She would do in a leadership role, agreed. Future sight is not a front liner.

Leaving is already a gamble on the unknown, so why not double down? Give her the offer, no false promises or equivocation, just straight up your leaving for dangerous adventure and there's room for her if she wants in.

(1/3) OMNI 2026/06/18(Thu)04:45 No. 1128214 ID: 9f3801
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>Communicate...
>Give her the offer, no false promises or equivocation, just straight up your leaving for dangerous adventure and there's room for her if she wants in.
>So much cost to break free of people who would control you...
>The only way to honour that is allowing the same freedom for others, even if it scares you to do so.
>... she deserves the chance to make that choice, rather than you making it for her.

You're right. Eiko thinks, looking down at the ground.

"I..." Eiko starts then stops, a weak smile creeping onto her face. "We did it."

Vi nods repeatedly, her own tail swaying behind her. Eiko feels her mind soften at the sight.

"You did it. I was just here." Vi playfully shrugs.

Eiko snorts, recalling how Vi did a lot more than just stand there. "You already know what I'm going to ask, right?"

"No," Vi looks at her calmly, "But I have a feeling."

"....." Eiko thinks, what's the best way to word it? Please come with me? No. Too manipulative. Would you want to join us? Ugh. Too simple.

"Make another deal with me." Vi interrupts.

"... What do you mean?"

"You kept your end of the bargain."

Eiko feels a sinking in her gut. "You asked for security." She thinks over their night together. What may be their only night together. "I barely gave you that."

"You killed him. That's what I wanted."

Eiko rounds, her memory as sharp as a knife. "You asked for safety too."

There is no true safety now. Not after what Eiko did.

"Now we're all doomed because of me." It all comes flooding out of her, a hiss of breath that hopefully wont be overheard, "Those angels will come back. Sure, I said some rallying words for our crowd of like five people. But what's that really mean? You saw what that one angel could do. They have everything they need to destroy this place if they wanted. All it would've taken is my brother at their feet. So what can you really do, except wait for the end?"

>... It's eating at you. And it won't stop eating until you remove what's fueling it.

Eiko huffs and sucks in a breath. "Doomed if you stay. Doomed if you're with me. Which would you prefer?"

"No." Vi says it as if it's easy, the word alone rocks Eiko to her core. "Don't talk about it like that. We're not doomed. You did it."

Vi pokes at her chest. "You're here. You're alive. You have your wings now. That's real freedom. Don't waste that."

"And what about you?"

Vi's ears go up, eyes shifting slowly off towards the gang.

"... I'm going to stay. After everything, I realized that these guys matter too. As shitty as they can be sometimes, I'm not going to leave them to fight alone. You said it yourself in your speech, this world deserves a chance too."

"......."

>She truly would make a good pack mother, keeping them all connected. A hub of a great wheel of families that could keep the peace and unify the pavks...

Don't cry. Don't cry.

>She would do in a leadership role, agreed. Future sight is not a front liner.

Don't cry. Damnit.

>There is no point in crying over spilled milk. What is done is done, nowhere next to move but forward.

Damnit... Hearing it doesn't make it any easier. Eiko lets the words wash over her, guide her, chest all tangled up as her feelings show in her voice. "You said... That..."

"I know. Turns out, I don't have what you have." Vi looks at Eiko sheepishly. "I don't think I'm anywhere ready for it."

Eiko's breath hitches.

"Make a deal with me." Vi says again.

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Eiko stays silent, afraid of what else will come out.

"You're going to need somewhere to come back to. It's not just a big grand unknown adventure out there. I'd love to be out there, but after our talk last night... After today. I-- Well. This place needs the work too. Someone's got to do it."

>She has to choose to pick it up.

Suddenly, a path opens up before Eiko that she had not considered before. Could she really come back after everything? Leaving sounds so easy, feels easy, just walk away and never look back. It's different to know that if she turned around, there would be someone there to look back at her.

Vi leans and presses her forehead against Eiko's. Vi's fur is warm and soft, matted a bit around the edges. Eyes a rich purple. It's the sky as the orange hues escape into the horizon and the cool tones of space filters through. As she looks in, she thinks of the last time someone's gotten this close. The last person that did this to her is gone. This one will be too. For now.

A part of her commits this to memory.

"Someone's got to do it." Vi repeats. "So, don't worry about me. Go out there and do whatever you want, then tell me all about it after. You'll miss me and come back anyway."

Eiko steps back, a bit baffled, eyes blinking away tears that were not going to fall. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"I've got a smell for these things." Vi says with a humor. "Besides, I can live a while without you. Can you live without me?"

Eiko stares at her sudden boldness. "Are you serious? We got close like yesterday."

"We did."

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Eiko's hands clench, knowing she's right. "Fine!" She feels like a teenager again. How embarrassing. "I'll do whatever I want!"

