fallen asleep... Was I sleepwalking again?
 * Phyllis: No, but judging from your state, I doubt that your eyes were opened, and yet you were not present.
 * Gregory: Jeez...
 * Gregory: I felt as if I was asleep. I need to stop sleeping altogether... best way to avoid bad dreams.
 * Phyllis: Well, I can see why you have bad dreams.



''There were photos of dismembered bodies and bloody murder scene on the table. Those were the photos of La Gloton's notable victims in the past, and Gregory seemed obsessed to seek the truth out.'' Phyllis looked at Gregory and looked at the pictures once again. Gregory then gave out a smirk. Phyllis put on her gloves and started to examine the photos with great care. Phyllis looked surprised by Gregory's words for a split second, but then, she acted as if nothing happened in all. Gregory chuckled and shook his head, much to the surprised of Phyllis. Phyllis then widened her gaze once again, but still, she didn't lose her composure. Phyllis then dropped a sweat drop and looked at Gregory, who stared at her and nodded. ''Continuing to check the photos, Phyllis then... all of a sudden... noticed a photo of a dead woman, as she picked up the photo and looked at it closely. She then widened her eyes, seemly surprised. The woman's body seemed perfectly intact. No organs were removed, even though she had a splitted gut.'' Phyllis then looked at the picture once again. "........................" Gregory nodded with a sigh again.
 * Gregory: What do you see, Ms. Parker?
 * Phyllis: Sum up the killer in so many words?
 * Gregory: Choose your words wisely.
 * Phyllis: Oh, I always do. Words are living things. They have personality, point of view... agenda.
 * Gregory: They're pack hunters.
 * Phyllis: Displaying one's enemy after death... has its appeal in many cultures.
 * Gregory: These aren't La Gloton's enemies. These are pests they've swatted.
 * X00_00_01--20180307-0955X3DDMENKE4D-0DEZ.pngPhyllis: These are the victims' rewards for their own cruelty and hypocrisy.
 * Gregory: Oh, they don't have a problem with cruelty or hypocrisy. It's their reward for their own undignified behavior. These dissections are to disgrace them. It's... it's a public shaming.
 * Phyllis: They take their victims' organs away because, in their mind, these victims don't deserve organs. 
 * Gregory: Hmm... in some way.
 * Phyllis: What's this?
 * Gregory: It's Hestia Hawthorn's body. She's not like other victims. The killer has no reason to humiliate Hestia.
 * Phyllis: Well, it seems to me that they were humiliating someone else.
 * Gregory: Yes, they were humiliating Selina.
 * Phyllis: Did it work?

<p style="text-align:center;"> - Gregory: I'd say it worked REALLY WELL. 

Staring at the wall full of La Gloton's photos, Irving sighed and kept silence. ''Irving thought about his days two years ago as the investigator of the case. The organ harvester was never the culprit, and he never believed that the real culprit was inside Tarrytown by now.''
 * Irving: ....................

''However, as the murder had fell silent after Ichabod's secret actions, the chances to find more evidence is minimum now. Furthermore, Irving now was drenched into fear. His previous investigation had made him unable to take care of his family, which ended up causing his daughter being crippled and he divorced with his wife. He didn't believe there was a curse around this case, but he now feared that he would let other people in danger as well.''

''Irving still stared at the wall with silence, and then he thought about Ichabod Crane, about the Headless Horseman, about all the horrible events that occured in Sleepy Hollow... He was lost. He feared to lose others he cared about in this town, but he felt he cannot stay away from it any longer.''

''Looking weak and pale, Christine started to lowered her head and sighed in agony. Crow Faux stood near her in a face of distraught.'' Crow then started to count with his own fingers almost immediately. Christine rolled her eyes at Crow when she had heard about Crow's ranting, and she blinked in some mild confusion. ''Hearing the words of Christine, Crow suddenly gasped and went silent, and he crossed his arms, pretending as if nothing ever happened. However, now it was revealed that Crow is in fact the brother of Katrina Crane, and he was somehow furious by the fact that Katrina chose Crane over Abraham.'' ''Clenching his fists when all the sad memories showed up, Crow kept silent, but his hands were shaking. Christine paused and closed her eyes in sadness.''
 * Hungary.full.1024263.jpgChristine: You mean... You mean that Valindra Shadowmantle had finished my new body?
 * Christine: And Crane had General Howe killed? This makes me...
 * Crow: Enraged? I have the same feeling. Crane needs to make a long list for all of those people he's been messed with.
 * Crow: He pushed you into such things. He made Colin suffered grave injury. He killed General Howe. He took my sister's heart away from Abraham Van Brunt. He's not a worthy person to begin with, Christine. Why that impotent God chose him to be His First Witness in this era?
 * Christine: Is that the reason you hate him so much...  as he took Katrina away from that Abraham Van Brunt ?
 * Christine: Don't worry. I know you're the lost son of Balthus Van Tassel, and I know you have no feelings towards that hypocritical farmer who thought he's in control of every thing. However, the point is that I'm rather surprised that... even after all these years, you're still yet to severe the blood ties between you and her.
 * Christine: You know how Old Balthus intended. He intended to have Van Brunt Family a partner in business. If Katrina loves Crane, let her be. If Colin marries someone he truly loves, I'll raise my both hands to agree. Why can't you?

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Crow: BECAUSE HE DOES NOT WORTH IT! '

''All of a sudden, Crow bursted into a sudden shouting as he turned back in frustration. Gasped as she went startled, Christine widened her gaze. Crow's sudden anger made her shocked.'' Crow shut his eyes tightly and started to bit his lips, before he calmed himself down for a while. ''Before Crow could finish, he suddenly felt some cold feelings from behind and he looked back, before he caught sight of a tall and slim female figure who was dressing in a sharp suit. She looked at Crow in a sharp smile all of a sudden, which made him startled...  Crow closed his eyes all of a sudden and stepped back in some fear. His face began to turn pale.'' ''Crow opened his eyes and then, much to his relief, there was no one there. Crow still bit his lips as the face of Christine leaned towards him, smiling.'' ''As Christine mentioned Colin, a sadistic smile suddenly floated on Christine's face... until all of a sudden, Christine began to feel startled as she then paused, clenching her teeth.'' ''It took a while for Christine to push down her inner madness that drove her to kill Colin, taking form after the revelation drove her mad. Meanwhile, Crow, however, didn't notice or hear whatever Christine was doing or saying. He firmly stuck in his own thoughts.'' ''After snapping himself out of his thoughts, Crow then turned to Christine and started to comfort her again. Christine currently returned back to her constant personality - a calm, intelligent and stoic woman.'' Christine then smiled and nodded as well. Christine and Crow looked at each other and smiled.
 * Persona_5_sae_niijima_by_blazpu-db94mhd.jpgChristine: * gasped *
 * Crow: You think Crane is a good rival, while I think he's a worthless scum and traitor! What made me even more angry is that Ichabod dared to cuckold his best friend ! Abraham is Crane's best friend, isn't he?
 * Crow: Or at least Abraham "was" his best friend. I didn't realize this heinous stuff until I discovered that Abraham had...
 * Christine: Gabriel? Gabriel?
 * Crow: No, it's that horrid woman again...
 * Christine: What woman? There's no one there. In this room, there's only us.
 * Christine: My friend, relax... There's nothing that can scare you. I'm here... Since Colin is... now gone... you're the only one I can depend on.
 * Christine: No, wait a minute... What am I doing...?
 * Crow: (think) * What's that woman's purpose? Is she really helping Lord Moloch or she has her own agenda? Christine barely knows her, but I need to keep an eye on her... *
 * 306Atticus.pngCrow: Don't worry, Christine. I'm fine. Every step Ichabod Crane walks is leading him towards his panicking grave once and for all. All of them who would meddle our plans shall die, even if they're on our side. Your work was stolen by that Atticus Nevins by tricks, but I'm sure that karma's gonna come collect his debt.
 * Christine: Yes, and not to mention that... that... that something even more interesting is arriving thanks to our recent moves. All of the deaths, murders and destruction... all gathered the mana from the victims' souls... into  that person . All of our recent efforts has been paid off, paving way for...  HIS return .



<p style="text-align:center;">' - Christine & Crow: The Horseman of Death. '

The sun was about to set, and soon, like Christine said, the souls was gathered enough - enough for the Headless Horseman to rise back again. ''The Horseman walked out of the water - with the lake as its recent resting place. He paced towards his pale horse at the bank and stepped onto the land.'' The Horseman paced slowly as his ride waited for its rider patiently. The Horseman then went onto the saddle and then flicked the horse with its reins. ''The horse then began to ride, as the Horseman riding it through the foggy woods, on the road and towards the town. He'll wait for the next wave of slaughter.'' ''He'll wait. He could still feel the blood binding between him and Ichabod... when they killed each other 231 years ago. The Horseman cannot begin his slaughter, not yet. He had to wait until Ichabod's blood tie was broken, but the method is currently unknown.'' ''The pale horse stared at its rider with its glowing red eyes, ominously. The Horseman then continued to rode across the road, but he decided to leave a trace so that his return could be announced...'' ''The Horseman slashed the ground with his heated axe in a fit of rage, before he withdrew his axe and rode away, leaving a trail of heated red trail behind him. The entire wood was engulfed with flames, and soon that flame would spread into Sleepy Hollow... ALONG WITH THE HORSEMAN'S WRATH.''
 * 101Promo4.jpgHorseman: ........................
 * Horseman: .......................
 * Horseman: .......................
 * Horseman: .......................
 * Horseman: .......................
 * Horseman: .......................
 * S01E05-00_39_08--20181009-201640-0-.pngman: .......................
 * "KAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!"



''A man robed in white cloak and gold gauntlets sighed and stood near the town center. He let out a sad grin and watched the townspeople returning back to the streets. The rampage of zombie soldiers were eventually stopped, and now the survivors were walking back onto the street, but obviously scared and uncertain. Walking on the misty street, the man snarled as he held his staff in his hand.'' ''The man then raised his staff to the sky, before all of a sudden, every citizens' neck started to glow in golden. There was a crescent shaped scar on their neck. The man walked passed them without being noticed, while mumbling a spell in his low-pitched murmur.'' ''The spell made by this man named Gladius Grapefruit worked efficiently. Soon enough, the order were restored and the street were filled with happy people once more, celebrating Halloween like they were many hours ago, without even thinking they were almost killed by a group of mysterious zombie soldiers.  Gladius looked at the scene with satisfaction.'' ''Gloating like a psychopath, Gladius then withdrew his staff and turned around. He somehow erased those ordinary townspeople's memory and negative feelings from Howe's attack, making them continue to celebrate the day like nothing ever happened.'' The mist gathered once more and swallowed Gladius, as he slowly disappeared into it.
 * 70745333_p0_master1200.jpg???: This isn't right.
 * ???: But still this would work...
 * ???: Listen to me, sons and daughters of Sleepy Hollow. Why getting haunted by Moloch when you can embrace the light of Almighty? Why feeling unnerved when you can smile all day long with no gloom on your face? Sadness, fear, as well as  any attentions on this case upon demons, leave this town again! This town never welcome you!  My name is Gladius Grapefruit. Today, I shall cleanse everyone from their memory of old demons and embrace the happiness!
 * Gladius: Very well, so nearly no one in this town - except those who has direct interactions with Howe - shall remember that Zombie Army. Time to take my leave.
 * Gladius: For now, this is the only work I can do for you, Phyllis, to make these stupid people away from helping to expose La Gloton case, or testifying against those undead soldiers.

- Gladius: They'll believe that tonight...

...was nothing...

...but a nightmare.

A forgettable nightmare.

Nothing more.



Lyrics
I'm on a road of broken dreams And I need to know why Seek the truth through lies to be my guide I'm in a world of doubt and trust Can't deny

I lost my way here in this quest, can't lie I can't believe what's happening, I don't know what to say I can't believe I left to see this day

I don't wanna live this way, it haunts my mind And I just need to get it straight, stop wasting time And I don't wanna live and feel that I can change whats right But I know, we'll be living in a lie

Oh I'll be hanging on the cross When I put the nails in It's time to choose a road that we believe in You say you understand it all, try and smile If only I could see it's true somehow

I can't believe whats happening I don't know what to say And what I wouldn't give to change our fate

I don't wanna live this way, it haunts my mind And I just need to get it straight, stop wasting time And I don't wanna live and feel that I can change whats right But I know, we'll be living in a lie And I've tried so hard to hold on But I keep on falling And no matter how hard I run I just keep returning And I'm back to where I started from

I don't wanna live this way, it haunts my mind And I just need to get it straight, stop wasting time I don't wanna live this way, it haunts my mind And I just need to get it straight, stop wasting time And I don't wanna live and feel that I can change whats right But I know, we'll be living in a lie

Octorber 31st
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''Sitting in front of a table surrounded by several strange tablets, Selina looked at the tablet in front of her with a very thoughtful look. She held a notebook inside her hand and bit her lips.'' ''Selina felt distressed, as pressure kept multiplying. The problems of Zodiac Demons and La Gloton hasn't resolved yet, and now she felt another danger coming towards the town of Sleepy Hollow.'' ''Selina looked at her gloved hands with a pair of dead fish eyes... and covered her face in distress.'' Just as Selina lamenting about herself, she suddenly heard a voice coming from behind. ''Selina immediately heard the mysterious voice from behind, but she just acted in surprise, rather than confusion. In fact, the voice was no stranger to her.'' ''Selina returned back to her cynical expression when she realized who it was. One of the many tablets, the one behind Selina, suddenly transformed into a human figure. Standing behind her seat, it was a young woman with long blond hair and is relatively taller-than-average height, though she is much more petite compared to Selina. She was wearing a puffy purple dress and white gloves, holding a large parasol, and strangely walked barefoot.'' ''Selina tried to hold her calmness when she greeted this guest. The strange woman, who was called "Mad Moiselle" by Selina, walked to Selina and furrowed her eyebrows.'' ''Selina was a bit of confused... She cannot understand that all Mad Moiselle's quirky jumpscare were merely an attempt to use her disinfectant.'' ''Mad Moiselle then shrugged her shoulder and made a disappointed sigh. However, the disappointed face had became some sort of devrious grin.'' ''Selina was confused and surprised. She stood up from her seat and widened her eyes.'' ''Mad Moiselle narrowed her gaze as Selina scoffed at the idea of mentioning Orlando Orange, as if she had a bitter grudge. Selina controlled her wrath at Mad Moiselle's questions, as her questions brought her back some traumatic experiences.'' Selina turned around and began to categorize her files as Mad Moiselle went more serious in her physical appearance.
 * Selina: (narrator) * I'm going to the Freemason meeting, which is pretty much unexpecting for me... and therefore, I captured a lessen killer instead of the real one... However, as the killing went quiet recently, maybe we got the right killer, but I'm sure that's not the right La Gloton. *
 * Selina: (think) Hmm... there're recent strange feelings of mine that the Horseman of Death - now known as the... the Headless Hoseman - is striking back to town. I hope it's merely rumors. I am sick of rumors...
 * Yakumo.Yukari.full.543957.jpgSelina: Aw... I'm such a pathetic fool.
 * ???: You're a real fool when you're giving up, Selina.
 * Selina: Oh, it's you... Mad Moiselle.
 * Mad Moiselle: Oh, I don't feel surprise you got jumpy, no surprise at all...
 * Selina: May I help you?
 * 72578027_p0_master1200.jpgMad Moiselle: Where's your disinfectant?
 * Selina: We're out of its supply for now, and I'm just about to buy it. You can't have got through the last bottle already.
 * Mad Moiselle: Well, I daresay I could make it go a bit further.
 * 73635980_p0_master1200.jpgMad Moiselle: There's something I haven't tell you yet. That police lieutenant, Mills, came to see me several weeks ago, asking questions.
 * Selina: Is it!?
 * Mad Moiselle: Recently, I guess she was particularly interested in that Sandman, her sister, the matters around the company your parents ran, that Niveus Pharmaceuticals, and most likely that Pedro Pineapple of yours.
 * 69165745_p0_master1200.jpgSelina: Hardly mine!
 * Mad Moiselle: Well, you're the one who had proposed the idea of Supreme Croatoan Virus agianst Moloch as well as making its cure, the so-called Dawn's Early Light, but there hasn't been usage on either of them, has there!?

''Selina clenched his fists and started to cackle her own knuckles. She knew that the original concept of the Supreme Croatoan Virus (SCV) has been stalled, though the research of Croatoan Virus still continued for now. She currently hid her own version of SCV vial inside her locker, but she cannot use it until she was in an absolute emergency.'' ''Selina could never held her painful and grevious face when mentioning the word "trial". It became now apparent that the trial was connected to the late Alexandar Apricot, and the case was the New York Bioweapon Incident. Selina's word also spilled one more thing - Alexandar Apricot is the brother of Mad Moiselle.'' ''Mad Moiselle lifted her fan and showed grimace to Selina, who immediately reacted to her words by turning around, facing Mad Moiselle face to face. Mad Moiselle was talked about the Merry Melody circus, which was affiliated to Sleepy Hollow Museum until recently, most of the crew were casted out from its maintenance.'' Selina immediately turned around and shrugged her shoulders. "...................................." ''Mad Moiselle then sighed and began to relieve her doubt. Selina was actually trying to hide her stress in her recent failure. She herself was a perfectionist, and she wasn't able to react well for her recent failure and guilt. Trying to avoid more embarrasement for her paranoia, Mad Moiselle still acted emotioness as she stepped back, and peeked at her own feet.'' ''Selina then opened another book and found a folded letter inside it. She opened it once more. It was the letter from Calvin Cranberry several days ago. In his letter, Calvin discoraged Selina to follow her pursuit over La Gloton. Instead, he adviced her to focus more on Moloch and end the case for now, no matter what.'' ''Selina put the letter back to her book. Mad Moiselle heard the name of Calvin and had her cocky smile faded.'' ''Selina shrugged her shoulder and shook her head. She was holding the desk and nailed into its wooden margin. She apparently showed disgust over the term of the Tarrytown Children somehow, and then she closed her eyes.'' ''Selina then turned around and narrowed her gaze. She seemed worried about something.'' "...................................." ''Changing their topics, Selina and Mad Moiselle talked about Michael Langdon, and Mad Moiseele wasn't at all surprised at Selina's words. In fact, she was very delighted.'' ''However, Selina's words was suddenly interruped by a mysterious voice coming from Mad Moiselle's body, but not like her stomach growling. Instead, it was like some combination of sirens and whispers.''
 * Selina: I discontinued the scheme of SCV mass production indefinitely. For God's sake, I'm sorry to say this, but your brother Alexandar Apricot let me down. He let us all down. I asked Phyllis Peach about the trial, and she apologized for unable to prevent such a trial from happening... I can only say so. Forgive me.
 * Mad Moiselle: I understand, Selina... but I always wondered though. About Merry Melody, you participated in the project as well. What do you got out of all of it?
 * Selina: What on Earth do you mean!?
 * Mad Moiselle: Well, putting all those waifs into performance, what is it good for you?
 * Selina: It's my own duty to help all of them embracing their special and brighter side, and nothing more!
 * 692429_p0_master1200.jpgSelina: Obviously, there were one or two minor spences.
 * Mad Moiselle: Well, I see, and... oh, and  if you can remember the disinfectant, Selina . This old place need a thourough clean out.
 * Selina: Will do.
 * Selina: Calvin...
 * Mad Moiselle: He discouraged you from finding the identity of La Gloton, am I right? I thought he was supportive on your side ever since the event of the Tarrytown Children, you know, our town's worst action of terriorism in the last decade. 
 * 71092051_p0_master1200.jpgSelina: Not anymore, but I don't blame him... Ever since  that  event happen, he only had one focus... Defeat Moloch.  He lost his girlfriend because of Zodiac Demon , just like I lost my beloved mentor and friends due to La Gloton. It's the same thing. Sad thing is, he is no longer that opptimistic journalist whose only aim is the truth, the fundalmental truth.
 * Selina: By the way, we NOW should pay more attention back on Moloch and his army. I have a feeling that they were planning something. There is nothing to be heard from them ever since the escape attempt committed by Jennifer Mills. I do believe in what she said, and now we must prove she is right.
 * Selina: The beast that chopped down the late Sheriff August Corbin... is returning back. I now have evidence that Michael Langdon is actually working with him, but I have no power to reach him nor I know where he is. However, between you and me, since I trust you dearly, I now obtained a enhanced version of Supreme Croatoan Virus, with what's claimed to be Firenza Junior's blood. In spite of this, I only keep it as a secret weapon. Don't tell anyone outside a few whom I could trust unless I permit you to do so.
 * Mad Moiselle: Sounds perfect. Well, I thought Langdon could be a potential ally, but I was wrong. We all were. I think he is planning to backstab us. We have succeeded in the production of Supreme Croatoan Virus, but then he said the Firenza Blood is something to  enhance  its power. I don't understand. I heard Duke Firenza committed suicide, and his child was taken by the church.
 * Selina: Who knows? One day, I'll...
 * Mad Moiselle: Oh, dear...



