Catalyst

Chapter 79: Deep Anger

Requiem: "You're finally here."

Max's team steps through the door as it begins to close.

Samuel: "So uh..."

Tyler: "How's life?"

Grace: "Really?"

Flames spark on the blade of Max's scythe.

Lucas: "We're ending this."

Requiem: "How cliché."

Requiem summons their scythe.

Shoma: "You think we're scared?"

Requiem: "Not at all. After all..."

Requiem looks towards Max.

Requiem: "... he's with you."

Amanda: "We won't deny that it helps."

Faith: "In fact, you're the one who's scared!"

Requiem: "(chuckling) Are we?"

The range users make some distance.

Ike: "Why wouldn't you be?"

Requiem: "(in head) If you only knew."

The melee users dash closer.

Tyler: "No witty comebacks? Guess that Verse half is messing with your sense of... uh..."

Bell: "I think it's that he doesn't need one."

Marcel: "Because you clearly have no idea what you're saying."

Requiem moves out of the way in time to avoid the attack.

Requiem: "We're perfectly fine."

Max and Requiem lock blades.

Requiem: "In fact, you've already lost."

Max: "(Scottish accent) Oh have we now laddies?!"

Requiem repels Max.

Nia: "Looks like this won't be a cakewalk."

A wind begins to blow.

Alexis: "It never is."

Bell: "Why can't it be?"

Requiem begins to zip around the area.

Requiem: "Because we won't die."

Everyone locks back to back.

Marcel: "Did you think we didn't notice?"

Requiem: "No."

Requiem grazes Grace's shoulder.

Grace: "At least they think of us as something?"

Requiem: "(in head) No, it's only luck that beat us three times before."

Requiem proceeds to deal light damage to everyone.

Max: "(pissed) I can't fucking hit him!"

Chloe: "Try to stay calm Max!"

Ethan: "They just want us to break formation!"

Requiem: "(in head) So he does have a short fuse."

Max manages to block Requiem.

Max: "How's that?!"

Requiem: "(smirking) Not bad at all."

The others send attacks flying at Requiem.

Samuel: "That doesn't sound right."

Requiem jumps back, avoiding the attacks.

Nia: "You're hiding something."