Vi snorts and does a fist pump. "Ganbare, Eiko."

Eiko sighs in defeat. "Ganbare, Violet." Eiko says back. "Please try to keep this place all in one piece."

"Will do, Boss."

"Not a boss."

"Master, then?"

Eiko's heart flusters. "I'm walking away."

She doesn't.

>Uh... you should keep an eye on Vex. Make sure he doesn't just screw you over at the end and bolt with the loot.

She looks over at Vex as they kick over a chunk of concrete. They bend down to inspect whatever was crushed underneath. She should be cautious about them pulling something at the last minute...

Is there anything else to say? To do?

Feed me angel blood.

Time to ride off into the sunset or something.

Steel yourself. Like Vex said, with only a single angel wing as your loot, your teleportation powers will be on a cooldown. You need to play things carefully. Be the Jaguar in the night. Be the rabbit sprinting faster than sight. Be the bear mauling the unjust. Be the rabid dog feasting on their pretentious vocal cords.

Be everything worth being and bring everyone together to kill what isn't.
That's what it means to be the best wolf.

Time to become the final form of a girl boss, that you were always meant to be.

>>1128216
Shes given you something valuable.
A home to come back to.
Without that, you'd end up like vex,
Just drifting.
Not you though.
Youll roam, wander, explore and have adventures.
And if you find something that would help your people, help vi, against the angels or just in general...
you could bring it back.
Then stay a while till your paws start itching again.
Until that time they stop and you can stay.

Big waggy tails.
And hug her.
Now.
You -will- regret not doing it later if you dont.
Get as big a noseful of her scent as you can.
To strengthen the memory youll carry with you
When you go.

better not to drag this goodbye out. You've made your promise

End your farewell with an arm wrestling. Just to establish who is stronger between the two of you.

(1/7) OMNI 2026/06/25(Thu)05:14 No. 1128566 ID: 546545
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>Shes given you something valuable.
>A home to come back to...
>Hug her...
>You -will- regret not doing it later if you dont.
>Get as big a noseful of her scent as you can.
>To strengthen the memory youll carry with you
>When you go.

Eiko's tail wags before she launches forward into Vi, arms clumsily wrapping around her torso with the spear still in hand. Vi boofs in surprise and easily hugs back.

"What happened to walking away?"

Eiko sighs and takes a deep breath, so Vi's scent imprints into her memory.

Smells like roasted vanilla.

"I lied." Eiko gruffs.

(2/7) OMNI 2026/06/25(Thu)05:15 No. 1128567 ID: 546545
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>End your farewell with an arm wrestling.

Eiko moves to follow the compulsion, not minding a bit of sillyness as she grins up at Vi and pulls away. "Let's arm wrestle."

She's recovered enough to partially transform at least the upper body. When she does so, Vi's eyes widen, her tail starting to wag back.

"Alright." Vi clasps her paw as they both flex, testing each others strength with a few snide growls.

They're both not at their best at all. Eiko still wins out, on account of her natural bulk and some calculated squeezes. It feeds her ego a bit, especially with the submissive look Vi gives after.

>better not to drag this goodbye out. You've made your promise

Okay... Okay... Maybe she's dragging her heels a bit here. She's only listening and having fun! She swears!

She gives Vi's paw one last squeeze before letting go.

They stare at each other for what feels like an eternity. Vi turns away first. Back to the pack.

(3/7) OMNI 2026/06/25(Thu)05:16 No. 1128568 ID: 546545
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>Feed me angel blood.

"Uhhhh... Sure." Eiko glances down at the ring then over at the spear. It's cleaned itself up for the most part, a natural property within keeping the point shiny and gleaming. She isn't sure where the other points went. Maybe they dislodged in the angel's body.

Eiko squints before putting the ring up to the bit of sticky blood still at the handle. She waits. When nothing visibly changes, she switches hands and lightly bonks the ring's gem against it.

"Did you get that?" she asks skeptically.

>Time to become the final form of a girl boss, that you were always meant to be.

Eiko chuckles to herself. Like the final boss in a video game? She ponders over her transformations in the past few fights. Could this really be her final form?

"Boss." a voice interrupts her.

(4/7) OMNI 2026/06/25(Thu)05:18 No. 1128569 ID: 546545
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When Eiko looks up, she sees the coward once more, and an entourage behind her. A part of her is surprised to see her conscious, especially approaching her so directly. As she takes her in, a strange feeling overcomes her.

The coward looks worse for wear, fur matted with a makeshift bandage tied around the torso, dyed dark from the bullet wound she tanked for her. There's a ragged intake of breath. Slow limping steps. The coward looks her in the eye and Eiko meets her head on. She wont feel guilty for what she did. In fact, a part of her feels vindicated.