<p style="text-align:center;"> - Mad Moiselle: It's Lord Helio. 

Selina's words halted when she heard Mad Moiselle mentioning Lord Helio, but Mad Moiselle only looked at her in a snarky face. ''Unlike Selina who can participate public works as long as her true identity never got exposed, Mad Moiselle only acted secretly, with a false name and a secret identity. Therefore, she wasn't able to act as a public figure, but a mere staff in the Archive instead.'' ''Selina let out a slight quiver when she heard Mad Moiselle's words, as she really no longer knew about the plans in the Order's high-ranking these days due to her comatose and later investigation. Selina felt so depressive at the point, as she was supposed to be the second-in-command of the Order, but Mad Moiselle now knew better than her. It made her so ashamed.'' Mad Moiselle let out a cryptic smile. Mad Moiselle then lowered her head and casted a spell, just like a witch performing a ritual, conjuring the soul of the dead and speaking on their behalf. Moments later, Mad Moiselle's head lifted up.
 * 72875850_p0_master1200.jpgSelina: Lord Helio? Our... Master? Where is he?
 * Mad Moiselle: Lord Helio went to  somewhere else  for some further reasearch of something. Before he left, he granted me a magical stone that could allow me to act as his mouth when he was outside. As a result, he can speak through my mouth. He was about to find you, but at the time you were so devoted to La Gloton case, we couldn't even reach you.
 * Mad Moiselle: As a result, just be more cautious next time, workaholic.
 * Selina: Burrr!
 * Selina: Apologies. Now, answer the phone. If Lord Helio ask us about something, I must the one who would answer to him.
 * Mad Moiselle: Fair enough.
 * Mad Moiselle: .................



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Mad Moiselle: Order in the Order! Order in the Order! Sons and Daughters of Sleepy Hollow, heed our Master's warning. Now, milord, i̭̺̭F̳̥͍͈͎̞ ͔y̲Ọ̶̯̺̲̳̼͙U p͚̞͎͜L̮̬͚̻̙͉͖E̟̩̹̪͖̤A̛͔̠̖͙Ş͇̻̪̜̝̰E̡.̨̳̞̗̺̼͕.͙̤.̡͍͈ ''

''The formerly pretentious and annoying voice of Mad Moiselle, as she continued speaking, became deeper and deeper... and it wasn't even her sound anymore. Mad Moiselle's eyes then started to glow in gold... and the essence of the Light had totally took over her...'' Recognizing the voice of Lord Helio and realizing what was currently happening, Selina immediately saluted towards the glowing Mad Moiselle, realizing that Helio was possessing Mad Moiselle's husk. Helio's words made Selina fell surprised and lifted her head, nervous. Selina bit her lips and nodded her head as Lord Helio continued...
 * 72966630_p0_master1200.jpgSelina: * GASP *
 * Helio: [Selina...]
 * Selina: Lord Helio, I'm sorry... I failed you. I hadn't capture La Gloton, nor I had discover the whereabouts of the Chief Zodiac Demons hiding amongst the crowd.
 * Helio: [None of those matters now.]
 * Helio: [Selina, I heard everything you deduced. Unfortunately, that's true. Several more demonic forces is now about to strike back after the last Halloween. Among them, there was the... the Horseman of Death. Now, I'm giving you some advice as I don't have much time. You must listen carefully, word by word.]

Lord Helio's Message
<p style="text-align:center;"> Spoken through the mouth of Mad Moiselle



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Helio: THE PREVIOUS FEAST OF APOLLO IS PROVED TO BE A FAILURE, GIVING MOLOCH A CHANCE TO RIG ITS OUTCOME. WE COULD'VE BRING BACK WHATEVER WE HAD LOST, OR WHOEVER WE HAVE LOST. HOWEVER, THE TWELVE NETHERS RUINED EVERYTHING. ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Helio: DESIRE IS A VERY DANGEROUS THING. dESIRE IS WHAT MOTIVATE THAT SO-CALLED lA gLOTON AND OTHER VICIOUS BEASTS TO WALK ON EARTH. THE DEMONS OF MOLOCH CORRUPTS HUAMNITY THROUGH THEIR DESIRES, THEIR EMOTIONS... AS WELL AS THEIR FEAR. ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Helio: Brothers, sisters, this is never a game. The killer is just a human and can never cause great catastrophe! He or she is inferior comparing to whatever we're facing, so let's just pay attention to stronger opponents! Leave the weaklings behind! Our major point is Moloch, and we need to get this town away from his influence. ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Helio: A friend of mine... broke his friendship with me, because of his dangerous desire... Therefore, in the end, we betrayed each other, but it's his mistake to believe in Moloch's words, not mine. I'm not going to fall in love to a girl who sells her soul. I won't repeat that very same mistake, and I'm not afraid of anything. ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Helio: The Order of Flourish shall be the one who mend this mistakes. If there's anyone who can mend our mistakes, it's us. No matter what the cause, as long as we make Sleepy Hollow happy once again, as long as there's no selfishness or crime in at least this town... I'll fulfill my own destiny... ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Helio: I know many of you tries to get that killer named La Gloton. I desire to take a slice from him or her. However, we cannot do it for now, as an even more dangerous threat is returning. ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Helio: The Headless Horseman, or the Horseman of Death, is coming back! He'll raise an even more massive slaughter, and this time, it's more like a mass murder. Everyone shall be slaughtered like the late Sheriff Corbin. ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Helio: Therefore, who is the greater enemy? A serial killer who targets people without relation, or a supernatural twist that compromise all of our existence!? Why trying to bully a barking mad dog when you're completely capable of taking down a lion? ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Helio: Besides, the killer now gone arrested even if he's not related to La Gloton. Whoever La Gloton is, he or she has gone quiet for now. If we still nagging around a mere skirmish that we can hardly win, then, we shall lose the entire war. It's our duty to protect this town, not from killers, but from a much more unearthly threat! ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Helio: Throwing away watermelons just for picking up sesame seeds? We shan't lose our vision. I'm now recovering from my last loss eight years ago, and it's your duty to prevent Moloch's demonic force. We shall bring the light upon Sleepy Hollow, to make God have mercy on everyone's soul. Don't you think so, Selina? ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Selina: I understand, Milord. I'm sorry for my lack of rationality. The manhunt against La Gloton ends... for now... Now, hence our new target is selected... ''

<p style="text-align:center;">'' "....................................." ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Selina: ... the Horseman of Death! ''

Real Life
''Lord Helio's essence answered in a warm smile, which made Selina blushed since she knew he was praising her. She was trying to keep her own modesty.'' Selina realized that it was none other than Lord Helio, her fathering figure and benefactor, had persuaded the Freemason to invite her - a woman - into the meetings that was so urgent that it tied deeply with the current fate Sleepy Hollow. ''Much to Selina's surprise, Helio's essence the left the body of Mad Moiselle and went to the back of Selina. He revealed another form, a tall and muscular man with colonial army suit. He tendered Selina's eye-patch and hair softly. Selina blushed in happiness, like a child praised by her father.  The voice of Helio soon dissapated, and the golden glow in Mad Moiselle's eyes turned back to deep blue like usual. It was apparent that her mind reverted back to herself.'' Feeling powerless, Mad Moiselle nearly crumbled on the ground, but Selina immediately hugged her in her long and powerful arms tightly. Mad Moiselle held herself from the repulsive feelings and grabbed Selina's shoulder, helping herself to stand straight to her full height once more. Mad Moiselle inhaled and exhaled the fresh air deeply and started to ponder. ''Selina closed her eyes and pondered as well... She was thinking about the overall plans of the Order, including new arrangements towards anyone in this town. Pedro Pineapple already showed her a bunch of arrangements, and for now nothing seemed wrong. However, changes would always happen. To resolve that, Selina had kept another trump card for herself, which was a more potent variant of Supreme Croatoan Virus she somehow got from Melancholia. It was enhanced by Firenza Junior's Blood.'' ''Mad Moiselle seemed to be put out hearing Selina's conclusions. Unbeknowest to Mad Moiselle, Selina thought a bit about the more potent variant of virus she kept as her secret weapon. She would be ready to use the stronger virus on herself and deal with the Death if necessary, but not for now, since she couldn't bring herself to believe in Melancholia's words. It was apparent that the latter was hiding something, just like Michael Langdon, the master of Melancholia. They were most likely trying to sell the Order of Flourish to that demon Moloch, and Selina could never fall for it...'' ''Mad Moiselle laughed out and immediately rushed into a door not far away. Selina stared at the door for some split seconds, baffled at her friend's actions.'' ''Selina's face was as red as a large tomato when she saw the previously calculated Mad Moiselle became a trickster. The change of her dress somewhat changed her personality into a more mischievous one. Now, she was joking on what Selina considered to be her most shameful failure - her height, results of  '''failing to make any damage control upon her growth spurt. That's all...'  ''Shrugged her shoulders, Mad Moiselle walked at the front of Selina. The top of her head only reached Selina's chest.'' ''Selina looked at her tight suit and let out a sigh... Even men's suit seemed tight to her... but then she turned around, trying to control herself.'' Selina covered her mouth with a long piece of scarf, while trying to hold back her laugh and began to force herself to smile. ''Before Selina could reach the door in a dorky manner, Mad Moiselle pulled her wrist from behind. The scene was like a child girl trying to pull her mother back.'' ''Selina gasped in shock when she heard Mad Moiselle finishing her words. All she felt was silence... and then her own embarrasement...'' Selina let go of Mad Moiselle and facepalmed herself.
 * 70324251_p0_master1200.jpgHelio: Wise, my child.
 * Helio: [Don't forget which town you're born. We must face the imminent return of the Horseman, and the Freemasons... or so did they claimed... had their so-called remedy to fix the problem. In spite of this, you need to arrive there to find out what they were planning... Don't waste this chance I gave to you, my dear.]
 * Selina: I'm so... flattered, My Lord. I, as your humble right-hand, will seize the chance in my palm tightly!
 * 607663_p0_master1200.jpgHelio: [I'm counting on you, Selina. I'm always so proud of you.]
 * Mad Moiselle: Aw...
 * Selina: Mad Moiselle!
 * Mad Moiselle: I'm fine... I'm all right.
 * Mad Moiselle: Well, by the way, Selina, very recently I've been overseeing the actions of both Ichabod Crane and Abbie Mills fairly recently... but are you sure we can truly trust them? I heard rumors that the Freemasons' task was about one of them.
 * Selina: For now, just like Lord Helio said, the Horseman of Death is the priority... We can put difference aside. I know you have problems in trusting them, but so far as I know, this duo is certainly trustworthy.
 * Mad Moiselle: Hmph, fine.
 * 66565195_p0_master1200.jpgSelina: The time is running out. We need to prepare our clothes. Mad Moiselle, you'll come with me tomorrow.
 * Mad Moiselle: Well, well, well, big girl, are you jealous at my cloth? This is your birthday present for me last year - one of the dresses you had fully outgrown! Two weeks after you bought it! 
 * Selina: Not funny, Mad Moiselle. You know that my body was like, um,  diseased ! This abnormal metabolism might result in my sudden death in an young age! I keep holding myself not to punch anyone for being a laughing stock! You think this is a joke?
 * Mad Moiselle: Don't be so pessimistic, Selina. You're just deluding that your condition is killing you. Admit it... You're jealous at my proportions simply you're so huge!
 * Selina: Q-Quit it! I'm not huge! It's just... Well, everything beside me is... rather small.
 * Selina: Fine, but there's no time to complain. We'll make preperations... and quit the jokes.
 * Selina: By the way, the time is running out... and we need to go  right now , Mad Moiselle. Let's...
 * Mad Moiselle: Selina, I just remembered that the meeting was tomorrow.
 * Selina: Uh.........................

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Selina: Ha, you made me so angry that my mind became so opaque! Curse you! '

November 1st
<p style="text-align:center;"> 1 day later 

<p style="text-align:center;"> November 1st, 2013 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 7:00 AM 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Beneath Sleepy Hollow 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Munition Tunnel 

''Lowering her head herself inside the Munition Tunnel, which was slightly cramped for a towering woman like her, Selina tried hard not to let the ceiling hit the ceiling. Mad Moiselle, now dressed in a more comfort suit, was lifting a lamp and taking Selina to their destination. Mad Moiselle was a head shorter than Selina, so she walked in the narrow tunnel quite easily.'' Selina blushed in annoyance and embarrasement as she hated anyone making jokes on her tall stature, and Mad Moiselle just laughed out. ''Selina shrugged her shoulder and tried to relax herself. Her crew would never live her stature down.'' ''Before Mad Moiselle could finish, She slipped on a granite and fliched back, almost toppled. However, Selina immediately extended her arms and caught her little friend in her torso.'' ''Mad Moiselle calmed herself down and raised back to her position. Selina also got by over her height angst, since at least she could help others with it.'' ''No longer making jokes, Mad Moiselle raised her lantern and illuminated a door in front of them. She furrowed her eyebrows to look at the compass symbol on the door...'' ''Selina was apparently nervous and started bit her lips. She saw the emblem on the front door...''
 * Mad Moiselle: It was rather surprised that you are still growing as a woman in your age, Selina. Probably one day you'll become a giantess... No, a behemoth... No, probably a Valkrie! That would be quite a sight!
 * Selina: Aw, please zip it, Mad Moiselle. You know this is my own anomaly
 * Mad Moiselle: No, the anomaly would be if Selina was indifferent over her shape and never pissed off over our jokes. It's still like what you would say, Selina! There's nothing happening on your mentality at least! You're still yourself, so why doubting your capability?
 * Selina: I know you're trying to cheer me up, but why you guys always try to pick at my height?
 * Mad Moiselle: Probably because this is your only weakness, or so did you think... Whoa!
 * Selina: Oops, that was close.
 * Mad Moiselle: Thank you... Now, good news, we're here.
 * Selina: So this is it...



<p style="text-align:center;"> - Selina: Yikes, I know this day will come... 



Act 0 - Peace Before the Storm


<p style="text-align:center;">''Before the Headless Horseman arriving at Sleepy Hollow, the town of Sleepy Hollow are barely realized about the danger yet to come. As long as there're daylight, there're happiness.''

<p style="text-align:center;">''However, not everyone can stay tranquil forever. Calvin Cranberry, one of the youngest members of the Order of Flourish, had a memory of his sworn enemy, one was so horrendous and brutal that it quickly turned his attentions away from the criminal activities into demonic rituals... that Zodiac Demon known as Efreet Feuer...''

<p style="text-align:center;">''However, as a young man with blue hair coming into Sleepy Hollow Museum, the table is about to turn around... as it gave light to someone destinied to live in dark.''

<p style="text-align:center;"> Meanwhile  <p style="text-align:center;"> Beside Vestige Hall  <p style="text-align:center;"> Starbuck Cafe 

''It was the lunch hour for the sales clerk of Vesti​​​ge Hall, the most renouned antiquity in Sleepy Hollow. Melvin the Mute Merchant paid the tip for his coffee and sat on his armchair, looking at the bright day. For some reason, he stayed quiet for quite some years, and all his monologues below were his thoughts.'' ''Melvin sipped his coffee and inhaled deeply. Calvin Riggs, known to the Order of Flourish as Calvin Cranberry, was a former journalist and currently a rookie mage in the Order.'' ''Looking at his cup of coffee, Melvin thought about the recent case that was once suspected to be another work of La Gloton, but turned out it was just committed by a random medical intern who worked with some organ harvesters. Melvin was now worried about Calvin, and this even amplified when he heard about how he recently discouraged Selina Strawberry to renounce her investigation and focused a lot more on Moloch's wicked deeds.  Melvin had to cover his face with both of his palms...''
 * X00_00_01--2018030-0553DDECEKDD4DN-D0235ZK.pngMelvin: (think) * So quiet... *
 * Melvin: (think) * I believed Calvin those days were becoming much more mentally stablized... This sounded so weird for him... but... *
 * U=1213852731,2436507058&fm=72.jpgMelvin: (think) * I understand his  feelings  and the reason he was so fixiated on defending the town from Moloch, but... Was it really helpful for him to ignore La Gloton? I don't think so. *
 * Melvin: (think) * This... this isn't supposed to be correct... This isn't... Oh... why am I still...  *

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Melvin: (think) My fault... It's all my fault... I created the Feast of Apollo, but I should have avoided that... Oh, God, how would I explain to Calvin about such a tormenting truth? '

<p style="text-align:center;"> Meanwhile 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Vestige Hall 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Calvin's Room 

''Mumbling within his house, looking at nothing but the wall in front of him, holding his Bible in his hand, Calvin furrowed his eyebrows and sharpened his gaze like a solider at front, facing his  sworn enemy ... or more precisely, he was imagining about the day in the far future when he met his sworn enemy, who is one of the chief  Zodiac Demons ​​​​​, one of the most monstrous members of its kind.'' Calvin still started his mad rant as he began to hallucinate himself...
 * X00_00_01-X-2018030-0553DDEMCEKDD4DEN-D0235ZK.pngn: Kill you... I'll destroy you, your master, and all of your kind... I will bring hope upon this town and end the reign of despair you brought upon this place... 
 * Calvin: You were brought to here by the Feast of Apollo, by the Twelve Nethers... but you don't belong in here! I don't care if you are seeking what kind of joy, but you killed my friends... and  HER ... right IN FRONT OF ME! THIS IS UNFORGIVABLE! I'm coming after you! Did you hear me? I'll avenge her! I'll avenge all of them and tear your kind apart!

