School House Rumbles 3: Act 3. Warriors and Liberators.

[Cleric of Hell's Brigade]

Well, it was obvious they were all here for a reason, and not being able to leave confirmed it.

So Casimir just sat down. "You got any food, One-eye?" Might as well make the best of an annoying situation.

Volkov finished typing on the holo-screen, turned the systems off, and leaded forward on his desk. He steeples his fingers, elbows on his desk, and finally looks at them.

"I'm surprised, to be honest. Didn't think you would make it this far. Not that it really matters. It will all be over shortly enough."

[Cleric of Hell's Brigade]

"That's okay, I've already memorized it." Rivia shrugged, smiled knowingly, then leaned back against a wall waiting for him.

"As have I."

[Tami]

Volkov finished typing on the holo-screen, turned the systems off, and leaded forward on his desk. He steeples his fingers, elbows on his desk, and finally looks at them.

"I'm surprised, to be honest. Didn't think you would make it this far. Not that it really matters. It will all be over shortly enough."

"You think?" Rivia didn't seem all that impressed.

[WickedElphaba]

Volkov finished typing on the holo-screen, turned the systems off, and leaded forward on his desk. He steeples his fingers, elbows on his desk, and finally looks at them.

"I'm surprised, to be honest. Didn't think you would make it this far. Not that it really matters. It will all be over shortly enough."

"Sergei sends his regards. As does Carmen, but from Hell." Skye says, trying to egg him on.

[Sub-Zero MKA]

Volkov finished typing on the holo-screen, turned the systems off, and leaded forward on his desk. He steeples his fingers, elbows on his desk, and finally looks at them.

"I'm surprised, to be honest. Didn't think you would make it this far. Not that it really matters. It will all be over shortly enough."

"Since we'll all be dead soon enough anyways, care to fill us in on what you're planning," Ramilia asks.

[Cthulhu_of_R'yleh]

Volkov finished typing on the holo-screen, turned the systems off, and leaded forward on his desk. He steeples his fingers, elbows on his desk, and finally looks at them.

"I'm surprised, to be honest. Didn't think you would make it this far. Not that it really matters. It will all be over shortly enough."

"Ah, he speaks." Casimir flashes a smile.

"And you're right. It will definitely be over shortly. But what exactly, was the point of all this? Grand schemes to kill an old guy, not withstanding."

[FarBeyondC]

Volkov finished typing on the holo-screen, turned the systems off, and leaded forward on his desk. He steeples his fingers, elbows on his desk, and finally looks at them.

"I'm surprised, to be honest. Didn't think you would make it this far. Not that it really matters. It will all be over shortly enough."

Iriesia tries to move toward him- without intent (obvious or otherwise) to do the man before them harm.

"Well now I have two questions. Question 1. You possess the form of Volkov, but are you truly him- or just something pretending to be him? Question 2. What exactly is it that will be over shortly enough?"

[Cleric of Hell's Brigade]

"You think?" Rivia didn't seem all that impressed.

"I know. Slight difference."

[Cleric of Hell's Brigade]

"Sergei sends his regards. As does Carmen, but from Hell." Skye says, trying to egg him on.

"Pity. Maybe I'll bring her back once this is over with. I'm sure Sergei would appreciate that. He had a thing for her before all this happened. Did he tell you that?"

[WickedElphaba]

"Pity. Maybe I'll bring her back once this is over with. I'm sure Sergei would appreciate that. He had a thing for her before all this happened. Did he tell you that?"

"He was too busy telling us what a tool you are."

[Cleric of Hell's Brigade]

"Since we'll all be dead soon enough anyways, care to fill us in on what you're planning," Ramilia asks.

"Hmm, the usual anime villain stuff. Take over city, bring humanity into a new era, live forever as its ruler. That sort of thing. Nothing fancy."

[Sub-Zero MKA]

"Hmm, the usual anime villain stuff. Take over city, bring humanity into a new era, live forever as its ruler. That sort of thing. Nothing fancy."

Unlike the others, Ramilia shows no signs of animosity. There's no point really not yet.

"And killing Requiem was your ticket to immortality, I take it? How is, well, was he still alive?"

[Cleric of Hell's Brigade]

"Ah, he speaks." Casimir flashes a smile.

"And you're right. It will definitely be over shortly. But what exactly, was the point of all this? Grand schemes to kill an old guy, not withstanding."

"To bring humanity out of the Eden you see before you. To take our next step. Canis was too cautious. He had spent 1000 years tucked away behind the dome, ruling humanity. He was afraid to expand. Afraid to move forward, afraid somehow that those he betrayed would still be out there, waiting for him. We were stagnating. Now we'll step forward into a new world, one under my rule. A new Golden era. I'm not the villain here, in reality. I'm actually the hero."

[Cleric of Hell's Brigade]

Iriesia tries to move toward him- without intent (obvious or otherwise) to do the man before them harm.

"Well now I have two questions. Question 1. You possess the form of Volkov, but are you truly him- or just something pretending to be him? Question 2. What exactly is it that will be over shortly enough?"

"No, I'm Bale Volkov. As for what will be over, this little rebellion and the last portions and dredges of Canis Requiem's Eden."

[Cleric of Hell's Brigade]

"He was too busy telling us what a tool you are."

"Ahh, that's a shame. However, once this is all over, I'm sure I can make him see things my way again."