"You don't have to forgive me." the coward's voice comes out tired, yet light, "I just...."

"I don't think I will." Eiko speaks with jagged conviction. She may have just laid her brother's spirit to rest, but everything else is still buzzing with flies. "What do you want?"

She holds her hands out. "I wanted to.. thank you."

Eiko's brain goes blank. "What?"

The coward sighs. "I carried that guilt for years. I never thought that I would do something... But helping you. It took some of the guilt away too." She exhales another ragged breath, "There's a lot of things I've wanted to tell you that I never got to. Doesn't matter now, I guess."

"....."

"And before you left... We wanted to thank you for saving us."

"I didn't save you guys..." Confliction curdles in Eiko's gut.

The coward shakes her head and her paws open, revealing two expertly rolled blunts.

.... Hah?

Eiko tilts her head, as if it will help with her vision. The objects remain the same, paper a bit scuffed, yet still tightly coiled. Well... No reason to refuse. She dazedly takes the offerings, the blunts rolling against her palm before she closes her fingers around them. She has a guess about who rolled them. Despite the reputation, she's never smoked with any of the pack. Always needed to keep her mind sharp like that.

(5/7) OMNI 2026/06/25(Thu)05:19 No. 1128570 ID: 546545
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"This is all we could scrounge that might help you out there, Scary Boss." The one to her right says.

The others nod behind her.

Scary Boss? Eiko almost starts to laugh.

"We all would've died at some point without knowing the truth." Another chimes in. "Who knew we were all part of some grand conspiracy, aye?"

"We're gonna be heroes because of you."

"Yeah!"

"That's a bit..." Eiko pauses sheepishly at the looks of admiration they give her.

"You'll save the universe, right?" They all bow in unison. "Ganbatte, Scary Boss!"

Whatever protests Eiko had, they fly away in the breeze of their blinding conviction. Despite knowing that they're just mirroring her earlier fire, Eiko feels her eyes moisten once again. There's a feeling that takes over, one hard to describe. It feels so... Large. Big. Maybe, now, she starts to understand what Vi sees.

"Thank you." Eiko says back.

(6/7) OMNI 2026/06/25(Thu)05:21 No. 1128571 ID: 546545
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>Steel yourself...
>Be everything worth being and bring everyone together to kill what isn't.
>That's what it means to be the best wolf.

Eiko steels herself for an uncertain future as the pack disperses for good. Her past self would never have expected the path she's now walking on.... And yet.

Speaking of walking, she needs to take care of this leg. The spear won't be the best crutch if she needs to run and now she'd feel bad asking the others. Maybe she should ask Vex to spare something? They have that supernatural healing ability after all.

Eiko looks over at where she saw him last. The debris' still there and some stains on the ground. She spots Vex as they slink over, hands in their pockets. They seem to be chewing something Eiko cannot discern, their scent still warped with tones of sweaty meat and smoke. Her nose wrinkles distastefully.

"You ready to go?" Vex asks.

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Vex's eyes fall to the ring on Eiko's finger, as if noticing it now.

"Oh, hey, you ended up using it." Vex's eyes visibly search Eiko's person. "Did you find out what it does?"

-------

[Next Update May Be The Last]

Well it was fun while it lasted. Now that you accomplish everything that you everything that you ever wanted, it is time to settle down and become a productive member of society.....Just kidding time to end this adventure with a celebratory orgy.

>>1128572
Now, i regret being put on your middle finger because that was the perfect set up for
Saying "it does this" and flipping him the bird.

>>1128568
>did you get that?
...no. I remain unfulfilled.

>>1128572
Hahaha. Tell him yeah, it's a powerful cursed artifact called a God Caller, and he's linked to it too whether he realizes it or not.

Time to make the world a better place with your leadership, and maybe for an orphanage. To save the new genaration form going down the wrong path in their life.

Tell him it talks to the gods and they say he's a dick.

but in all seriousness you both did good

Tell him it made you a few friends.

Awwwwww mannnnnnn we’re gonna save the universsssssssse!!!

The ring isn’t for using, or talking about, lightly. I’m kind of afraid of going into detail. Let’s just say it gave us all hope.

I’m gonna miss you all! Try not to tear up!

>>1128572
It's opened up a whole lot of new possibilities.

We (and I in particular) will be waiting for you to do some very interesting things.

(1/21) OMNI 2026/07/27(Mon)03:28 No. 1129941 ID: 43c2d7
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>...no. I remain unfulfilled.

Eiko mentally notes to try again later. The last thing she needs is a hungry hungry ring.

>The ring isn’t for using, or talking about, lightly. I’m kind of afraid of going into detail...
>Tell him...

Eiko finds herself hesitating to say the truth. She vividly recalls how Vex feels about beings like YOU up there, and it's not good. Even then, can she trust Vex to not do something about the ring, if it's more valuable than they expected?