Calvin's Hallucination


' - (???): CALVIN! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!! '

Nowadays


' - Calvin: Did you hear me? Didn't you hear me!? '

''With his eyes glowing in red and his voice turned deeper, Calvin roared like an angry lion as he marched forward, first hallucinating a tomboyish woman with ponytail, her face bleeding. He continued to hallucinate, stomping the ground and beating up the wall, while acting like a completely insane junky.''



' - Calvin: Face me! Efreet Feuer!!! '

Calvin's Visions
<p style="text-align:center;"> 2 years ago 

<p style="text-align:center;">' ??? '



' - Calvin: Kelly! Watch out! This Zodiac Demon is a killer! '



' - Kelly: Calvin, you went back to the base! I'll hold him back! '



' - Civillains: HELP! SOMEBODY HELP US! '



' - Kelly: Look around you! Why are you doing this? Why are you killing them!? '



' - (???): The more you scream... the more exciting I feel. '



' - (???): Game Over... '

Nowadays
<p style="text-align:center;">' - ???: CALVIN! Calvin, are you all right!? '

''Calvin remained silent and started to cool down when he heard woman running upstairs and trying to reach him as soon as possible. He was now wearing like a typical exorcist, with long white cassock decorated in golden stripes. He also had a rosary with crucifix on his neck, holding a Bible in his hand.'' ''The door immediately opened, pushed by someone outside, and a woman rushed into the room. It was a petite woman with green dress and long, straight black hair that reached her shoulders.'' ''Calvin cooled himself down and stopped hallucinating. He sat back onto his bed with fraustration. The woman outside was none other than Zoe Corinth, a survivor of the Feast of Apollo with mysterious origin, now living with Melvin and Calvin in the Vestige Hall as its waitress. Calvin only saw her as a sister figure since she seemed much younger than he was.  The name Kelly Kumquat made Zoe felt sad. She furrowed her eyebrows and sighed in sympathy.'' Zoe approached Calvin immediately and patted her shoulder to comfort him. ''Fraustrated, Calvin then clenched his fist and slammed his thigh profoundly. He could never get rid of himself from witnessing something even more brutal and violent than the murder of La Gloton. The two's difference was simple La Gloton killed one people each location, while that monster had slaughtered a squad of people in front of them.'' ​​​​​​Sighed, Calvin then stood up from his bed as Zoe silently watched him walking out, still complaining and acting livid. ''Not for long, Zoe silently put her hand on Calvin's hand with a comforting smile on her face. She forced herself to smile in order to avoid full depression.''
 * X00_00_01--2018030-0553DDEMCEKD4DN-D235ZK.pngCalvin: ..........................................
 * ???: What happpened to you?
 * 52021893_p0_master1200.jpgCalvin: No, nothing, Ms. Corinth. Thanks for your concern, but I'm perfectly fine with it... It was just...
 * Calvin: Today, it's All Souls' Day... You know, it's also the date when my friends died... I missed them so much, especially... Kelly Kumquat.
 * Zoe: I'm sorry, Calvin... That's horrible... I can never forget that night's murder... No, the word of "murder" isn't proper to describe that event...
 * Zoe: It was butchery. I've never saw any Zodiac Demon quite like that... That was totally a full-fledged embodiment of violence, sadism and wrath, not just despair.
 * Calvin: This is the price of finding out truths! Everyone are accursed when they tried to seek out the entire truth. First Captain Frank Irving's daughter hit by a car, second all of my friends were killed by Zodiac Demons. Ha, yes, this is the prize for seeking out the truth. It looks like H.P. Lovecraft has his valid point, and... From then on, I learned a very valuable lesson from it. You... can't... ignore anything inhuman, especially demons! Therefore, I'll take down Zodiac Demons before La Gloton! It's the matter of priority!
 * Calvin: Sorry, Zoe. It wasn't about you. Selina must be a conservative fool when she tried to hunt down a mere human, while this town was threatened by even greater threats! I heard about the news that the Horseman of Death is coming back to town, so our time is limited. I haven't heard about that Zodiac Demon walking in this town once more, Zoe, I promise that I'll slice its face off and end the Zodiac Demons' horrible reign of madness! I'm gonna make those scumbags very unhappy!
 * Zoe: Don't worry, Calvin...



' - Zoe: ... We will. '

Ichabod & Abbie
<p style="text-align:center;"> 30 minutes later  <p style="text-align:center;"> 9:00 AM  <p style="text-align:center;"> Baseball Field 

''Danger was reaching Sleepy Hollow... but most of the people here somehow hardly awared of it. The daily routine of the towns' denizens still smoothly went on in spite of the recent zombie incident or the suspected La Gloton case... However...'' ''However, still there were people who had to relax themselves from an intense battle. Now, the current incarnation of the biblical Two Witnesses, Ichabod Crane and Abbie Mills, were sitting on a bleacher near a baseball field. Abbie was apparently annoyed when she saw the group she supported failed to make a score. She shouted at the referee with anger, before starting to cheer one of the players up.'' Abbie sat back onto her seat, while Ichabod, sitting firmly on the bleachers, blinked and baffled at Abbie's reaction. "...................................." Abbie stared at Ichabod for a few moments, as if she met an alien all of a sudden. ''With an odd expression, Ichabod pointed at the referee and spoke in his usual robotic tone when talking about something he was not so accustomed to. Abbie giggled at his behavior and quickly deduced what Ichabod was trying to find out...'' Abbie shrugged her shoulder and quickly started to explain. Ichabod nodded slightly, meaning he was listening to Abbie's explanation. Abbie then turned her head at the fierce and exciting game once more, where everyone were making their efforts on the baseball field. Ichabod fell into thoughts as soon as Abbie cut in when she found a chance to persuade him.
 * Abbie: What!? Are you kidding me, dude!? Way to police a game!
 * S01E06-00_01_32--20190211-105811-0-.png: Yup, that's right! Blue, I'm a cop! I'm deputizing you! Wake up!
 * Ichabod: .....................................
 * Ichabod: Is this what you do to relax?
 * Abbie: It's cathartic.
 * Ichabod-ichabod-crane-sleepy-hollow-tv-series-37189445-1038-720.jpgIchabod: It's  baffling . I'd consider myself a sporting man, but why must you insult that gentleman for citing a rule infraction? I fail to see the point.
 * Abbie: What is the point of baseball?
 * Ichabod: Oh, please, enlighten me.
 * S01E06-00_02_33--20190211-113630-2-.pngAbbie: All right. For me, baseball's about three things: First, tradition . Rules never change. You can always count on the grass to be green, the lines to be white, and so no matter how crazy the world gets, it makes you feel safe, like everything is okay.
 * Abbie: Second, it's about  teamwork . The players have to have faith in each other and watch each other's backs, because without that, the team won't work.
 * Abbie: And what I love is that this sport does not incriminate . You can be a short long reliever, a long shortstop, black, white, hispanic... and that is the "American Dream".
 * Ichabod: So it represents the spirit of democracy.

<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Abbie: It's what you guys were fighting for, right? Our pride, our link to the past... created by the forefathers, handed down generations to generations... That's why I scream at the ump. ''

Abbie's word made Ichabod fell into thoughts, but as soon as he was remembering all the past experience, ordeals and enemies he met, the Team Green won another score once more. ''Ichabod noticed the audience cheering and realized what had happened. Immediately, he stood up from the bleachers and shouted at the referee in a manner even more fierce than Abbie.''
 * S01E06-00_02_34--20190211-112558-1-.pngIchabod: Hmm...
 * Ichabod: Oh.

<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Ichabod: Open your eyes, sir! Yes, YOU! B... " Basket Face "! I THOUGHT ONLY HORSES SLEPT STANDING UP!!! ''

''Abbie can't hide her amusement at Ichabod's shout. She laughed out as she watched Ichabod ranting and the referee walked away, clearly pissed off. Ichabod was just like that. He hardly ever swore profanity when he used criticism, but when he scolded someone, it'll be either really caustic or really sacarstic.'' Abbie can't stop complimenting Ichabod when the latter sat back down. Then, Abbie stopped smiling and added some words of criticism. Hearing Abbie's criticism, Ichabod gulped nervously. The two then continued to watch the game until its ending.
 * S01E06-00_02_39--20190211-114317-4-.pngAbbie: HAHAHAHAHAHA!
 * Abbie: Good, feels good!
 * S01E06-00_02_51--20190217-090724-0-.pngAbbie: Exercise your hard-fought right, free speech...
 * Abbie: Just next time, wait for the ump to make a call.
 * Ichabod: Um... right.

Museum
<p style="text-align:center;"> Meanwhile 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Sleepy Hollow Museum 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Hallway 

''The rumors of a Museum staff missing still spreaded in this building, but the new manager tried to push every sort of rumors down in order to protect his (and more importantly, his arrogant wife's) own authority from getting undermined. Actually, that "little ghost" in museum was right. The new manager was never anyone competent.''

''Unknowing to the fact, however, there're people who wanted to meet the renowned and kind-hearted former Persian manager, Harold Harrison, only to discover he was fired. They were so dismayed that they left. The Sleepy Hollow Museum, as well as its theatre and the entire Sleepy Hollow Historical Society, was waning.''

''On this day, there was one particular guest that arrived with the letter from the patron of the museum. The guard of the museum was a young girl with long black hair and golden eyes. She was trying to prevent herself from taking a nap when a butterfly landed on the tip of her nose.'' ''The female guard sneezed and opened her eyes, just in time she saw someone coming towards her. She stood straight immediatly. She didn't want to fall asleep, but she felt so bored of meeting so few of guest today...  It was a young boy with dark blue hair approaching her. Seeing there was a guest, the female guard immediately gulped and tried to excuse herself from almost falling asleepy.'' The guard was almost weeping, acting embarrased in front of this mysterious guest, who looked at her in confusion. ''The guard was shutting her eyes closed fiercely, but then she opened her eyes and made an awkward expression at her guest, who seemed in the same age as her. He was a handsome boy in an average height, with some feminne quality on his face.'' ''The guard suddenly had an illusion of another person she once know, a beautiful woman with long black hair and pale skin. That face matched perfectly with the boy's face. Then, she dismissed this by shooking her head, finding out it was just a illusion.'' ''The blue-haired boy gave the guard the patron's file of recommendation. It was signed with the name of Ms. Lillian Lime. The guard looked at the recommendation and showed a worried expression.'' ''The blue-haired boy seemed disappointed. He cannot look away from the ground and began to step back slowly. Just as he was about to turn around, he heard a stranger calling him.  Baccarat turned around and discovered a muscular blond man was standing not far away. The man once joined other limited guests and tourists in the museum, but he then arrived with other people, all in their twenties to thirties.'' ''The man named Peter greeted the boy politely with a smile on his face. The boy seemed nervous. He wasn't good at dealing with so many strangers, apparently.'' ''There were two other young men standing behind Peter, who showed him a pendant with Lillian's photo. One man looks older than the others and has black hair, while another one seems younger with long straw brown hair.'' ''The three all showed their pendant to the boy, who was astonished. He saw Lillian's photo in all of their pendants. However, there was another man, one who was taller than all of the people in the hall, with long purple hair and skeletical face, stood beside a pillar and sighed in disappointment.'' ''Baccarat left Peter and the other two men and went to the purple-haired man, who gazed into him. He was surprised.'' The blue-haired boy chuckled at the coincidence. The boy was about to answer, but the man with brown hair immediately interrupted him. Before he could finish, other people gathered around and asked questions. The blue-haired boy shook his head with an awkward smile at them. The young students looked at each other and started to wonder. ''The students all nodded, but the blue-haired boy was confused. Lillian Lime never mentioned that she met other boys and gathered them inside this museum.'' ''The blue-haired boy didn't expect to see a discussion that outbursted due to his simple question. He felt an atmosphere of intense rivalry from those people. As he was hestitating, the female guard walked forward and pushed them away.'' ''The female guard pushed the boys away from the hall and turned around, only to find the blue-haired boy was about to leave, with fraustration carved on his face. She immediately moved forward to him.'' The blue-haired boy turned around and looked at the guard, who let out a friendly smile at him. ''The blue-haired young boy let out a smile and nodded. He didn't feel fraustrated anymore.'' The guard led the young boy towards the opposite way that led to domintory. The guard answered his question as a blue butterfly flew its way above her head, glimmering pale blue aura.
 * Guard: Hmph... Ah-choo!
 * ???: Excuse me...
 * Guard: Sorry, I wasn't sleeping! I was pretending to sleepy like an owl! I'm ready to look for a rat... and fetch it as soon as they thought I'm asleep! Sorry for the inconvenience!  Awawa~ 
 * Roen_Profile.png???: Sorry, I'm not trying to blame you. I... I just want to pay someone a visit.
 * Guard: Eh...
 * Guard: Sorry, sir... What can I do for you?
 * ???: Hello, I'd like to meet Mr. Harold Harrison. The theater's patron recommended me to study here after I finished by high school business. May you tell him?
 * Guard: Apologies, sir. I regret to tell you that Mr. Harrison ceased working here not long ago. The original staff had a large alteration as well. I was one of the few who stayed.
 * ??? - 1: Hey there, young man.
 * 57792905_p0_master1200.jpg??? - 1: I'm Peter. Pleasure to meet you. Are you recommended by Ms. Lillian Lime?
 * Baccarat: Um, yes. Do you know her, sir?
 * Peter: Are we talking about her for sure?
 * ??? - 4: My God, I thought I'm her only friend. This world is so small.
 * ??? - 4: Well, I know you... I saw you about two years ago, where you studied in the high school I attended once, and later I saw you painting on streets. I'm one year senior to you.
 * Boy: Yes, that's me!
 * ??? - 4: Again, such a small world, but what made Ms. Lime chose you like how she once chose us into this institute?
 * Black.Archer.full.2327002.jpg??? - 2:​ ​​​​Lemme guess!​​ Did she praise your aspiring gaze?
 * ??? - 3: Or could it be... that she praise you as a bold and enterprising young man?
 * Boy: Nope, she just praised my sketch that is true to life for her. She met me drawing sketches in front of this museum, and said my drawing had some special emotions  inside.
 * ??? - 4: Ahh... so she likes the emotional way of your drawing, guy. That's the same reason she found us.
 * Boy: Uhh... you guys know about Ms. Lime, am I correct?
 * Peter: Sure we do!
 * 65588701_p0_master1200.jpg??? - 4: Well, I'm not merely knowing her, dude! Our former relationship was even beyond that!
 * Guard: Enough, stop it, guys. Get back to your domintory, please. I still have my work to do, good sirs.
 * Guard: Mister?
 * Guard: Well, although Mr. Harrison isn't here, I think the new manager would offer you a place to study in here. I'll help as much as I can, even though I'm just a humble guard, the only reason that the new manager kept me here.
 * Guard: This way, please.
 * Guard: By the way, may I have your name please?
 * Boy: My name is  Baccarat . What about you?



' - Guard: Beatrice. '

<p style="text-align:center;"> Meanwhile 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Dora Dorian's Room 

''Deep inside the new room for the new museum manager's wife, Choleti Dorian was confused and angry due to his wife's sudden strange behavior in two days. Her maid did the same. It was like something was nagging them all day long that made them paranoid. He felt insufferable. One day, Choleti decided to ask his wife what happened. He gained an answer that he had problems believing it.'' ''Choleti stared at his wife, who was lying on her couch and breathing heavily. Her maid held a fan and was fanning her, before she fetch a cup of fresh water for her. Dora Dorian, the new manager's wife, now acted like a patient suffered from serious malaria.'' Dora was asking her maid the question above, and the latter reacted with nodding like beats from drum rolls. ''The maid let out a cry as she suddenly had a illusion of some clown monster tackled her from behind. She leaped backward and toppled herself into the sofa.'' ''The maid quivered and shrieked like suffering from a serious case of malaria. Dora immediately gave her a cup of water and used towel to wipe out her sweat. Now, Choleti merely looked at them with confusion in his eyes.'' Dora lifted her head and glared at her husband, both baffled and annoyed. Dora stood up and stared at her husband, while her maid still acted scared. ''Choleti answered like an arrogant man who believed he had outsmarted everyone around him. Dora, in return, started to believe what he said, even though it was just his own fantasy.'' ''As Choleti and Dora comforting themselves with some fantasy, there were a group of masses, man and women, with all kinds of stuff for performance, like make-ups, scripts, pruduction ideas, camera and so on, started to get closer to Dora, pushing Choleti aside and bickering with each other. Nevertheless, when they met Dora Dorian face to face, they surrounded her like a group of fanatics.'' Dora was rather surprised and embarressed, but she presented herself to be agitated by those unexpected guests. Dora shrugged her shoulder in dismay. ''The crowd was excited and gathered around her, fussing about their introductions about the museum's next annual performance with her as the lead star. No doubt, those new staff members are just some petty snob. Dora, of course, is worse than them, which made them admire her.''
 * Chaloti: Ghost? What the heck do you mean? There's really a group of ghosts?
 * Dora: Yeah! They're in my room, a dozen of them! Waving their arms and raving!
 * 72561787_p0_master1200.jpgDora: You saw it too, right?
 * Maid: Yes, madam! Sir, you have to believe us! Those creeps touched my neck!
 * Dora: Oh dear! We cannot stay here! It's a grave mistake for us to arrive in this vintage town! This...
 * Maid: Water! Madam! I need water! Please!
 * Choleti: Well, well, well, what makes you ladies so scared? I don't think it was a ghost.
 * Dora: What the heck do you mean!?
 * 72787941_p0_master1200.jpgCholeti: I mean, this is definitely a conspriacy aimed at all of us!
 * Dora: Conspiracy? Who would conspire such a thing to us?
 * Choleti: It must be Harold Harrison, the former manager of this museum! That guy was fired by us, and yet he was mad. Therefore, he conspired that thing against us!
 * Dora: Oh... I see.
 * Choleti: Therefore, never get worried. All we need to do is---
 * People: Mrs. Dorian!
 * Dora: Who are you?
 * Woman 1: We're the new staff of this museum, madam!
 * Woman 2: We're inviting you for our next project of production of a score by Chopin, with piano! We're seeking your advice!
 * Dora: W-wait a minute! YOUR project?

