3.1 Ace In The Hole
The next day came too fast, at least, in Caleb’s opinion. He slowly put on his leg brace, wincing in pain as his leg was still sore from when he darted down the stairs when he heard Rin scream a week before. Caleb was indeed recovering from his head injury, and had been warned by 682 to take it easy for a while.
Thus, came Caleb’s plan to spend time with Samuel. The man was utterly traumatized from what happened during the first murder and respective trial, believing himself to be just as guilty as Jackie was of the murder of Bellatrix.
Hobbling over to the elevator, he called it and sent it down to the second floor, where he suspected Samuel to be.
As he waited for the elevator to arrive, he thought back to the new motive Monokuma had announced. It was that if you killed and got away with it, Monokuma would find a way to make your greatest wish come true.
What complete and utter bullsh*t.
Caleb walked out of the elevator, making his way to the bar. Sure enough, there was Samuel, drinking away his sorrows at the bar, or at least attempting too.
Caleb got in the seat next to him, gently placing a hand on his back. It hurt to see the poor Frenchman like this.
“Easy buddy.” Caleb said, helping up.
“I can’t take it easy Caleb, trust me, I tried.” Samuel replied.
“I know you can't, we all miss Rosie and the others. But we’ll get out of here. Trust me, we will.” Caleb reassured him.
“If I don't…tell Gabriel I died happy.” Samuel said.
“Who’s Gabriel?” Caleb asked.
“Gabriel Agreste. My Twin brother, and a famous fashion designer over in Paris.”
“Ah, I was wondering why you looked vaguely familiar to me.” Caleb replied.
Samuel chuckled. “I ended up going into animation and music instead, but somehow I ended up Multiversal Traveler!” He exclaimed.
“My only question is how.” Caleb replied, holding in a snicker.
“I'm from the Monument Mythos verse,” He gestured with two of his hands, “and my brother is from the Miraculous Ladybug verse.” He used the other two to gesture as well. “I came to him via the Wanderer's Library.” He brought his hands together.
“The feck is the Wanderer’s Library?” Caleb asked, even more confused.
“Well, imagine an infinitely large library for a second. It has every book that will be written, was written, and will not be written. It is the hub of all the knowledge in the multiverse. It is also used by wanderers such as myself to get between universes safely.”
“Wow….” Caleb muttered, the realization of the sheer amount of knowledge contained within that Library dawning on him. “Wait, does that mean we can get out through that Library?”
“Sadly, no. You have to have a thing called a Way, a portal to the Wanderer’s Library, to get in. Monokuma is a smart little b*stard, as he made sure to pick this school far away from any Ways.” Samuel snarled.
“Damn, that sucks.” Caleb nodded.
“So…about you now. Did the last motive give you the Redeemer back?”
“Yeah, it did. Pristine condition too.” Caleb replied.
“I’d advise you to start carrying it around. I've heard rumors of threatening notes going around, and if the person sending it knows you have it, I don't think they’ll do anything funny, at least to you. It's why Kazan has his Kanabo and Katana.” Samuel replied.
“Are you certain?” Caleb asked.
“Thanks to what Rosie did, yes.” He replied. “The others will know you're trying to keep the peace. Besides, you're the closest thing we have to actual law enforcement…besides myself.” Samuel said.
“The feck you mean ‘besides myself’?”
Samuel sighed. “Caleb, tell no one unless you absolutely must. I am a superhero known as The Antlered Viper.” He pulled out a large horned skull. “And I transform with this. The skull of the Horned Serpent.”
“Which, let me guess, is either George Washington or Frank Sinatra?” Caleb asked.
“Yes, the Monument Mythos verse’s George Washington, yes.” Samuel replied. “He mutated much like I did, but worse. This is his skull.”
“Transforming using the skull of the first president of the United States of America into a snake themed superhero sounds like the plot of a cheesy anime.” Caleb replied.
“Well, not if you understand, it's actually more of a cosmic horror story.” Samuel said.
Caleb chuckled. “Heh, that just makes it even more ridiculous.”
“It is. Darkly hilarious.” Samuel said.
And the two kept chatting away about their pasts for hours.
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