Finding Purpose In The Multiverse: Meta Essence Quest Mode

A Fiery Demise

Entry 122:

Roman Torchwick POV:

I've been in the business for a long time, and in this type of work, you have to differ yourself from the rest from how you dress to how you act around your men.

Because you see, in the end, no matter what you do, you have to have something that defines you, or else people are just gonna see you as another thief or simply another statistic.

When I found Neo, she had no one, and most would simply send her to an orphanage or one of the less savory establishments, but I saw potential in her, and I've been proven right since.

And it's not just because she can't say anything, and I do enjoy my silence. It's her loyalty as that is such a commodity people do not understand as people are either in this life for the money or the glory or even both. Then the weirdos say they just want to send a message.

Let people have their ridiculously complex backstories or tragic histories. I'm just in it for the money, as that's the one thing that's been a constant in this life. Every good thing or every bad thing can be traced back to money or power.

But then I met the golden man, and he offered me a job where I wouldn't need to steal, and why wouldn't I need to worry about getting shot in the back? I'd be able to explore the universe eventually. There is so much treasure to find. He even gave us a very generous down payment and healed the Neo's voice.

And all I had to do was give him information and a location for a meeting with the flaming bitch. Easiest money I ever made, and from the position he's offering, I'm going to be making a lot more.

I can already see Neo fantasizing about all the ice cream she's going to buy, which, to be honest, might go into why she's still so short, but I'm not going to say that to her face. In all honesty, it was so simple to get that woman to come to a warehouse, and all I needed to say was that there was a complication in the plan.

This is the feeling I live for, where I can be on the side of the table with all the information and all the cards, and even now, I can still feel the golden man's presence even when he's not here. Although I wouldn't even think of that man as hired muscle if he's even a mortal at all.

I've seen the look in his eyes, and it is truly something terrifying. I do not want to be in that golden man's way when he changes the world, and you know us thieves, we're a very adaptable bunch. Because who needs regular crime when you can commit a crime in space.

Soon enough, I'm going to be a very legitimate businessman as I can already see my record and simply erased from existence, and while I'm still known as a criminal, their files and all of their records are gone.

The power that Golden Man wields is terrifying, and in all honesty, I would rather not spend any more time in his presence as simply being around him made me Roman Torchwick feel lesser. But who knows? Even with Neo's voice healed, she doesn't use it very often, but she's been practicing.

So now me and you are waiting for that woman and her posse of little lost men and women. And as if on cue, the woman decides to appear from the darkness like some wanna-be vigilante.

"I am here, Roman. Now speak and tell me of this complication," Cinder says as I almost chuckle at this woman's arrogance as without her semblance and magic, she would simply be another mook.

Really it's taking a lot out of me just to not laugh as the golden man told me all of their stories, with each one more pathetic than the last, but instead of responding, I snap my fingers.

And I tell you what, the golden man definitely has a flare for dramatics as the entire warehouse we're in is sent to a separate space as outside, all you can see is a kaleidoscope of colors.