<p style="text-align:center;"> - Dora: CALM DOWN! 

''The crowd of snobs went quiet and all stared at Dora in surprise. Dora gave them a cocky grin.'' The crowd became more agitated and screeched like dogs barking, but then Dora went even more angry and yelled at them. The crowd went silent by her arrogant and annoying attitude.
 * Dora: From this day forward, the projects shall be proposed by me, only me!
 * Dora: THE! PROJECT! IS! ALL! MINE!
 * Dora: Now, all of you, out of my sight.



"........................."

Act 1 - Nether Sorensen the Demon Prince


<p style="text-align:center;">''Abbie and Ichabod watched a baseball game, but they were one of the few people who was always alerted about the upcoming new threat. In the meantine, Nether Kaysie the Demon Princess was anxiously making her next arrangement. However, she was met with an unexpected visit from the most horrific member of Twelve Nethers of them all... Sorensen.''

<p style="text-align:center;">''In the meantime, Ichabod was put into grave danger when someone captured him out of unknown reason, while Abbie was teleported into somewhere where she met Katrina, who delivered the message. Katrina asked Abbie to find someone... known as the Sin Eater.''

Ichabod & Abbie
<p style="text-align:center;"> 30 minutes later 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Baseball Field 

''The baseball game eventually over and it was apparent that the team Abbie supported had won. After the audiences left, Ichabod and Abbie seperated from the massive crowd and swiftly walked out of the baseball field.'' Abbie chuckled and pat Ichabod's arm, smiling at him as he smiled back. ''Ichabod stopped by the pavement when he heard Abbie saying something that it didn't seem to make sense. It was apparent that language changed throughout those 232 years. Even so, he was appreciated.'' ''Abbie put on her coat and looked at Ichabod. It was apparent that even she had some difficulties listening to Ichabod's habit of using many long and formal words in his volcabularies. However, she then looked at him with some concern.  She knew where Ichabod was heading to next .'' Abbie can't help herself from chuckling. ''Then, Ichabod immediately bowed and curtseyed in front of Abbie like an English gentleman from the 18th century usually did. He then stood back as Abbie looked at him, amused.'' ''Abbie waved her hand and walked away, as Ichabod turned around. His smile slowly faded.''
 * Ichabod: I deeply enjoyed this outing, lieutenant. For a brief moment, it felt as though, I, too, were home.
 * Abbie: You  ARE  home, Crane. One day, I'll take you to a Mets game. There'll be bad beer, cold hot dogs... That'll really "blow your mind".
 * Ichabod: Whilst I noted several indecipherable flourishes in that sentence... I look forward to you expanding my horizons further.
 * S01E06-00_03_34--20190217-092208-1-.pngAbbie: Are you sure you don't need a ride?
 * Ichabod: No, thank you. I feel like I'm beginning to get my bearing around town, so I should like to... exercise my freedom with a stroll and some fresh air.
 * Abbie: You do that.
 * Abbie: I'll see you tomorrow, Crane.

<p style="text-align:center;">' His next destination... is Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. '

Purgatory
<p style="text-align:center;"> ??? 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Nether's Realm 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Nether Kaysie the Demon Princess's Room 

''Sitting near a table full of canles, Kaysie crossed her fingers while sitting on her Throne of Nether with sheer fraustration. She had already read about reports on a notebook, full of records of failure of Zodiac Demons. For all the years, there had been a decrease total number of Non-Nether Zodiac Demons, because the magicians from the Order of Flourish had tried all methods to stop them before they could ever make the public dreched in fear and despair.'' ''Kaysie then pushed the notebook on her table away from her eyes like some distasteful dish. She was some sort of a perfectionist who wanted many things succeeded, but the Witnesses and the Order of Flourish were thorns in her shoes.'' ''For now, only a few of the good news made Kaysie releaxed for the moment. First, Christine Van Bilj's remains was about to be reconstructed by Valindra Shadowmantle, and it was just a matter of time for her to revived... The second was the Horseman of Death's return, but she could only hear about his triumph after sunset and by the next sunrise... Finally, the takeover of Hexenmeister Community had been successful, but still Shao Jun had escaped.'' ''Then, Kaysie fell into thoughts before she started to take a look on the autopsy of Christine... after her ashes was examined, of course.'' ''Kaysie looked at the report carefully. She was always confused... What drove Christine into killing her own brother and became an immature psychopath? She should never be in that way. Crow Faux said in his report, which arrived just now, that something was taking over Christine and made her killing her brother. However, Kaysie was eagar to know why.'' Kaysie then spotted a sign that said about something which might lead to the correct answer. ''With the candle light, Kaysie gazed upon the report. She was rather curious and surprised when she saw the label, which said: " Zodiac Demon Reactions Detected! "'' ''Curious, Kaysie attempted to read more about the news, but all of a sudden, some wind blown and then, the candle light gone off. Shocked, Kaysie was baffled and furious, so much that she clenched her fist and stood up, annoyed by such interuption.'' ''Enraged for being interrupted, Kaysie looked around, trying to find someone who should take the blame for it. It never took long before she heard a long string of chuckle.''
 * Kaysie: Ahhhhhhhhhhh.......
 * Kaysie: Well, well, well, in the first half of this year, we kept encouraging ourselves that we'll not fail in the second half as long as we nail on our business... getting rid of the depression in the process.
 * Kaysie: Turned out, in the second half of this year, we won't depressed over failure at all, because we have already accustomed to it. How ironic.
 * Kaysie: Alas, everything is bittersweet. For now, I shouldn't waste my time on useless whining. It's time for my work.
 * Kaysie: Hmm...
 * Kaysie: Ah, here it is...
 * X00_00_01--2018030-0553DDEMCEKD4DN-D0235ZK.pngKaysie: Oh?
 * Kaysie: Z-Zodiac Demon? That's an interesting discovery... So Christine was possessed by a Zodiac Demon?
 * Kaysie: What!?

<p style="text-align:center;">' - ???: Hmm-hmm-hmm... It looks like you still know nothing, my poor dear elder sister... '



<p style="text-align:center;"> - ???: Long time no see, Kaysie. 

''Whom... or what  Kaysie saw deeply shocked her. She saw a tall and wet humanoid creature with a shell-like head and hair like seeweeds covering his face. Putrid water kept dripping from his body, which are coverved in tenticles of jellyfishes and octopuses. Kaysie's eyes widened in shock as soon as she saw - or recognize, for clarity - the "thing" right in front of her...''

The humanoid demon walked into the room with a smile and steps that are disturbingly flippant. ''Shocked, Kaysie nearly toppled as soon as the demon stated his name - Sorensen. She was never expected that he was still inside Purgatory.  Sorensen seemed annoyed when he heard his elder sister blubbering words out of shock. He seemed so irritated that he immediately interrupted Kaysie's words.'' ''Kaysie gulped in shock. She clenched her fist and ''
 * Kaysie: S-S-Sor...
 * ???: What happened, sister? It's me, your brother! Sorensen! Can't you recognize me!?
 * Kaysie: Are you serious? What's the meaning of this!? You're supposed to overwatch the actions of Michael Langdon and Melancholia! You had implanted your crystal inside Langdon's body, so why did you...
 * Sorensen: Just allow me to explain myself, sister. I did implated one crystal, but not my main crystal.
 * Sorensen: I have copied several crystals that can overwatch people's actions. Langdon is no exception, of course... By absorbing their desire and jumping from one host to another, I gain a new physical form and learn how to manipulate emotions. That's all I want for now.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Sorensen: As for Langdon and Melancholia, I don't give a damn. My own main essence is not overseeing them. It was just a communication method I gave them. '

''Kaysie finally regained her calmness and stepped back in alarm. She acted as if she was not gazing into her brother, but a monster that was about to devour her wholly.'' After some seconds of silence, Sorensen shrugged his shoulder arrogantly and started to walk in circle like dancing a ballet. Kaysie blinked at Sorensen's murderous smile with a large sweat drop and gulped. ''With his disturbing grin, Sorensen then leaned forward to Kaysie, allowing his seeweed-esque hair flipping her face. Kaysie stepped back in disgust.'' ''Listening to Sorensen's explanation, Kaysie calmed herself down. She realized that Sorensen wasn't being lazy at all. He was just doing many things that all the other Nethers never ever ordered him to do. However, Sorensen still put risks upon the future of Moloch's army by ignoring Michael Langdon and Melancholia. Kaysie was not satisfied with it at all.'' Surprisingly, instead of feeling ashamed, Sorensen chuckled darkly at Kaysie's rebuke, much to Kaysie's confusion. Sorensen's words struck Kaysie's heart figuratively, as she never thought about the uncaring nature of her younger brother would be so potent. ''Sorensen brushed off his hair and continued to smile disturbingly. However, his smile soon disappeared.'' ''Sorensen then handed Kaysie a paper. It was a pie chart of some recent survey.'' Kaysie gave her brother an officious smirk. Sorenson put the survey report with a pie chart back to his pocket... ... but then Sorensen started to gave out an even more horrible smirk. Sorensen's words made Kaysie gulped once more as she was shocked by her brother's intension.
 * Kaysie: But that's not the point! You forgot your own duty, remember?
 * Sorensen: Duty? What duty?
 * Kaysie: The duty to prevent our arrangements from getting backfired! The duty to assure that Father's plan go thoroughly smooth!
 * Sorensen: Thoroughly smooth? Ha, sister, that era has passed! Can't you understand how dull you are? Don't you want some... fresh start? Some  entertainment ?
 * 65208828_p0_master1200.jpgSorensen: You looked surprised, Kaysie. You and other brothers and sisters just know how to follow old school rules. Yup, there's no school like old schools, but I think time change, people change. Then, we need a change on methods.
 * Sorensen: You're worried about the betrayl from Michael Langdon or Melancholia. I know it... and I prefer let it breath. While you're stubbornly trying to follow the conservative order from our old man, I've learned to jump into several... no, millions of alternative timelines and palleral dimensions,  the more dystopian, the better . I use my main crystal to take pictures of anything, anyone and anywhere I see. Once I return back to Sleepy Hollow, I'll see if I can  recreate  them in this world. So far, the preperation is ongoing. I've never meet anything over my head.
 * Kaysie: But what about Langdon or Melancholia, brother? You were supposed to keep an eye on both of them!
 * Sorensen: Do you really understand what I mean, Kaysie? We don't have to. We don't even need Melancholia. 
 * Sorensen: We only need to send message to each of them and make them follow our order. We only need to make use of them. Comparing to our father, those two are not insurmountable tasks for me. I only want to stay curious, not trying to ruin any chance to entertain our kind.
 * Sorensen: Kaysie, I'm sorry for not following your instruction, but seriously... what's the fun with those old and cliche overwatching task, anyway? Actually, if they betray us, let them betray us. I already deployed countermeasures. They're no match of us. I'd rather stay on the top bunk and consume popcorn, watching this show made of blood and betrayl. I guess I'm not the only audience if that happened.
 * Sorensen: I interviewed every Zodiac Demons at our reach, save for some rogue ones hiding in Sleepy Hollow or those imprisoned, making them beyond my reach by far. For now, 95% of them agreed of my idea, since they all wanted to plunder, kill and brutalize others. I wonder if Father would think the same.
 * 67105640_p0_master1200.jpgKaysie: I doubt it.
 * Kaysie: I believe our kind should be calm and reservative, and you know we do have Zodiac Demons who would against your stupid idea, 5% of them.
 * Sorensen: Yeah, for sure...
 * Sorensen: ... but if there's 100% that are agree with me,  where's the fun with that!? 
 * Sorensen: Perfectionism is a disease, sister. I'm really tolerant to imperfect ideas, since it makes things more interesting. That's why I find human beings special. You can always find flaws and admirable features in this race, and that's why they never fail to entertain. However, getting too obssessed with good side is dangerous. You and some of the brothers let humanity from your last hosts soften you, while the rest of our siblings are just dull as dolls. They don't know how to absorb emotions to be their tool.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Sorensen: I'm the only exception. So, as a matter of fact, I'm a far superior manipulator upon human emotions than all of you guys. You're either fools or weak-minded idiots. The only way to have feeling is to use the feelings, not to be enslave by it, my poor but beloved sister. '



<p style="text-align:center;"> '- Sorensen: Soon, with that trick of manipulation at my disposal, the ultimate darkness shall arrive, accomanying this planet screaming in pain and agony! After that, I'll sit on my First Class Seat and watching this wolrd falls under our ferocious claws! There will be no one here to stop us! Chaos will spread to anywhere, and soon this planet will finally succubbed to us... Our Dark Empire...'



' - Sorensen: The United Kingdom of America! '

''Kaysie soon calmed herself down and poured herself a glass of green liquid, some unknown substance. It was unusual for someone like her to be so scared, since Kaysie liked to manipulater others' fear. It was only an indication of Sorensen's sadism had even make her scared and annoyed. In fact, Sorensen didn't sound like he was caring Moloch, only trying to expand his power. As for the Dark Empire he had mentioned...'' Sitting back to her chair, Kaysie took a sip of the mysterious green liquid and rubbed her lips. Then, Kaysie had stand up from her chair and stared at Sorensen. ''Feeling she had finally gave away her anxiety, Kaysie gave a triumphant smile once more at Sorensen, trying to showcase she now outwitted her brother, whose words sounded so childish. However, much of her bewilderment, Sorensen merely lowered his head. This time, he was not just smirking.'' Sorensen was now chuckling. Sorensen stopped chuckling, but he was still smiling disturbingly. Kaysie was confused that Sorensen made such a statement, but then she immediately widened her eyes when Sorensen stated the following words. ''Sorensen chuckled again and raised his face towards the sky of Purgator woods. The eerie white light flashed on his face, making strange reflections in his emerald eyes.'' ''Kaysie heard Sorensen's explanation on his so-called countermeasure with a nervous face. She already felt nervous when she heard about the word "game" in his choose of terms.'' Sorensen turned around and walked away in a similar manner of his arrival. ''Sorensen bursted into sadistic laughter as soon as he disappeared. Kaysie's eyes widened in horror as soon as the phrase came into her mind...'' ''Disgusted, Kaysie cannot imagine what would happen if Sorensen started that countermeasure. She never cared about humanity, but what alerted her was its threats posed towards Zodiac Demons, whom she saw as her brothers and sisters - or just so she saw. Probably they don't love her back. ''
 * Kaysie: The United Kingdom of America...
 * Kaysie: I thought you had forgot about our task. Well, I guess our  appretice  had successfully removed the bad memories of Halloween Eve from the brains of Sleepy Hollow citizens once more...
 * Kaysie: However, remember this; our Empire should only take over this planet as soon as our plan get into frutation. There're still 5% of Zodiac Demons that are against your attempt to seek thrills from all the setbacks! Soon, probably this number will get increased! You'll learn how to do your task properly at the time.
 * Sorensen: Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh...
 * Kaysie: What're you chuckling about?
 * Sorensen: I was so overjoyed... I can't keep a straight face thinking about a possible future that resulted in your theory's disprove. You can really predict that future, can't you?
 * 66645616_p0_master1200.jpgSorensen: Those 5% that are against me are simply dull guys who have nothing to do, except plunding those descendants of Salem Witch Trials' surivivors into despair, creating Zodiac Demons in the process. This is a dull routine, but not for long. I have one last countermeasure lying in my pocket. I guess the rating would be 100% if I give them a chance to do something much more alluring and entertaining .
 * Sorensen: It'll be a  game , my dear, a public game throughout Sleepy Hollow... or maybe across the world. The rules are various, but one basic code was simple; kill or be killed, and the one with most of the body counts will be a winner, ascending to Chief Zodiac Demons. We'll then collect despair by death! That would be both entertaining and enterprising. People will have no morality underneath such game, as they would live underneath fear and paranoia all day long. As a result, before Melancholia could make a backstab against us, she'll discovered that we already destroyed the world she tried to save, and then it was her turn.
 * Kaysie: G-game...
 * Sorensen: Oh, by the way...
 * 67112730_p0_master1200.jpgSorensen: I'll be the overseer of the game to cleanse any weak "players" in it. I am the rule of this world. I own this game alone, and  you're... not... in. 
 * Kaysie: No, brother... You must lost your mind... 
 * Sorensen: Ha, you need to bring yourself a mirror, sister!
 * Sorensen: (voice) * Because that expression of fear in your eyes is so... so magnificent! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Ciao! *
 * Kaysie: You're more insane that I could ever imagine, Sorensen. Playing with the emotions of humans and the lives of our precious Zodiac Demon goons... Your countermeasues are such a waste of life. That's insane. Don't tell me that you're gonna start the... the...



' - Kaysie: The Blood Game!!! '

Sleepy Hollow
<p style="text-align:center;"> 20 minutes later 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Dutch Chapel 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Cemetery 

''The cemetery was quiet as usual, and no one would ever expect that there had been bloodshed and battle throughout this street just more than a month ago... November had coming for Northen Hemisphere, and the days turned colder. The leaves started fall onto the barren ground, brown and dried.''

''Silently and stedily, Ichabod slowly walked towards the fake tombstone of Katrina, where the late Reverend Alfred Knapp once kept the head of the Horseman. Ichabod slowly observed the words on the gravestone.''



<p style="text-align:center;"> Here Lies the Dust of 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Katrina Crane 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Burnt for Witchcraft 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Died 1782 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Aged 32 Year 

''Ichabod had so much to say to his wife, now trapped in Purgatory for some reasons. He brushed off the word on the tombstone and looked at it without a word. He could not find his wife since he never knew how to reach her. He once distrusted her, and even left her, but turned out even after all she had done and hidden away, one thing was certain; she wasn't meant to be such. She was doing the best for him, and she truly loved him...''

''Now, he had so much left to be unspoken to Katrina. Sorrow, guilt and dismay... He wished one day he and Abbie will save her and the world. However, if only just...''


 * X00_00_01--2018030-0553DDEMCEK4DN-D0235ZK.png* Crack *

''Suddenly, Ichabod heard a strange noise and turned back, looking at a bush with confusion. Then, he noticed a gun pointing at him. It was a sniper...''

