Turn 19

[soulbait]

[Action]

[So. Today started off loud and annoying. He was of course awoken before then by Sebastian (adhering to a schedule is he only just starting to grow used to again, but after hearing that declaration while sneaking on his journal (it still ringing in his ears) coupled with the thunder and lightning outside, Ciel lost all motivation to

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[ action ]

[slaying]

[ buffy is meandering through the viewing area -- perhaps the rooms are currently full or perhaps she's just killing off time instead of sims. it's hard to say.

she pauses and pays particular attention to the scenario that ciel programmed in, oblivious to the proximity of its creator. ]

[ action ]

[soulbait]

[Said scenario is... well. Five times Earth's gravity in what appears to be a big pool of magma with little islands of land on it and a giant dragon in the middle of said magma pit for the combatant to fight.

Good times, that. Sebastian is no doubt having a rough time of it. Ciel, however, is just doodling what appears to be a cell phone modeled after Victorian-era technology]

[ action ]

[slaying]

[ she looks over her shoulder. ]

Get a load of this guy -- talk about showboating.

[ action ]

[soulbait]

Are you speaking to me?

[Because no, he's not going to bother to look. No doubt Sebastian will come out victorious anyway. Probably by killing it with kitchenware.]

[action]

[falenandawn]

[And Frey was actually heading to the battledome himself today. Weapon in hand, he pauses as he approaches the door and spots.... Ciel? and... Sebastian's here, too.]

[action] Sebastian after this naturally

[soulbait]

[Yes... yes he is. And Ciel, well, he's currently looking over the controls. He researched and observed them before, but this is the first time he's been working on them personally. Let's see- that's the gravity. Good.]

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[perfect_service]

[Assuming there are no monsters yet, Sebastian can be seen testing out the current gravity situation.

Yes, he's being extravagant about it.]

[action]

[falenandawn]

[Frey's just going to stare at sebastian's actions, confused by why this is even happening. well then....] I didn't know your butler could fight, Ciel.

Action

[perfect_service]

[Sebastian has no doubt of course, that he'll win. He's noticed the feeling though-- that he's not as he should be here, but hell he's Sebastian, he'll find a work around.

Or just use more buterknives than he would like.

So he's standing at full attention, straight as a board, waiting for the simulation to start. He's already thinking in his mind what kind of studies he'll give Ciel for tomorrow.]

Action

[soulbait]

[Ciel is, of course, by no means making it easy. Once it starts he has no control, of course, but with the safeties off Sebastian might be injured or burned - though Ciel somehow doubts he will - but...

Well, the resulting environmental change is very harsh. Five times Earth's normal gravity (how Ciel loves that he discovered this function) in what is most probably the center of a volcano with only little islands to stand on. And... a dragon to fight. A rather large one.

Or maybe it's an alien - Ciel doesn't really care that much so long as it's something- it flies and breaths fire and looks like a lizard, so it counts.

Ciel, meanwhile, will just wait for Sebastian to finish up outside of the sim room so feel free to godmod up the direction of the battle it's cool]

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[perfect_service]

[Butler speed!

The battle was spectacular as usual. With many flips, and cutlery flying to and from-- Sebastian put on a show as usual, even if Ciel was his only audience.

But there was that little mishap at the end. Right before he literally drove a butterknive into the dragon alien's head, ah...

it singed the tail of suit. And really that's remarkable, considering the powercap and gravity. But this butler doesn't look too happy about it, as he brushes off the errant ash from his suit.]

Action

[soulbait]

[There's a pang of fear as Ciel sees that - it shouldn't be unexpected but at the same time... it proves what he was testing, a certain level of fallibility on the part of the demon. But all the same, that's quickly shoved aside to form amusement. He - Sebastian - made a mistake. A small, perhaps inevitable one. But a mistake none the less. It's all he needs to merit waiting outside of the chamber with a smirk]

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[kakeravoyager]

[If Ciel goes by the other rooms of the battledome at some point, he'll notice one is occupied with a familiar face. A certain witch that he held affections for during Valentines Day. Inside she's fighting what seems to be an endless army of six foot Goat Butlers, cutting through them one by one with a black scythe almost as big as she is. It might be clear that she was putting very little effort into actually fighting these beasts and they just kept coming and coming at her. Blood was splattered everywhere - on the ground, on her clothes, her pale skin and certainly the black scythe.]

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[soulbait]

[...Is that Bernkastel? The viewing area afford him a relatively spectacular view, but. Even so, this sort of- somehow, he expected her to fight differently. Maybe it's just exercise?]

action

[kakeravoyager]

[It is more or less. Not that she couldn't defeat this many on normal terms, but for now this was a form of anger release. Even if it had been more than a month at this point, Bernkastel was still very upset about what happened during the previous experiment. Her anger never showed on her face and her voice would never betray it. Therefore, the best way to see her anger was through her movements. Even as she cut the demons apart, she didn't smile nor show any real excitement in her eyes. Yet every cut was deep and fatal, not leaving an inch of life in the generated images. She was not being merciless in the least.

Though at some point the waves end and the butlers vanish completely. The time is up and the simulation ends. It is at that moment Bernkastel's head turns, only to be met with the sight of the young boy.]

...

[She only stares, waiting for him to give some reaction.]

action

[soulbait]

[Okay that's surprising. Fortunately, he's in the viewing area and she's... in there. So she can't get to him right now, right? He's be lying if he said he wasn't a little surprised, but he screws up his face to try to keep it from showing too much]