(The group walks for a while until they come to a clearing. It looks like it is perfectly cut down, as if set up for a fight.)
Trey: Could've sworn we would find him here…
Raine: He better not have ran. Otherwise there will be trouble. Right, Trey? Trey?
(Trey finds his mind in a darkened space. He is unable to hear anyone else around him.)
?: You kids are brave to face me head on a second time.
Trey: I don't recognize your voice. Who are you?
?: The one you seek. You foolish boy.
Trey: You're not Hoffman.
?: You're right, but also wrong.
(A large cerberus steps out from the darkness. Each head's eyes and mouth glow a different color. From left to right; yellow, light blue, and red.)
Trey: I don't care for riddles. Just tell me who you are!
?: Such disrespect.
Trey: You'll get more if you don't cooperate.
?: You're pretty ballsy, kid. Must be because of the creature within you. Adopted his mannerisms.
Trey: Don't make me say it-!
?: Shut your mouth!
Trey: Mak-!
Bolas: Trey...listen for once.
Trey: Bolas? Why should I?
Bolas: You want to know more about us?
Trey: ...
?: I am a force of nature. The embodiment of natural disaster and calamity.
Trey: You must taste great.
?: What?
Trey: I'm just sayin you must taste great. Because from the sound of it, you're full of yourself.
?: Me? Full of myself? Coming from a race who do nothing but fill upon themselves all the time?
Trey: We what?
?: Nevermind! You humans are the ones full of themselves. Selfishly using MY children for your own personal gain!
Trey: What we do is mutual!
?: If you say so. Not that it matters. My children defy me anyway.
Trey: You said children again. What children?
?: You dense boy, the beasts within you!
Trey: Bolas? Is he telling the truth? All collaborators are his...children?
Bolas: Just the elementals.
?: The one you harbor is one of my first born. Can you tell by the attitude?
Trey: I don't know what to say.
?: In fact, all your elemental friends have my first borns. Though one split herself. Inhabited an entire family. Her original body resides in the one called Zellos.
Trey: So I demand again, tell me who you are!
?: Hahaha. Act as rude as you like. It will make me happier when I kill you. Who am I? I am Araru.
Trey: A...Araru?
Araru: Yes, doesn't that shake you to your core?
Trey: ...No. it doesn't. You don't have a name that is more intimidating than "Araru"?
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Collaborator Arc 2: Conquering Nature
FantasiWar has started. Will Trey and his friends prevail against Hoffman? Or will his secret make it so they lose everything? Find out now.