"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

''Before Ichabod could react, the gun fired a dart on him and it stung into his neck. He covered his neck in pain. Slowly, Ichabod fell dizzy and soon, he lied on the ground.''


 * Ichabod: Ugh......................

Looking at someone running towards him and covered a large black bag on him, Ichabod started to lose his consciousness...



<p style="text-align:center;"> 3 hours later <p style="text-align:center;"> Sleepy Hollow Woods

<p style="text-align:center;"> On the Road

<p style="text-align:center;"> Abbie's Car

''At the same night, Abbie was driving on the car on the road while listening to music. The music was mildly slow, long and tedious, though it was probably the type Abbie enjoyed. She would be thinking about what Sister Mary Eunice said when she find her getting back so late from town. She would be mad at her, but most certainly she would calm down in a minute as well.''

''Suddenly, Abbie somehow fell sleepy and closed her eyes. It was dangerous but she somehow just did so. Abbie tried to help herself from getting into such a blurry state, but her eyelids didn't do what she asked... Soon, she began to lose her conciousness.''

Abbie's Dream
<p style="text-align:center;"> Purgatory 

<p style="text-align:center;"> ??? 

<p style="text-align:center;"> ??? 

''Two seconds later, when she opened her eyes, Abbie found herself inside a dark space. Her eyes started to survey the room. She soon found herself in an unknown place, sitting on a chair and looking at a bathtub and candles. Some weak glimpse of light was coming from the window. It was apparently an old and imparied bathroom.''
 * Abbie: ........................

''Curtains flowed beside Abbie like the dress of some ghosts. Abbie watched in confusion as she saw dim lights striking her through the blinds beside her.''

''Just then, Abbie heard some wailing of a baby. She looked aside and found a pram going all by itself. Yes, the most eerie thing was that the pram went by itself. No one was behind it, much less pushing it.''

''Then, the outside suddenly gone cloudy and gloomy. Lightnings and thunder struck the night sky one after another.''

''Confused, Abbie stood up and walked to the pram. The room surrounding her soon became a hall, decorated in a Baroque style. A music box was not far away, playing eerie music around. The wailing of baby started to get louder, so loud that it almost sounded it was not crying, but screeching.''

''Outside, the lightning was flashing, and the music box continuously played music. Abbie continued to walk into the room beside her. It was a wide room with not just the music box, but a bed for babies and a furnace surrounded with candles. It wasn't showing much of the warm atmosphere inside, though. Instead, it showed a walking nightmare full of grimmer horror. The room also broke down. This house might existed before, though something happened to it that made it so impaired and creepy.'' ''Cannot hold herself from curiousity, Abbie walked closer and closer to the pram. Beside the bed, there was a toy hanging in it. It looked like a man from the coloniel army, who was literally hanged by a noose, possibly an allusion to Benedict Arnold, though Arnold wasn't hanged for treason.''
 * Abbie: (think) * What is this? *

''Abbie didn't notice that. She just continued to walk to the pram, trying to figure out what was inside it... She looked into the pram and only discovered, much to her shock, that the so-called infant was merely a doll made of brown clay. Its eyes was made of button and its mouth was made of sewed thread.''



''Suddenly, Abbie heard some eerie noise like metal scrapping the stone. Someone stepped in the room... with an axe in his hand. It was the Headless Horseman who drew his axe. Horrified, Abbie screamed and ran away. She rushed towards the staircase with the Horseman following her from behind.''

''The Horseman only walked behind Abbie and found her at the stairway. At that time, Abbie was opening the the closet but she failed to open it. It was firmly locked. As the Horseman came closer, Abbie gasped and started running again. She finally found a room and locked the door up.''

The Horseman didn't enter, or chop the door open.

''At this moment, Abbie was assured that she was safe from the Horseman, but then she startled once again when she her birds squeaking. She saw a large hawk flying in the room. The room was filled with many things such as candles, tables, pianos and so on. Abbie then heard someone speaking in a strange language, and it sounded like an old spell.''



''She snuck into the room and ultimately found four women, robed in black with their faces covered in fabrics, were chanting some spells. They were hand in hand, surrounding a square table, and the table was full of candles.''

''Abbie then look aside and saw a book on the piano, which was opened, had went to the next page by itself. Abbie recognized the book as the Book of Revelation, and she saw a famous paragraph on the page.''

"A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. It was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth. Then another sign appeared in the sky; it was a huge red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadems. Its tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky and hurled them down to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman about to give birth, to devour her child when she gave birth. She gave birth to a son, a male child, destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod..."

- Revelations 12:1-5

<p style="text-align:center;">' - ???: (voice) HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...... '

''Just before Abbie finished the chapter and verse, a wicked laughter coming from behind, and Abbie slowly turned back, and she saw the women disappeared. Abbie walked towards the table when suddenly---''
 * ???: Hello, Ms. Mills.

''Suddenly, a deep female voice with thick British accent came behind Abbie. Abbie turned back again and saw a tall woman with dark red hair and black robes was standing not far from her. Abbie was already confused by this mysterious house and everything she saw within this. However, this woman she never met had finally gave her a chance to express her confusion.''
 * S01E06-00_06_29--20190219-114506-5-.pngAbbie: Who are you?

''Abbie never met the woman before, so she was confused to see the latter taking to her and approaching her. She was a bit of nervous, but she discovered that the woman meant no harm at all.'' ''Turned out, Abbie was now inside Ichabod's home in the 18th century, though there're several unexplained factors still to overcome. Abbie held back her feelings of confusion. She had heard Ichabod mentioning Katrina multiple times, but she never had a chance to know what she looked like or how she behaved. However, she didn't understand why Katrina contacted her instead of Ichabod as usual.'' ''Abbie felt a dread climbing upon her spine. It was now certain that it wasn't an illusion. She was looking at the future. The Horseman of Death is coming back... and is as ferocious as before, if not even worse.'' ''Listening to Katrina's explanation, Abbie was confused even more. She just watched a baseball match with him, and he left for somewhere, but now Katrina told her he was abducted...'' ''Abbie lowered her head and thought for a while. She immediately remembered the fact that Ichabod's blood was binded with the Headless Horseman, once they killed each other on their battlefield 232 years ago.'' Abbie widened her gaze immediately after hearing Katrina saying "until now." Nodded her head, Katrina slowly muttered three words...
 * ???: I am Katrina Crane, and this place is an echo of the home I once shared with my husband. 
 * X00_00_01-R-2018030-0553DDECEKDD4DN-D0235ZK.pngAbbie: What am I doing in here? Is this a dream?
 * Katrina: It's a doorway in which I'm able to reach those who bear witness - You and Ichabod. The Horseman you just saw is a manifestation of what is to come. He will return to Sleepy Hollow by nightfall. 
 * Katrina: He can only be stopped by the two Witnesses... but I'm afraid Ichabod has been abducted .
 * Abbie: What do you mean "abducted"? I was just with him. Abducted by who?
 * Katrina: I do not know. They've marked his surroundings with a protective shield to block my sight. That is why I have come to you. It can't be a mere coincidence he was taken now.
 * Abbie: You think he was taken for his blood tie with the Horseman?
 * Katrina: When I cast the spell on Ichabod to save his life, I had no idea that their fates would become entwined. It seemed irreversible until now .
 * Abbie: You found a way?

<p style="text-align:center;"> - Katrina: The Sin Eater.

​''Abbie reacted in sheer confusion hearing the words. She didn't know about the sin eater or whatever Katrina was on about.'' Hearing Abbie's question, Katrina anxiously went further and tried to explain. ​''Katrina's further explanation was suddenly interrupted. There was a noise coming from the table and Katrina was alarmed when she saw the iron star on the table had moved by itself.'' ''Katrina immediately walked closer to the table. The whole room started shaking as Katrina's voice turned much like a nervous falter. She walked passed Abbie and looked at the window outside, as if she was fearing someting...'' ''Still in bewilderment, Abbie stared at Katrina with blank astonishment. However, she then felt something omnious started to creep up her spine, in spite of her insistence to make Katrina tell more specific details.'' Abbie tried hard to speak more, only the feeling came harder and started to drag her backwards, away from Purgatory, away from the place she never arrived in the first place.
 * Abbie: I don't understand. What's a Sin Eater?
 * Katrina: I know you're going to ask. He is one of people with some kind of special sorcery, living here in Sleepy Hollow. He came to me somehow and said he could help Ichabod, but he's rather odd. It's up to you to persuade him. He...
 * Katrina: No, no...
 * S01E06-00_07_43--20190219-120256-9-.pngKatrina: No, no... We are out of time. Anyway, he will know how to guide you to Ichabod and undo the spell.
 * Abbie: What do you mean "guide me"? How?
 * Katrina: Ichabod must be sanctified. Find the Sin Eater before sundown, before the Horseman returns, or everything will be lost!
 * Abbie: Wait, I don't understand!

Real World
<p style="text-align:center;"> On the Road

<p style="text-align:center;"> Abbie's Car

''Just then, as Abbie felt dragged away, Katrina disappeared and Abbie awakened on her driver seat, because of bright - or more precisely, painful lights. She immediately saw a large truck coming towards her. Abbie immediately made a quick turn before her car stumbled into the grass beside the road. Fortunately, she was not injured.''

''She began to calm herself down and started to recollect whatever was inside her own mind... about the man Katrina mentioned... This mysterious  Sin Eater ...''

Act 2 - Sin Eater


<p style="text-align:center;">''Abbie and Captain Frank Irving discussed the mysterious message from Katrina. Irving immediately proposed a permit to make Abbie pay visit to Jenny Mills, who was about to be released from her institution, and allow her to join the investigation temporarily. Abbie and Jenny went on to find out about the mysterious Sin Eater.''

<p style="text-align:center;">''In the meantime, the abductors of Ichabod showed their true identity. They were planning to stop the return of the Headless Horseman at any cost. To achieve that, they had to make Ichabod confess about the first day he defected from the British Army, as well as one of his greatest regrets ever, right in front of them.''

<p style="text-align:center;">''Ichabod soon remembered the very first day he met Katrina. Meanwhile, after finding a missing piece of information, Abbie and Jenny discovered the Sin Eater's identity. The question is: Can he really help them before sundown?''

November 3rd - Horseman's Return
<p style="text-align:center;"> 8 hours later 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 8:00 AM 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Westchester Police Department 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Captain Irving's Office 


 * S01E06-00_08_14--20190307-133040-.pngAbbie: What I'm about to tell you is grounds to commit me.

''The next day after she had such a bizzare dream, Abbie immediately found her superior, asking him for help. She didn't waste any time to arrive in the Police Department, where the police captain was there, trying to get back to his daily duty after the manhunt failure.'' ''Irving looked at Abbie with his eyebrows furrowed. He didn't hear or mention the word "Horseman" for many days, and people in the department seemed to forget about all of this. However, Irving immediately remembered the monster that attacked Sleepy Hollow some time ago... Weeks? A couple of months? Irving didn't recall that much.'' ''Irving brushed his face in confusion. He wasn't sure if Abbie was crazy or not, but he knew that Abbie can't know about such information from nowhere'' ''Abbie didn't try to shy away. After Irving allowing she and Ichabod to use the archives, Abbie saw him as a potential ally. As a result, Abbie had the idea to make Irving know about the entire truth.'' Irving patienly listen to Abbie's explanation word by word, but he still didn't understand some parts in it. ''​However, on Irving's side, hmm... He seemed... somehow dissonantly calm about Abbie's explanation, but he showed some curiousity on the terms of "Sin Eater". He rubbed his sore eyes and sighed in fraustration.'' ''Abbie nervously gulped as Irving said those words, but she knew that Irving was the closest ally so far she could ever reach. Corbin had died, and now his murderer would come back for the town, causing bloodshed and trying to get his head back, probably. Finding Ichabod seemed crucial for the entire task.'' ''Staring at Abbie, Irving stood up from his chair and thought for a while. For several days, he had been blaming himself and acting like a pessimist, but then he clenched his fist. He was finally persuaded by Abbie. The town was in danger, and even though it was caused by something he himself never fully understand, he suddenly felt obliged to take part in the whole thing.'' Abbie felt relieved at last, since she finally persuaded her stern captain to join her job. Irving inhaled deeply as he suddenly had an idea...
 * Abbie: The thing that killed Corbin and Reverend Knapp -- the Horseman...
 * S01E06-00_08_23--20190307-133508-.pngg: Would that be the Headless Horseman?
 * Abbie: Yes, and he's coming back... tonight.
 * Irving: I have a question if that's okay? The first one being, how do you know?
 * 218Katrina1.pngAbbie: Crane's wife -- I believe he mentioned her -- is some kind of witch. She visited me. Crane is linked to the Horseman. Their blood is mixed together, so now, their spirits are connected.
 * Irving: I'm gonna ask you to clarify that.
 * Abbie: It means that we cannot hurt the Horseman without hurting Crane . That's why they have to be separated. His wife told me that the only way to break the curse is to find someone called the Sin Eater . Now, who or whatever that is apparently has the power to pull them apart, so that we can stop the Horseman of Death...  permanently .
 * Irving: You know, there are two things in life I believe a person should hold on to for as long as possible: virginity and skepticism . Surprisingly, I already lost the first thing, so I'm going to hold on for the second one as long as possible.
 * Abbie: I know him. I know he wouldn't just disappear. Now, I could pretend that it was just a bad hallucination and let whatever is going to happen, happen... but that isn't me... and I know it isn't you .
 * Irving: What do you need?
 * Abbie: To find the Sin Eater. He'll lead me to Crane, which leads me to my next big ask.
 * Irving: Let me guess.

<p style="text-align:center;"> - Irving: You're planning a family reunion. 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 40 minutes later 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 8:40 AM 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Tarrytown Hospital 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Jenny Mills' Room 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Room 49 

''The Tarrytown Hospital, the biggest psychatric hospital in the town of Sleepy Hollow, opened just as usual. The scandal about La Gloton, surprisingly, didn't even stir the whole hospital's daily routine. Patients and orderlies followed their daily routine, and nothing bad ever happened after Halloween.''

''Its current director, Walter Waterstone, never took the blame, as the authority didn't even try to ask him about that, much less revoking his duty. Some sinister force was manipulating the town from behind, making them believe what they want to believe ...''

''Although, there was something to celebrate about. One certain patient there that was about to leave the place legimiately after it locked her up for ages. It was Jenny Mills, Abbie's younger sister, who were once declared insane due to her claims of seeing a demon in the woods. No body spoke for her at the time, so she had her own childhood locked up either in hospital or in abusive foster families.''

''Following an orderly, Abbie went towards Jenny's cell room. The orderly knocked Jenny's cell door before opening it. Jenny was reading magazine in her room when she saw Abbie coming into her room. She looked at her full of sarcasm. At this time, she and Abbie had forgave each other after Jenny met Ichabod days ago.'' ''Jenny was rather surprised. In those weeks, Abbie visited her occationally, but more often sending her letters. However, it was a surprise for Jenny seeing Abbie in front of Room 49's door.'' ''Jenny seemed less gloomy than the time Ichabod first met her weeks ago. She was wearing a grey vest that every patients wear, and tied her curly hair into a braid behind her head. She was also holding a book in her hand. She seemed confused and then serene about Abbie's request.'' ''Jenny put the book down on the table, placing a towel on her shoulders back to her closet, and crossed her arms. She walked out of the closet, gazing into Abbie.'' Jenny silently heard Abbie's words, as the latter was trying to talk into her. ''The more Abbie said, the concerned Jenny had become. Then, Abbie noticed this and immediately brought in the terms of the Sin Eater. Hearing these, Jenny immediately went serious and nodded her head. Abbie widened her eyes, as she saw determination in Jenny's gaze.''
 * S01E06-00_09_49--20190307-135629-.pngJenny: Well, what the cat dragged in?
 * Abbie: I got you a 24-hour furlough. Crane is in trouble. I need you to help me find him.
 * S01E06-00_10_07--20190307-140003-.pngJenny: You're a cop. Go investigate.
 * Abbie: I am, and you're my best lead, and you know how important Crane is.
 * Jenny: To you?
 * Abbie: Yeah, to me... and to you.
 * S01E06-00_09_51--20190307-140420-.pngAbbie: You said that you went around the world looking for connections, for things that nobody could explain, things that Corbin was trying to help you understand. I'm hoping you'll know about one of them. Have you ever heard of the term  Sin Eater ?
 * Jenny: You're right. We better move fast.

<p style="text-align:center;"> ??? 

<p style="text-align:center;"> ??? 

<p style="text-align:center;"> ??? 

















<p style="text-align:center;"> - J. Rutledge: Tell me... when did you first heard the words... "Ordo... Ab... Chao"? 

"......................"

Flashback
<p style="text-align:center;"> Scene from LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow - Cicero 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 1770 

<p style="text-align:center;"> The House of Arthur Bernard, American colony 

''Ichabod Crane, as a lieutenant in Queen's Royal Regiment, arrived at a house under his superior's command. His superior, Colonel Banastre Tarleton, took his team and busted into a house owned by an African-American patriot named Arthur Bernard, a freed slave suspected for treason. Tarleton hold a pamphlet and showed it to Arthur with a look of menace.'' ''Arthur Bernard stood up and walked fearlessly towards Tarleton. He took a look at the pamphlet.'' ''All of a sudden, Tarleton went into a rage and ruthlessly slapped on Arthur's face, causing him to faint for a while. Then, Arthur had found out that his mouth had bled after being hit by this diabolical commander.'' A trail of steps can be heard and then Ichabod Crane arrived in the room, now suited with his red British army suit and hold his hat. Tarleton then left the room and Ichabod faced the prisoner, only to find out that Arthur had no fear in his eyes, still. The soldiers began to force Arthur on a chair and shackled him as Ichabod ordered, when suddenly, a guard came in and brought some news to Ichabod. ''The guard followed Ichabod's order and invited the nurse went in. Ichabod saw the nurse for the first eye and began to feel suspicious and did not speak for a while. However, the nurse spoke before he could.'' Ichabod then watched at Tarleton (who was talking with a fellow soldier) with an uncanny look, but this was noticed by the nurse. Then, the woman calmly left the house without saying goodbye, leaving Ichabod thinking for a while before he stared his interrogation.
 * Tarleton: Arthur Bernard... you are charged with insurrection against the Crown for publication of this document advocating American rebellion.
 * Arthur: The author on that pamphlet reads "Cicero."
 * Tarleton: A pseudonym, no doubt. You will be interrogated here until you reveal the identity of this treasonous criminal known as Cicero.
 * Arthur: I know no such man.
 * Tarleton: Fine, I think you will find out that the King's mercy... is without limit. Crane, come forth.
 * Banastre_Tarleton.pngTarleton: You come highly recommended, lieutenant. I'm counting on you to coax our prisoner into confession. Do this and I'm giving you a field commission as captain.
 * Ichabod: As you wish, sir.
 * Ichabod: Give him a chair. Shackle him.
 * Guard: Lieutenant, a nurse from the local Quaker community requests an audience.
 * Ichabod: Send her in.
 * ???: By what rights you hold this prisoner in his own home, sir?
 * Ichabod: By Royal Assent of the King's Quartering Act, madam.
 * ???: And what about his wounds? Did he offer resistance?
 * Ichabod: He is charged with treason, a crime punished by utmost severity. I'm certain both sides can agree on that.
 * ???: Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority agrees.
 * Ichabod: You fight for no country, then?
 * ???: I am a Quaker, sir. I fight for the conviction that every life is precious. Now I demand you to allow me to treat his injury.
 * Ichabod: (had a change of mind) Yes, it's fine, my lady.
 * Arthur: I'm in good hands.
 * ???: Your eyes betray you, the inner voice that wants to show him mercy. It's called a conscience.

Nowadays
<p style="text-align:center;"> 1 minute later 

<p style="text-align:center;"> The Archives 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Corbin's Room 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 2 hours later 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Conneticut 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Hartford 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Apartment 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Room 306 

''Conneticut is not far from Sleepy Hollow as the latter was situated in the state of New York. Therefore, it didn't take too long for Abbie or Jenny to arrive at the house of this "Sin Eater", living in this apartment with a false name.'' ''Through their information, they arrived at the room 306 where this mysterious hermit lived for many years. Abbie stared at the door for some moment, and then she knocked the door.'' ''​There were some heavy footsteps coming from the room. Abbie immediately got ready with her gun. She had no idea about this man's capability. As a result of such, she had to remain careful. She didn't know if the man was friendly or hostile towards outsiders.''​​​​​​ ''​Abbie turned her head and glared at Jenny. She was never fond Jenny's brutal honesty.'' ''​Just then, the door slightly opened and Abbie heard a deep voice whispered to her as she was an old man's face. It was a wrinkled face wearing glasses.'' ​Abbie immediately showed the man her badge without hesitation.
 * Abbie: This is Lt. Abbie Mills with the Sleepy Hollow Sheriff's Department. I'd like to talk to you.
 * Abbie: Sir, I know you are in there. I have a warrant to search the premises. I need you to open this door now.
 * Jenny: (whispered) We don't have a warrant.
 * S01E06-00_23_02--20180401-094050-3-.png: How is he gonna know?
 * ???: What's this about?
 * Abbie: This is about Ian Kellett, a dead man whose ID number you used to rent this apartment.

<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Abbie: We know your real name... Henry Parrish. You committed identity theft. You could be facing some real time, or you open the door and we could talk. ''


 * S01E06-00_23_06--20180401-093734-2-.pngHenry: ................................

''The man named Henry Parrish closed the door and unlocked it immediately before opened it again, wider. The man then turned back before sprinkling some water on the plants on his balcony. A terra-cotta warrior was beside him.'' ''Abbie walked into the room and looked at Henry. Jenny was following her.'' The elderly man slowly turned back and spoke in a calm voice. ''Abbie looked at Jenny with a worrying face. She believed that he found Katrina and asked to do her a favor, but it seemed that he was rather reluctant. It was a contrary to what she believed. She had a feeling that this man named Henry Parrish is actually acting pretentious. Nevertheless, in spite of Abbie not speaking any word, Henry seemed to see through her mind and knew what she was thinking.''
 * Abbie: Mr. Parrish, I know who you are, what you are. My friend is missing. I need your help.
 * Jeremy_Crane.jpgHenry: People always do. I don't do it anymore.
 * Henry: You seemed confused, lieutenant. Even if I explained, you wouldn't understand.
 * Abbie: Try me.

''After watering his plants in a greenhouse, Henry let out a sigh. He turned around once again and walked closer to Abbie, speaking in a calm, slow and patient tone like a teacher to his student.'' ''​Henry paused a bit as Abbie looked at him with confusion. Then, he continued his words as he started to walk away to a place not far away from the sisters.'' ''Henry then walked passed the sisters as they stepped aside to allow him walk away. Obviously he was now quivering. He was scared. It was apparent that even though he found Katrina somehow, he was still not confident about himself... or perhaps he was never trusting the sisters. To gain his trust, Jenny thought a bit before she spoke to Henry.'' Henry looked at Jenny as he rose his head a bit. Jenny looked at Abbie who questioned Henry. ''​Henry's eyes widened in curiosity. He still maintain calm character, but somehow, he noticed some hidden informations from Abbie's reference.'' Henry furrowed his eyebrows as he grew more and more curious. ''Henry immediately turned to Abbie, speaking in an anxious voice. It was apparent that he now believed Abbie was connected to the person he once intended to help.'' Abbie's face froze in disillusion. ''Abbie and Jenny fell into silence. Cryptically, Henry then smiled while nodding sadly. It was the first time Abbie saw him giving out a smile, just a little bit though.'' ''Confidently, ​Abbie walked closer to Henry. She was determined to search for Ichabod and save him from those mysterious abductors, so that he could confront the upcoming threat alive.'' ''​Henry looked at Abbie and then Jenny, but he soon trembled in terror. He was apparently disappointed and feared about something, but he refused to inform Abbie how and why.'' ''​Abbie went forward to stop Henry from leaving, but then suddenly, Henry's eyes turned blackened as he saw a vision. Releasing Henry, Abbie and Jenny looked at Henry as he saw himself going through the Munition Tunnel very quickly and his vision went all towards a stone door, a door that had a special mark on it...'' ''​The vision soon disappeared as the blackened eyes of Henry returned back to its former color, a pair of pale blue eyes. Jenny immediately realized what had happened.'' Abbie took a deep breath. ​​​​​​​''Abbie immediately remembered the underground tunnel beneath Sleepy Hollow, and she quickly went further for answer. However, Henry immediately turned around and started to regain his composure. It was apparent that he was feeling unstable. Abbie tried to figure out more, but it seemed that this man no longer tried to comply.'' ''​Henry then left for balcony. Abbie tried to go to him again but Jenny stopped her. They must return. They then turned back and left the room, leaving Henry standing with silence on the balcony.''
 * Henry: Imagine you had a pair of glasses... that could see people... see through them... into their hearts; what they've done. The parts that are locked down so deep, even they're afraid to see... but you see them... and you carried them... until the only person you can't see anymore... is  yourself .
 * Henry: If I didn't stop... I would have disappeared completely.
 * S01E06-00_24_37--20190319-101347-.pngJenny: We know what is like to live with something that no one else has.
 * Abbie: No matter what it feels like... it's a gift.
 * Jenny: You have a responsibility whether you like it or not.
 * Henry: "Let he who is without sin." I'm fairly certain that isn't you.
 * Abbie: You wanna get biblical? "I looked, and there before me was a pale horse. It's rider's name was Death, and Hell followed with him."
 * Henry: Revelation. The leader of the Four Horsemen. 
 * Abbie: Thing of it is, he's connected to my friend.
 * Henry: Death?
 * S01E06-00_25_34--20190319-101931-.png​​​​​​​Abbie: Yes.
 * Henry: Connected to your friend how?
 * Abbie: A curse. A blood tie... liking their spirits together.
 * Henry: And you want me to break the curse... to separate the Horseman from your friend.
 * Abbie: According to the Bible, a sin... is a transgression to divine law. That is what the Horseman is, an abomination, walking force; pure sin. You have the power to pull him out.
 * Henry: Where is your friend now?
 * Abbie: I was told you could tell me.
 * Jenny: ....................
 * S01E06-00_26_07--20190319-102514-.pngHenry: Maybe. If your connection with your friend is strong enough, I could use it.
 * Abbie: It's strong.
 * Abbie: Use it.
 * S01E06-00_26_35--20190213-143907-1-.pngHenry: Like I said, I don't do it anymore. You should go.
 * Abbie: Wait a minute. Wait a minute!
 * S01E06-00_26_20--20190319-102622-.pngHenry: Your friend... is underground, behind a door marked with a symbol; a square and compass .
 * Jenny: It's the symbol of the Freemasons.
 * Abbie: Underground, was it a tunnel?
 * Henry: I've told you what you needed to know to find him. That's all I can do for you. Please leave.

Act 3 - Freemasons


<p style="text-align:center;">''Confessing his greatest regret ever in front of the Freemasons, Ichabod soon realized the cover of Katrina turned on Katrina because of hiding his corpse away, while the Freemason brenthen wanted him dead to avoid the Horseman from rising once more. Ichabod had to make his ultimate sacrifice.''

<p style="text-align:center;">''In the meantime, Abbie and Jenny arrived at Freemasonry Vault. With the help of Selina, they met Ichabod face to face. Abbie tried to stop Ichabod from sacrificing himself... As the sun was about to set, Ichabod's fate was holding on his own hand...''

<p style="text-align:center;">''In the museum, Bacarrat finally arrived in the Sleepy Hollow Museum... and unexpectedly greeted by the hypocrisy from its new, snobby management.''

Selina's Flashback
<p style="text-align:center;"> 3 hours ago

<p style="text-align:center;"> Freemason Vault

Selina couldn't believe her ears and clenched her fists out of such a disbelief. ''Rutledge, who was sitting in front of Selina, started to notice that Selina began to tremble in rage. Her eyes narrowed into a vindictive glare.''
 * Ophelia.Phamrsolone.full.2483665.pngSelina: You... you mean that...
 * Selina: You mean THIS is the way you want to get rid of the Headless Horseman?



"..........................."

Nowadays
<p style="text-align:center;"> Underground 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Munition Tunnel 



"....................."

Nowadays
<p style="text-align:center;"> Underground Tunnel 

<p style="text-align:center;"> In Front of the Mason Vault 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 2 minutes later 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Backstage of the Museum Theatre 













<p style="text-align:center;"> Meanwhile 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Underground 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Freemasonry Vault 

''Abbie had finally calmed down now. There were only she along with Ichabod inside this mysterious vault. Jenny, Selina, the men with suits, and the strange woman with a fan, all disappeared from the room, leaving the two with each other. Abbie now sat in front of Ichabod. She was desperate trying to figure out an answer, and Ichabod didn't hasted to tell her.''
 * Abbie: What is that?
 * Ichabod: The Masons have been tracking down the Horseman. With his arrival, the threat of the Apocalypse draws closer. I stopped him before... temporarily. Now, I can finish what I started. My life is tied to the Horseman, and his to mine. When he rose, I rose.

<p style="text-align:center;"> - Ichabod: Therefore, if I die, he dies. 

''Ichabod pulled the chest closer to him and opened it. Abbie silently heard him describing the situation. When Ichabod pulled the chest, however, she shook her head in disbelief. She saw a small bottle inside the box.'' Ichabod fully opened the box and looked straight into the eyes of Abbie. Horrified, Abbie tried to maintain calmness and slammed the table, glaring at Ichabod. Before Ichabod could finish, however, Abbie immediately sat back on the chair and tried to dissuade him from suicidal attempts.
 * Abbie: No...
 * Ichabod: To ensure he never rides again,  my life must end .
 * Ichabod: It's the only way.
 * Abbie: NO!
 * Abbie: I am NOT letting this happen!
 * Ichabod: I sworn an oath to sacrifice my life if necessary so others may live freely, a lesson I learned from someone who did the same for me.
 * Abbie: I know a man who can help, someone who can seperate you from the Horseman.
 * Ichabod: Katrina had searched and failed.

<p style="text-align:center;"> - Abbie: Katrina is the one who told me about him. 

Abbie plainly stated the reason about how she knew someone who could help Ichabod, and the latter was astonished that Katrina found Abbie. ''Abbie lifted her eyebrows, not replying. The room was getting darker as the sun continued to set.'' "............................................................" ''Ichabod fell silent, and then he noticed the sun kept setting. He looked at the poison inside the box and shook his head rapidly, picking out the bottle and closing the box in the process.'' Desperately, Abbie pulled Ichabod's arm, begging him as he was about to take the lethal drink. ''Ichabod's words didn't make Abbie more relieved. Instead, it made her more agitated.'' ''Ichabod immediately interrupted Abbie's words by calling her with her first name. Usually, he called her either "Ms. Mills" or "lieutenant", but this time, it was different. Abbie realized that Ichabod was serious and determined on this term, as cruel as it was.'' ".............................." ''Finally, Abbie's emotions broke down. She cannot help herself now. Her face twisted in sorrow. Ichabod, however, seemed peaceful about this, much to her sadness.'' ''Ichabod began to think about all the time he and Abbie meeting each other in the prestinct, fighting against bitter enemies together, trying to solve puzzles and so on. He smiled at Abbie, who was about to press into tears.'' ''Ichabod finished his words, and Abbie finally couldn't hold her tears. For the first time, her tears fell right in front of Ichabod. She didn't shed a tear even in the funeral of Sheriff August Corbin, though it wasn't because she wasn't sad about it. In fact, she was trying to move on.'' ''Abbie sniffed and immediately held Ichabod's hand inside her hand, wishing he would renounce his attempt and agree with the other way that could save him. However, that proved to be no avail as she knew when Ichabod made his determination, it would be his determination.'' ''Ichabod slowly pulled back his hand and opened the lid of the bottle. Abbie shook her head. She was still trying to stay. If she cannot dissuade Ichabod, at least she wanted to stay with him till his last moments.'' ''Ichabod didn't answer, but he appreciated Abbie's meanings... and then, he lifted the bottle and began to drink the poison inside... He then put the empty bottle back on the table, looking at Abbie who went completely tearful.''
 * Ichabod: Katrina came to you?
 * Ichabod: Who is this man?
 * Abbie: The Sin Eater. That's a long story, but he wasn't exactly cooperative, so I'm gonna bring you to him.
 * Ichabod: There isn't time. The Horseman's nearly here, and even if we could be decoupled, I'd only free him to continue his rampage. This... assures that he won't.
 * Abbie: I do not accept that, Crane!
 * Ichabod: You MUST, if you accept what we've chosen to do -- to avert the Apocalypse so humanity can endure, so people can choose their own destiny, just as I must choose mine.
 * S01E06-00_35_40--20190325-135040-.pngAbbie: There's another way! There's always... another way!
 * Ichabod: ABBIE...
 * Ichabod: ... this is the only way.
 * S01E06-00_36_03--20190325-135333-.pngAbbie: This is the first time you ever call me Abbie.
 * Ichabod: I've lived on borrowed time... more than any man deserves. I've seen wonders... beyond my wildest imaginings... and through these centuries, against the impossibility that we would find each other... we did.
 * Ichabod: And I'm most grateful of it.
 * S01E06-00_36_36--20190325-140008-.pngAbbie: How can you be so calm about this?
 * Ichabod: ...... I'm terrified. 
 * Ichabod: Perhaps, it would be easier if you left.
 * Abbie: There's no way...
 * Abbie: There're too many people I never got a chance to say good-bye to... You are not gonna be one of them.

<p style="text-align:center;"> - Ichabod: I'm so sorry...

Real World
<p style="text-align:center;"> Freemason Vault 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Interrogation Room 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Meanwhile 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Order of Flourish HQ 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Star Spangled Secrecy Office 









<p style="text-align:center;">' - (???): Calvin doesn't have to know... Not now. He'll take down Moloch's force as long as he never know that I'm still alive... '

<p style="text-align:center;"> 7:00 PM  <p style="text-align:center;"> Sleepy Hollow Woods <p style="text-align:center;"> Trout Lake  <p style="text-align:center;"> Ichabod's Tomb 

"................................."

???
<p style="text-align:center;"> ??? 

<p style="text-align:center;"> ??? 

<p style="text-align:center;"> ??? 

[BANG!]

[BANG!]

[BANG!]

[BANG!]



''Deep inside an unknown location within mountains, lied a special prison that was reserved for Moloch's demonic minions that were not died or sent to the Purgatory. It was reserved for the living creatures under Moloch's command, make it short.''

''However, on the same day that the Horseman of Death struck back into the Sleepy Hollow, another sinister and demonic power, originated from some sort of mysterious cause, began to take form inside Sleepy Hollow, causing some disturbance to some certain demons. Now, the entire prison faced a serious problem because of this turbulance, which caused a Zodiac Demon with certainly disturbing traits gone rogue completely...'' ''The warden of this prison was on her way to the cell blocks. Yes, that's a "her." She is a tall woman with silver hair and big, blue eyes, glimmering in a sinister aura with ultramarine glow.'' The female warden known as Proxima clenched her fist and gritted her teeth.
 * Sinoalice_wallpaper_by_adiim_dc50vja-pre.jpgWarden: What the Hell is happening here!? Explain yourself right now or I'll--
 * Gaoler: We don't know! That beast himself gone rogue all of a sudden, Warden Proxima! I can't explain!
 * Proxima: I'll deal with you later.

[BANG!]



''The debarcle became more and more serious as the entire prison started to shake. Proxima gulped and moved on, leaving the gaoler stepped back and ran away immediately.'' ''Proxima furrowed her brows and rushed to the scene. She knew quite well how capable this prisoner could be. In fact, it was one of the most dangerous and violent Zodiac Demons appeared ever since the Feast of Apollo eight years ago.'' ''Cautiously, Proxima walked towards the cell where the source of chaos was jailed inside. She took a deep breath and paced forward, glaring at the beast inside with a sinister and cold stare.''
 * Proxima: Ugh! What is that freak think he was doing? Didn't he feel enough for killing so many potential hosts for new Zodiac Demons nearly two years ago!? Lord Wiseman is gonna be so distraught!
 * Proxima: (think) * We're trying to pull him back from going fully rogue and killing people once more. However, it seemed that even if we throw him in jail, two years has been now, he still don't know how to behave! *

- Proxima: Behave.

''Proxima grabbed the iron bar angrily and yelled at the creature inside. Within the cell, there was a pair of fiery red eyes full of blood lust and sheer violence. The Zodiac Demon inside glared at Proxima and all of a sudden, it pounced to Proxima and almost knocked her down, if he wasn't chained inside. Proxima was alerted and flinched to avoid this dangerous beast, what was kept growling, blubbering and ranting...''

''- ???: I WANT TO PAINT SLEEPY HOLLOW RED! I WANNA KILL! Proxima! Let me out! The Order of Flourish reeks! Sleepy Hollow stinks! I'll kill them right now! All of them!''



''- ???: I said... LET ME OUT!''

<p style="text-align:center;">' CIS Productions Presents... '

<p style="text-align:center;"> LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Horsemen Saga 

[BANG!]

- ???: Right now!

<p style="text-align:center;"> Season 2 - Death Arc 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Episode 25 - The Sin Eater 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Death's Return Sub Arc - Part 1 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Sub Arc Prologue 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Twelfth Episode of Season 2 

''[BANG! BANG! BANG!]''



- Efreet: RIGHT NOW!!!

To be continued...

MAD - Symphony of Corridor (Homage)
<p style="text-align:center;"> Symphony of ​Corridor (Homage)

<p style="text-align:center;"> Inspired by a cross-talk show in 1993 CCTV Spring Festival Gala

<p style="text-align:center;"> Originally portrayed by Jiang Kun & Tang Jiezhong

<p style="text-align:center;"> In memory of Tang Jiezhong (1932-2017)

<p style="text-align:center;"> Some parts have alterations

''One day, just like a normal day of the Rogues after some long time struggling against MPS was over, Katarina and Maria was talking to each other. Maria held a cup of tea in her hand and took a sip, before she put a small lollipop inside her mouth. Katarina was standing next to her.'' ''Katarina's words drew Maria's curiousity. Maria took her lollipop out of her mouth.''
 * Katarina: Psst, Maria! I wanna tell people a good news about you! They will be glad.

Like a kid who was about to receive her Christmas gift, Maria was excited and she looked up at Katarina with a smile. Maria smiled and nodded, but then her eyes lit up and her smile faded.
 * Maria: What is it? Tell me first, please!
 * Katarina: Today is Maria's birthday!


 * Apartment_building_evening_by_dave5264-d3e7ol6.jpgMaria: Yeah... but wait, my birthday was one month ago!

Maria looked at Katarina with a drop of sweat on her head.
 * Katarina: No, no, I mean you managed to make a family.


 * Maria: I already made a family. Everyone knows that.

''Looking at Katarina's words, Maria reacted like a perfect Deadpan Snarker. Katarina immediately covered her face in a blush due to embarrasment.'' ''Katarina blushed redder in embarrasement as she tried to make her words right. Calming herself down, Maria swept a drop of sweat on her head. She then touched her own earring and sighed.'' Katarina then lid up her eyebrows all of a sudden. Hearing Katarina's words, Maria slowly put her cup on the table. Maria's words made Katarina excited. Katarina smiled and nodded.
 * Katarina: Uh, I mean... Maria lives in a house now!
 * Maria: What the... You mean I lived in a cage before?
 * Katarina: No, no, I mean you lived in...
 * Maria: I'm currently living in an apartment.
 * Katarina: Yes, an apartment, but it has a narrow corridor with a low ceilng. Are you sure someone so willowy like you can get through it?
 * Maria: No problem, I can. I walk upstairs everyday in order to keep my shape.
 * Katarina: Speaking of apartments, I recently went to another apartment to live with Imperia, Rentaro and Mana. I bought a piano, but I can't carry it.
 * Maria: Hmm, carry a piano? I have an idea.
 * Katarina: What is it?
 * Maria: I'll look for some helper, some strong men, to help you carry the piano with their shoulders, all the while singing work songs as encoragements. I'll help you as well.
 * Katarina: That'll be a great help! Thanks!

<p style="text-align:center;"> The next day

<p style="text-align:center;"> Katarina's new apartment

<p style="text-align:center;"> Ground floor

''The next day, at the new apartment of Katarina, Mana & Imperia, preperations were made in front of its staircase. Katarina was at the front of the piano to carry it. Maria was behind her. There were four other helpers formed by Ratatoskr members standing beside the piano. They carried the piano on their shoulders with their strength.'' ''Six people started to carry the piano into the first floor while singing work song. The first floor, also known as the ground floor, shall be acessed after entering the door without going upstairs.'' ​The piano was lifted up, and Maria was pleased with that. ''The people carried the piano and walked forward... when suddenly, Katarina stopped walking and looked at the place in front of her.''
 * Maria: Okay, here we go. Ready?
 * Katarina: Ready.
 * Maria: Good, and now... One, two three! (sing)
 * Edcddddw.pngKatarina: (sing) ♪ Comrades, let's lift it up ♪
 * Katarina & Maria: (sing) ♪ Eh--Hey--Yo--- ♪
 * Maria: We lift this up! Well done!
 * Katarina: Move forward.

With her smile turned into a surprised ace, Katarina immediately altered the lyric. ''Suddenly, Maria reacted as she felt something was wrong, before all seven people aside of her had put the piano down back on the ground. Maria almost lost her own balance, but fortunately, she used her staff to balance herself.'' ''Katarina pointed at the front, and Maria took a careful look. She then reacted in shock as she found out that the corridor of the ground floor was piled up with all kinds of old stuff.'' ''​Maria also looked around. Her face turned into a hue of dark green for feeling repulsive.''
 * Katarina: (sing) ♪ Comrades, let's put it down ♪
 * IMG_4258.pngMaria: Eh-- Huh!?
 * Maria: What's the meaning of this? We just lift it up for a few seconds before you put it down! I almost lost my own balance!
 * Katarina: Sorry, but we cannott move forward all the way towards the staircase.
 * 60110271_p0_master1200.jpgMaria: What makes you say that?
 * Maria: Uh, what's that?
 * Katarina: Let me have a check... A ten-year-old cart, a five-year-old broken furniture, and also includes... Look at this, Maria! There is a half-broken old door is leaning by the wall.
 * Maria: On my side, there's severl dried corns hanging on the wall. The food and old clothes piled up together. There are broken wine bottle and empty tin cans. There's also a pair of old shoes hanging with garlics!

''Having goosebumps all over her face, Maria almost immediately shivered in disgust. She hates unclean things very much. Katarina and Maria looked at each other with the same expression on their own faces.''
 * Katarina & Maria: Trashes!

''Suddenly, as soon as the yelled, the door not far away from them opened. An old lady came out of the door with a gray hat and a pair of glasses. She looked at the people carrying the piano with an angry frown.'' Maria immediately let her tongue out when she heard the threat of the old lady.
 * Old lady: Who are you that called all my stuff as trashes?! To you, they are trashes, but to me, they are treasure! They're unique! If there is someone who have the same stuff as I have, I'll pack that pair of shoes alongside those garlics and send them the package!
 * Maria: Bah, no one wants this!

The old lady then notice Maria and Katarina as well as the people who carried the piano. ''The old lady looked at Maria and Katarina. Katarina took a look at Maria with a drop of sweat on her own head. She seemed not fancy about Maria's own plan, which would be obviously negotiations.''
 * Old lady: Hey, you, young lady, why are you standing beside my precious treasure? Step back! You can touch none of them!
 * Maria: Ma'am, I'm sorry, but I guess I need to talk to you. Would you mind if I come closer? I'm afraid you won't hear me clearly.
 * Old lady: You want to step forward? Okay, come here, but just be careful. Now, step out slowly...

With no alternative choice, Maria had to do whatever the old lady ask her to do, making her to feel like walking in a mine field. ''Several huge sweat drops began to drop down from Maria's head as she tried hard to avoid anything. The old lady continued to instruct her to do things.'' ''Maria bounced herself and tried not to lose her own balance, while Katarina and others looked with a face filled with sweat drops. Maria then stood in front of the old lady, and she had to bounce on the ground with only one leg.'' Maria shook her head in helplessness. The old lady crossed her arms and reacted in anger, making Maria quite startled.
 * Old lady: Lift your left foot! Your left foot! Avoid that vase made in Qing Dynasty period!... Now, lift your right foot! Avoid that bowl made in the era of Tang Dynasty!... Lift your left foot again! Don't touch that shoe made in 1957! ... Now, lift your right arm  and avoid those socks made in 1962! 
 * QWASDEE23333.png: Huh? I must be in Hell...
 * Old lady: Now, don't touch it! Stand still first, and bounce yourself with one leg slowly. Yes, yes, that's it! Jump to this spot... Hey, beware of those cans hanging on the ceiling! That's used for preventing theives! If you touch them and made noises, my son will throw a large brick to you immediately! 
 * Maria: ¡Santo Dios! This is a lot, lot more dangerous than a battlefield!
 * Maria: Madam, with no offense, there are so many stuff of yours inside this corridor... We need to carry a piano... You see, this piano is...
 * Old lady: Why are you always bouncing in front of me?
 * Maria: You think I can stand straight with only one leg!?
 * Maria: Madam, you see, so many old stuff...
 * Old lady: What? Old? Young people these days are so impolite!
 * Terracotta_army_5256.jpgMaria: Uh, I didn't actually mean...
 * Old lady: Halt! In front of so many friends of yours, I'll ask you something! Are those terracotta warriors in Qin Shi Huang's tomb old enough?
 * Maria: Yes, they are.
 * Old lady: But they're archelogical discovery! What about those mummies in Egypt? Are they old enough?
 * Maria: Yes, they are.
 * Old lady: But they're treasure! Are those vintage stamps with Queen Victoria's head old enough?
 * Maria: Yes, they are.
 * Old lady: But they're priceless! What about my husband who is 88 years old now? Is he old?
 * Maria: Well, yes.
 * Old lady: He's my first love!

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Katarina & Maria: That doesn't even make any sense. '

''Katarina looked at the scene from far away and sharpened her eyes. She could not believe what the old lady said, as the latter found so many excuses only trying to avoid herself from removing all those stuff from the corridor.''
 * Maria: Senora, I...
 * Old lady: You said those are old stuff, right? You're ignorant! Among all those stuff, do you know which is the soother of a prince and which is a tub of a cocubine?
 * Maria: Hic! Does that make any sense!?

''Maria was almost driven to a hiccup due to being struck by the quibble of that old lady. She stepped back and sighed. It was apparent that the negotiation failed.'' Finally, the old lady nodded and was satisfied. ''Maria was confused and she then looked at Katarina. Katarina checked her pocket and found a pencil. She walked forward and passed it to Maria, whose extend her arm with her magical ability to get the pencil.'' Maria then turned to the old lady, who looked at her, unimpressed. Maria looked at the pencil in her hand and sighed.
 * Maria: All right, madam, how about this? I remove those stuff for a while, and after we get passed, I'll move it back, okay?
 * Old lady: Very well. Bring a pencil!
 * Maria: Thanks.
 * Maria: Why do we need a pencil?
 * Old lady: Isn't it obvious? We'll draw a blueprint of this corridor! After you move those stuff and lift that damn piano upstairs, you should move my stuff back to their previous spot! Otherwise, it will cause troubles.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Maria: (think) * Who's troubling who? ... * '

<p style="text-align:center;"> After 3 hours of actions  <p style="text-align:center;"> Including a 40-minute-long period of time for drawing the blueprint 

With satisfaction, the old lady went back home, but Maria was stressed out and started to breath like a overheated dog. ''Maria then raised back to her full height. With her own ability, she regained her stamina almost immediately. They then went back to their former stance and lifted the piano up.''
 * Maria: Oh, man, after three hours of madness in front of this gate, we finally passed the level of ground floor.
 * Katarina: All right, let's go upstairs.
 * Katarina: (sing) ♪ Comrades, let's lift it up ♪
 * Katarina & Maria: (sing) ♪ Eh--Hey--Yo--Ah-- ♪

<p style="text-align:center;"> 50 seconds later 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Second floor 

''Suddenly, at the top of the staircase, Maria reacted in shock as she felt something was wrong again, before all seven people aside of her had put the piano down back on the ground for the second time. Maria almost lost her own balance, but fortunately, she used her staff to balance herself once again.''
 * 9i9pjnj9.pngKatarina: (sing) ♪ Comrades, let's put it down ♪
 * Maria: Eh-- Huh!?

''This time, Maria stared at Katarina in anger, not just confusion. They were standing now halfway on the staircase towards the second floor.'' ​Hearing this, Maria's anger suddenly faded and was confused. ''Katarina looked at the top and stopped speaking. Maria looked up as well, and she widened her eyes in apall.'' ''Honeycomb briquet is a kind of carved coal that used for stoves, originated from China. The urban area in China no longer uses this kind of coal as fuel. Maria, Katarina and their helpers looked at the piled coals with astonishment. Katarina then yelled to the owner on the second floor's room.'' Maria left the piano for a while and walked passed Katarina, standing at the front door.
 * Maria: What the Dickens is going on? Why did you put it down again? 
 * Katarina: Sorry but againt, we can't past the second floor.
 * Honeycomb_briquet.jpgMaria: Why not? Is the second floor as messy as the ground floor?
 * Katarina: It's not that mess. There's just empty paper boxes. They're neat, but they piled up all the way towards the ceiling. There's the box of fridge, the box of washing machine... Oh, no! Look!
 * Maria: You're wrong. The boxes are not empty. There's a pile of honeycomb briquet piling inside it all the way to the top! Oh my... It's now shaking with the wind...
 * 9i89i9998.pngKatarina: This is dangerous.  I should take iron helmets here for all of us, or we cannot pass this place unscathed. 
 * Katarina: Whoever lives on the second floor, what are you gonna do with those coal? People all burn natural gas as the fuel nowadays!
 * Maria: Anyone can hear us? Please? We need help here!

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Maria: (think) * My Lord, you can't be serious... * '

''Maria felt great unease when she saw the door of the second floor owner opened his door, revealed a small eye peering outside like some snake. It creeped Maria out, reminding her some sort of pervert she utterly despised.'' ''Disgusted, Maria stepped back and hide behind Katarina, but turned out she was too tall for Katarina's head to hide her face. That was such an embarrasement.'' ''The two girls looked at each other with uneasy smiles as the Ratatoskr crew looked at them in deadpan. Suddenly, the door opened with a loud noise like shackles cracking. Maria let out a little moan as she saw an average height old man.'' Katarina turned her head around from Maria and started to whimper. ''The old man had a sallow face and full of wrinkles. What was worse, he seemed extremely untidy and messy. He also seemed hostile and creepy. No wonder why Maria was scared of him. Even Katarina caught a jumpscare at his sight.'' Maria sighed at Katarina's slip of words as the old man approached in a grumpy expression. Maria stepped back and pushed Katarina forward. Katarina turned around in an awkward expression, but then when she net the old man face to face, she gulped and started to negotiate. The old man stared at Katarina in annoyance and talked back immediately. ''Katarina had a large sweat drop on her cheek. Clearly, this man was even more unreasonable than the old lady.'' Katarina pointed at the piano. ''Katarina was struck speechless. It seemed that she was talking to Zodiac Demons who never make any sense besides chaos, but clearly the old man was just trying to justify his unreasonable actions through illogical excuses, fully missing the point.'' The old man acted out and proud as if he was some kind of war hero. ''Feeling the old man's description was overdramatic, Katarina was really helpless and speechless. She realized she shouldn't waste time on such a stubborn man any longer, so she walked to Maria.'' As soon as Maria nodded her head, the old man suddenly leaped to the middle of the door and stepped right in front of them. Hearing such a challenge, Katarina and the Ratatoskr crew was furious. ''However, Maria quickly blocked the way between Katarina and the old man when sensing a fight was about to ensue. During the quarrel, Maria observed at the argument and narrowed her eyes. She began to understand the reason behind all of those conflicts they had after walking into the apartment. Furthermore, her fear to that scarecrow-esque old man seemed fully waned.'' Pulling Katarina aside, Maria took at look at Katarina and ignored the grumpy old man with disdain, and then she crossed her arms, speaking like a serious and professional analist. ''Maria nodded at Katarina's conclusion. It was clearly obvious that any annoying neighbors they met was obssessive either in their so-called collection or their place, like regarding everything as their own.'' Maria started at the old man with vidinctive glare. ''Maria let out a smile and stepped forward, before all of a sudden, her body turned tangerine and the air around her was steamed. Intense heat filled the corridor.'' ''Katarina immediately realized what Maria was on about. The old man was horrified as well. He watched as Maria's heat got more and more intense, enough to melt the chocolate. He stepped back in horror as he saw Maria, still heated up, walked towards the coal with a demonic expression.'' ''Maria began to raise her hand. It was apparent taht she planned to slam her heated palm at the coal, which was hot enough to ignite one of them, before lighting them all up.'' ''Maria's scorching hand was merely inches to the coal when she suddenly heard the man yelling. She immediately flinched and began to cool herself down. Turned out, the man was merely a coward who just boasted himself with pure arrogance.'' Maria's body tempreture began to cool down and she secretly gave a thumb up at Katarina, who smiled in confidence. ''The old man nodded and started to carry the coals. Maria turned around and mischievously let out a cute smile.'' ''Maria and Katarina made fist bumps together as the old man cleared the corridor from piled coals in a matter of minutes. Then, Katarina paced forward with people carrying the piano followed her, but the old man blocked their way once more.  The old man gave out a picture showing how to make the six people carry the piano in a verdical way. Maria saw her location was at the bottom of the paper. She was confused.'' Maria clenched her fists and then made a fraustrated facepalm. Maria shrugged her should and realized Katarina was right. Maria and Katarina, along with their helpers, switched the direction of the piano and carried it forward upstairs, singing the workers' songs.
 * Maria: Oops, this can't be good. I know it's not polite to say this, but I think there is a... a dried-up  scarecrow  behind this door!
 * Katarina: You need to crouch yourself, Arzonia.
 * 9i9jn98bn9nk.pngMaria: Ahh! THAT SCARECROW COME OUT! Go away! Go away!
 * Katarina: Oh, quiet... There's nothing to be scared of...
 * Katarina: ... him.
 * Katarina: Oh... Oh-llo?
 * [[File:Suisei_no_gargantia-03-fearokku-commander-leader-old_man-white_beard-salty_seadog.png|thumb|340px]]Maria: It's "hello". (think: * She's not so above it all, hmm? *)
 * Old man: What happened? You need a hand?
 * Maria: It's your turn.
 * 9i9jn98bni99.pngKatarina: Well, sir, I'm sorry to disturb you, but you can't put those coals in the corridor.
 * Old man: Then where should I put them in? A fridge? You put coals in a fridge? Is there an idea worse than that?
 * Katarina: No, I mean, you shouldn't pile them up in the corridor!
 * Old man: Then what the hell should I pile in this corridor? Television sets? You piled up our TV in the corridor, and what should I do? Watching TV within the corridor and in such a cold day? Don't you feel you're so outrageous?
 * Katarina: Hey, but this is a public corridor, for everyone to use it freely!
 * Old man: Public? Use it freely? If that's real, you can use it, they can use it, everyone can use it, but why can't I use it?
 * Katarina: This is the place for people to walk through!
 * Old man: My ass! Every can walk through here, they can walk in here, I can walk through here, so why can't YOU walk through here?
 * Katarina: We're carrying a piano! It's too big! We can't carried it through a corridor like this!
 * Old man: Then why did you buy such a big stuff? You can buy a smaller musical instrument, like a flute ! You play your flute and act like Pied Piper while walking upstairs!
 * Old man: You should know this, girl! If one day you bought a Panzer, you need to demolish this apartment to make your way, needn't you? You should never be so unreasonable!
 * Katarina: Who's unreasonable!?
 * 15202268052gsal.jpgOld man: You're not the first person here to challenge me. To tell the truth, I once opened a war to fight for this "turf" against my former neighbor!
 * Katarina & Maria: Huh? There was a war!?
 * Old man: Three steps of a war, more precisely! Step one, we drew our line! Step two, I fought him and he deceded! Step three, I pushed him down to the first floor! This is our rule! We can die, our blood can flow, but we cannot raise white flags! We can be beaten, we can be killed, but we can't lose our territory! 
 * Katarina: Well, Maria, why don't we carried those coals to somewhere near here, so that the piano can pass?
 * Maria: Agreed.
 * Old man: Who's about to learn a serious but valuable lesson? I tell you guys this! Don't mistake my age for senile! I'm really awesome, ye know! I can beat down two men in one fist, and kick down three men in one kick! I can also stuck one man under this armpit at the very same moment! A girl like you? When I slap your face, you're gonna lose all your teeth!
 * X00_00_01-M-2018030-0553DDEMCEKD4DN-D0235ZK.pngKatarina: You little...
 * Maria: Wait! Over here, Katarina...
 * Maria: I understand the reason, Katarina. Come here and I'll tell you.
 * Katarina: Hmm?
 * CzkXRLhUAAExmko.jpgKatarina: What do you know about this?
 * Maria: Poor choice of neighbors you got here. This corridor is vacant of someone to take charge as the administrator, if you will. It's clearly sensible that there is nobody taking charge within such a place for probably an eternity or worse.
 * Katarina: In a nutshell, they need some serious management.
 * U=2150545305,2733562870&fm=26&gp=0.pngMaria: Exactly. Time passed by, and the owners in this apartment are spoiled. They begin to think themselves as the kings of the neighborhood, being uncaring to those stuffs. Simply put, they became arrogant and egocentral. When they met negotiators, they'll deal it with brute force. When they met brutes, they'll raise wars between this neighborhood, even regardless of their own lives.
 * Katarina: I see. It's a circular.
 * Maria: Yes, a negative circular. I need to figure a way out to end this, before we push it to the worst. I really hate causing trouble in such a nice garden, but this man pushed me towards my edge.
 * Katarina: So what're you gonna do? He not who we can negotiate with.
 * X00_00_01--2018030-0553DDECEKDSDG4DN-D0235ZK.pngMaria: Then, I'll see who's gonna win! Starting with... the coals!
 * Maria: The best way you can shut up a fly is to slap it dead!
 * Old man: Wait! Please! Stop! You... you're Maria Arzonia? The Angel of Flame! And that red... that must be Katarina Couteau. Sorry for my own ignorance! I'll... I'll comply!
 * Maria: Hmm, now you know who's the winner.
 * Old man: Yes, yes, I know! You can call me a scarecrow as you like! Just allow me to carry those coals to elsewhere!
 * Maria: Nah, I'm just scaring you, but if you can comply, we shall end it in peace.
 * Carry_the_Piano.pngMaria: Bingo!
 * Katarina: Well done!
 * Old man: Wait a minute. Carrying a pianno in a horizondal way is too dangerous that would break it! The third floor is dangerous, more dangerous than any level of Hell! You can only pass by brains, not by brawn. As a result, I suggest you carry it in a verdical way, like this...
 * Maria: Why am I at the bottom?
 * Old man: Well, you're the only immortal being here, so if the piano fell, it'll presed itself on your body, which will ensure its survival!
 * Maria: How unfair! You treat me like a shield?
 * Katarina: Nevermind, Maria. At least we can carry the piano right towards the third floor. We're almost there.
 * Maria: Fine.

<p style="text-align:center;"> 20 seconds later

<p style="text-align:center;"> Third floor's corridor 

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Katarina: (sing) ♪ C-comrades, l-let's... put i-it d-d-down... ♪ (trembling) '

''But then, all of a sudden, Katarina ordered everyone to put the piano down for the third time, but this time she was trembling. This time, Maria was a lot more than confused rather than shocked.'' ''Maria frowned her eyebrows and was confused. She was then surprised by what Katarina said later on.'' ​Maria looked at Katarina with surprise as the latter started to survey the third floor. ''Maria was apalled to hear Katarina chanting all of those... animals... on the third floor. Katarina looked at Maria and sighed.'' ''Maria nodded and started to step back. Suddenly, there was some noises of trumpets and musical instruments coming from downstairs.''
 * Maria: What the... Why are you trembling so hard, Katarina?
 * Katarina: No way, no way... There's no way we could pass the third floor. Oh, God! It's pretty damn scary!
 * 54628871_p2_master1200j.jpgMaria: What's on the third floor?
 * Katarina: Animals.
 * Maria: Animals!?
 * Katarina: There is a large bloodhound chained in front of the door, glaring at me while sitting on the floor! Beside it... Ouch, what the hell... There's a  gorilla , a  lion , a  serpent , also a hamster in a box. There's even a parrot cage hanging on the wall, with the bird inside threatening me!
 * U=7233P115DT20140612101619.jpg: A parrot? What did it say?
 * Katarina: It said, " Welcome to the end of the Earth, with a piano oversize! You can pass the second floor, but the third floor will make you die! "
 * Maria: It knows we passed the second floor?!
 * Katarina: Let's forget it. Carry it back to the front of the corridor floor and we'll make a plan to deal with those beasts without offending their owner.
 * Maria: Hmm?

''Gulped, Maria carefully look back. What she saw was an utter debarcle.'' ''Katarina then looked up. She suddenly heard some crying noise upstairs.'' Katarina looked up to the woman closing in, and Maria looked down on the band who was going to pick up their bride for her wedding. Just then, in such a messy debarcle, that old man owned the second floor came out of the room and went upstairs to the people carrying the piano. The old man then shouted to the people from downstairs, to the woman upstairs and then to Maria. ''Hearing this, Maria opened her jaw and was both apalled and angered. Steam clouds started to burst out from her head, but the old man chose to ignore her.'' ''Unfortunately, nobody listen to him. The band continued to walk upstairs while playing the noisy music, while the pregnant woman upstairs still struggled herself downstairs and walked all the way towards Katarina without realizing she was in front of her. Katarina sighed when she looked up to the sky ... to the ceiling in a 45 degrees angle.'' Maria heard Katarina was about to cry, and she immediately widened her eyes in horror!
 * Maria: Uh, Katarina? I guess we can't go back.
 * Katarina: What is it?
 * Maria: This corridor is no longer quiet. It's apparent that some people down below were going upstairs to pick some bride up for her wedding. They're heading towards the second floor.
 * Katarina: Oops, bad luck. A pregnant woman is coming downstairs. It looks like she is suffering from contraction and is desperate to go down! She was crying so hard!
 * Maria: Aw! But we must carry the piano to somewhere quickly! Yes, the side of this corridor! This corridor, in spite of those animals, is actually seemed wider!
 * Katarina: It's a vain hope. Her stomach seemed even wider than this piano itself. You think we can carry it away?
 * Maria: Oh, no, how could this happen? ...
 * Old man: Hey, what did I say? You young people should never ignore what we old people said, or there'll be this - a devatsating consequence. You can't do anything in this corridor for now, but * I * own this place!
 * Old man: Hey, those who're preparing for wedding, please wait for two hours! You can have a " late marriage "! As for that lady above, you can give birth two hour later! This is known as a " late birth "! And you, um... Señorita Arzonia, please hold the piano by yourself! As long as your spine and waist are fine, there'll be no author who will dare to write " the late Maria Arzonia " on their files about you, not even in a million years!
 * Maria: Me!?
 * Old man: Anyone agree with me? Raise your hands!
 * Katarina: I can't believe it. We walked all the way here with hardship and challenges, just for carrying a simple piano upstairs!
 * Maria: Yeah, it *is* so hard...
 * Katarina: Oh, I wanna cry... I wanna cry...
 * Maria: Kat, don't you dare--!!

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Baby crying: WAAAAAAAAAAAH! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! '



''Maria heard the noise that seemed to be Katarina crying. She was surprised and confused, and she looked up to observe Katarina. Katarina's face was not shown in front of her.'' ''Katarina looked back to Maria. Much to her surprise, Katarina did not cry at all.'' Maria shook her head in helplessness.
 * Maria: Uh, Katarina? Is that... the voice of your crying?
 * Katarina: I wasn't crying at all! That woman's baby was born!
 * Maria: Oh...

Lyrics
If anyone asks I'll tell them we both just moved on When people all stare I'll pretend that I don't hear them talk Whenever I see you I'll swallow my pride and bite my tongue Pretend I'm okay with it all Act like there's nothing wrong

Is it over yet? Can I open my eyes? Is this as hard as it gets? Is this what it feels like to really cry? Cry

If anyone asks I'll tell them we just grew apart Yeah what do I care If they believe me or not Whenever I feel Your memory is breaking my heart I'll pretend I'm okay with it all Act like there's nothing wrong

Is it over yet? Can I open my eyes? Is this as hard as it gets? Is this what it feels like to really cry? Cry

I'm talking in circles I'm lying, they know it Why won't this just all go away

Is it over yet? Can I open my eyes? Is this as hard as it gets? Is this what it feels like to really cry? Cry Cry

On the Next Episode...


<p style="text-align:center;">'' - ???: Good day. This is Detective Elizabeth Drake. ''







<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Irving: Come if you dare, you headless son of a b***h. ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Andy: Rumors of my demise has been... pretty much true. ''





<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Andy: You can't kill death, but you can trap him. This is the only way you can defeat him. ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Abbie: Crane? NOW!!! ''

Sword Coast
<p style="text-align:center;"> Meanwhile 

<p style="text-align:center;"> East Gauntlgrym 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Fiery Pit 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Empire of Fiery Pit HQ 

Deep inside another world where human on Earth hardly knew of its existence, the Forgotten Realm was facing its greatest peril on weather and climate change ever. Right beneath the land of Sword Coast, deep inside the ancient city of Gauntylgrym, flowing lava and fire elemental archons guarded throghout the East Area, where the Fire Cultists from the newly established Dark Empire, the Empire of Fiery Pit, took control over the area. ''Jasmine Porcelain, the traitor of aquatic elf clan and a zealous follower of Lolth, let out a smirk while standing inside the hall room of Gautylgrym, which now became the house to the newly established Dark Empress and Prophet of Fire, Vanifer. However, Vanifer wasn't there and that made Porcelain intrigued.'' ''Beside her, there was a skeletical woman covered in bandage, with a pair of dried cheekbone and a pair of spectral blue eyes. As Porcelain looked at the Beacon of Imix not far away, the skeletical woman only held a cup of wine and sighed in grievous tone.'' ''It was Valindra Shadowmantle, who somehow revived after her previous defeat and now became a partner-in-crime to Vizeran DeVir, the leader of Elemental Evil and serving as Vanifer's Prime Minister. However, even the Prime Minister wasn't here.'' ''Porcelain scoffed and bit her lips. She turned back and looked at a large device that gathered some lava as its energy. There was someone lying inside this place.'' ''Porcelain the let out a sinister smirk as she gazed into the glass coffin. Deep inside, it was a beautiful and peaceful brunette woman who wore a long, brown trenchcoat and a pair white boots.''
 * Porcelain: Well, that's it.
 * Porcelain: Well, I guess the Empress of this tiny so-called Empire hadn't do anything effective. In spite of this, every followers of Imix had never fell into chaos. Was it me or something sinister is planning inside this place without her?
 * Valindra_shadowmantle_fanart_by_andreyalekseev_d9ah9vj-pre.jpgValindra: It's a good thing. She won't be happy to see me, let alone pumping her lava as energy to fuse into such a new body.
 * Valindra: By the way, thank you for saving me from Vanifer's invasion weeks ago. I wasn't sure if I could take her down. She was much, much more powerful that I could've ever imagine.
 * Elise.full.2400641.jpgPorcelain: I was just trying to save my own business. I don't want her foil my deal with the Prophet of Water, Gar Shatterkeel, in such a moment. Fortunately, DeVir never know I'm here, or he'll be mad since he's an unbeliever and desecrator to Lolth, my Queen of Spiders, but I won't be here for too long. All I need to do is to construct the body you wanted me to finish.
 * Valindra: I'm rather surprised that you managed to reconstruct ashes into bones and even flesh. I tried to do it myself.
 * Porcelain: No, no, no, you shall make her into a lich. I want to make her fully alive again. All you have to do is breath her life back into her belly, Shadowmantle.

Porcelain then tried to step back, but Valindra grabbed her shoulder and caused her to stared at her, baffled. Valindra stared into the face in the coffin and almost uttered "such a beautiful face," but she immediately held back and asked what she should do. ''Valindra's face turned pale when she uttered the final part of her words. Porcelain, in spite of this, showed no terror.  Hearing this, Valindra gave a thoughtful look at the woman and smirked. She then raised her staff at the woman's corpse.'' ''The lich woman nodded. No longer keeping her carefree persona, Valindra then started to dictate a spell which was spoken in an old and ancient language. Porcelain stepped aside in some unease. The spell casted by Valindra had some power inside that could make anyone around her unnerved. The casting lasted for 30 seconds, as the hand of Valindra started to shake when struggling with some unseen force forcing her hand to give up.''
 * Porcelain: What is it?
 * Valindra: Before we begin...
 * Valindra: ... what became of the evil persona in her mind? It seemed to me that this evil alter-ego was what drove this woman... to kill her very own brother .
 * Porcelain: Oh, that? Ha, I seperated it from her body and sealed it in the Purgatory alone, in exchange of relasing this woman's origina soul. Nevertheless, that alter-ego would walk free in Purgatory, since it was an immature  Zodiac Demon  born from this woman's sadness. Because of Moloch's interference, it could never come out. Its name is... Entisrich, probably a form made from her original host's name... just a change of spelling.
 * Valindra: Oh? An immature Zodiac Demon in her body? So... that explains everything, but I have no time or interest to dig further. I'll leave such a place in case Vanifer do return some time. I need to avoid her ire as she won't be happy to see me.
 * Porcelain: So do I. Now, let's begin.

''Soon, the casting stopped but nothing ever happened. Assuming this was failed, Porcelain shrugged her shoulders and let out a sacarstic funny face.'' ''Valindra stepped back and pointed at the coffin, which was glowing in a shiny purple aura. The coffin itself started to shake and soon, its lit was knocked off onto the ground. The glow still continued, but Porcelain's skeptical look disappeared. Instead, she watched in sheer awe.'' ''Porcelain and Valindra both watched in anticipation as the glow disappeared. Soon, a tall and slender woman came out of the coffin and stepped out from her coffin. Her emerald green eyes started to glow like a wolf. She smiled in gratitude at the people in front of her.''
 * Porcelain: Hmm, ces't la vie.
 * Valindra: No, just behold...
 * Valindra: That's it. Now, with the Zodiac Demon seperated from her body for now, she would come back once more, much more resillent than the last. In another words,  this is her TRUE revival ! Rise, CHRISTINE! ARISE, OUR QUEEN! 



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Christine: So this is the feeling to be alive and freed once more. Oh-ho-ho-ho... How majestic. ''

Hexenmeister Community
<p style="text-align:center;"> Meanwhile <p style="text-align:center;"> Hexenmeister Community <p style="text-align:center;"> Violet Silk Room

<p style="text-align:center;"> Apostle Office

''The current evil leader of Hexenmeister Community, who is now known to many as Masked Apostle so far, had been clenching his fists while sitting in his office armchair. Clearly, he was blaming Porcelain, but for some reason, he show great contempt towards Lolth, Porcelain's patron deity.'' ''The leaders of HC all named themselves as "Apostles", and the previous missing Apostle was known as the Apostle of Dusk as his code name. This Masked Apostle, however, was an imposter - or, well, more precisely... an usurper. He clenched his fist and slammed it on his table.'' ''The Masked Apostle sighed and bit his lips in great distraugt. Obviously, the news - bad news for him -between Jasmine Porcelain's current participation in Valindra Shadowmantle, Vanifer and Moloch's overarching plan had been blown like whispers. He tried to cool himself down.'' ''The Masked Apostle's wrath was cut off by a knock on the door. He immediately stood up and answer the door as soon as possible.'' ''Lumino and Glario were two mysterious gaolers of the Masked Apostle, guarding the Apostle's base, the Violet Silk Room, for him. They were twin brothers, but no one knew about their origin. The door opened, and a blue-haired man walked in calmly. It was none other than Lumino, the calmest of the twins.'' ''Lumino stepped aside as the Masked Apostle felt the tempreture had risen to a nigh-insufferable state. It was no doubt that something fiery was approaching.'' ''The Masked Apostle then walked towards the gate, where now someone who wore orange dress walked in. It was a tall woman who wore scarlet dress and a pair of heels.'' ''The woman's flame glowed in an eerie red aura... The flame was red as blood, unlike the usual orange flame. Her face soon got illuminated by the red flares.'' ''The woman was called as Queen Elsa, the Queen of Arendelle Kingdom, but she was the polar opposite of Elsa in spite of showing physical many resemblence, including her face and dress. As we all now, Elsa is a Snow Queen, not a Fire Queen.'' The woman known as Fire Elsa chuckled and lifted her head. Then, she raised her head with a confident smirk.
 * Dv8044-e5c20d50-6894-4688-b6db-acb838d586a3.jpgMasked Apostle: Uhhhh... That woman who worshipped Lolth... That hideous woman who... who  worshipped Lolth !
 * Masked Apostle: How outrageous...
 * Masked Apostle: First I lost Shao Jun, and now I found that woman was about to take her slice in my own partnership with Moloch... How outrageous.
 * Masked Apostle: Oh...
 * Masked Apostle: It must be Lumino...
 * Flames_on_water_by_thomaspagel.jpgLumino: I'm sorry, My Lord... for keeping you waiting, but now  the disguise  is ready.
 * Masked Apostle: Well done, Lumino.
 * D2dcfpc-59229738-3747-4fd7-810d-582764713f58.jpgd Apostle: That's much more beautiful that I thought she would be... and literally hot.
 * Masked Apostle: You look beautiful today... my dear Queen Elsa. That looks so wonderful.
 * Masked Apostle: Or... Hmm, Queen Fire Elsa, I suppose. Shall we go on with the plan?
 * Fire Elsa: Very well, Lord Apostle. We'll soon instigate our plans further. As long as that lich woman didn't act offcious against this plan, I'll not hestitate.



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Fire Elsa: From this night, I'll make these lambs to taste their bait of victory first... before turning their current status upside down into their worst nightmare that no one could ever imagin... THE VICTORY BELONGS TO US!!! ''