"Oh, yeah, I did." Eiko moves to switch the ring to her middle finger as Vex watches expectantly.

(2/21) OMNI 2026/07/27(Mon)03:29 No. 1129942 ID: 43c2d7
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"It does this!"

(3/21) OMNI 2026/07/27(Mon)03:30 No. 1129943 ID: 43c2d7
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"It's also cursed and says you're a dick."

A feeling of vindication washes over her that's as sweet as defeating the angel.

Vex rubs at their cheek, eyes squinting at her. "Fine, fine, keep your secrets. I'll find out eventually."

"Not lying." Not fully.

"Suuure. No go on the girlfriend?"

"No."

Vex takes the hint. "No celebratory orgies?"

"Uh, no? My leg hurts. Do we have time for that?" Eiko's not exactly opposed, but the thought of hearing some of these guys try to dirty talk already turns her off.

"Ha. Nah, let's go."

(3/21) OMNI 2026/07/27(Mon)03:33 No. 1129944 ID: 43c2d7
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Vex starts to pull their sleeve down, revealing their wing tattoo, the lines bold with little shading, the ink itself plain and slightly filled in gray. She wonders how the wing functions, the concept still alien to her when looking at it like this. Based on the angel she saw, they must be real, but how does that work if it's on their arm? Does it go to their back? How awkward is it to use if there's only one?

Excitement buzzes as she thinks about wings like those on her back.

"By the way, could you help me with my leg?"

".. Huh?"

(5/21) OMNI 2026/07/27(Mon)03:34 No. 1129945 ID: 43c2d7
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"Hghka--"

In a blink, the world start to spin, an eye-watering impact bursting in her injured leg as she's swept off her feet.

As Eiko thumps against the ground, Vex's form blurred, she thinks, This ass--

(7/21) OMNI 2026/07/27(Mon)03:35 No. 1129947 ID: 43c2d7
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...........

(8/21) OMNI 2026/07/27(Mon)03:36 No. 1129948 ID: 43c2d7
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".... Vex?"

Eiko leaps forward, hands grabbing onto Vex.

Vex's body is dark, according to Life Sense.

"...."

Their head rolls along the ground. Blood gushes from the stem of their neck and arm.

.... Can she fix this?

(9/21) OMNI 2026/07/27(Mon)03:38 No. 1129949 ID: 43c2d7
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Eiko imagines her own head falling off of her body from absorbing the wound. She shivers.

"I can fix this."

She wills the magic down. Only some of it.

[-2 STAMINA]

Eiko furiously pushes the life power into Vex, trying to will some of the wounds away. Vex can't be dead. They can't.

"Get up."

Vex's body stays dark as Eiko's left arm and neck starts to bleed. Don't panic. Her fingers come up to touch her neck and a sense of deja vu whispers in her mind. Her breath starts to quicken.

Get a hold of yourself. Assess.

(10/21) OMNI 2026/07/27(Mon)03:38 No. 1129950 ID: 43c2d7
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She turns furiously towards the source of Vex's state.

There, suspended in the air, is a mass of beautiful white wings, glowing swords circulating around the figure in a secondy halo. In the angel's hands is a broadsword, a coat tied around her waist, bleach bone hair fluttering in the breeze.

Eiko feels chills run down her body. Where the other angel commanded an alien-like reverence, this one is ethereal, wrapped in a cold fury.

(11/21) OMNI 2026/07/27(Mon)03:40 No. 1129951 ID: 43c2d7
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"Zir, our holy savior, the Servant of Above, the incarnate of Humility, I cast your light into this Verse to purge the word of demons." The angel prays, the words striking through Eiko's mind and digging in as if to crawl even deeper. "The path of the Divine is absolute and will not stand rebellion. I, as Judgement, purge corruption."

Something acidic rises in her throat, the taste of bile on the back of her tongue. In the shadow of her peripherals, the remaining gang members hold their heads, some coughing.

What the fuck.

(12/21) OMNI 2026/07/27(Mon)03:46 No. 1129952 ID: 43c2d7
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This is different.

The other angel seems juvenile now. It's as if her insides are turning out as she grits her teeth. Is this who that angel was answering to? The Archangel? Yes, this has to be, she recalls it now from the flashback. The same one that was ordering Julien around. Vex treated her so lightly, but seeing her now is something else.

The Archangel's listless gaze casts down onto her.

"... Apostle, you dare aid that demon?" The words plunge into Eiko's mind, sounding measured, even, unworthy of needing to raise her voice, yet a heavy pressure weighs down on her as if she was on the executioner's block, the eyes of thousands of people now seeing her with that same gut-wrenching judgement.

"...."

"Where is Angel Ti'triel?"

"...." Eiko knows a bomb of a question when she hears one.

"Is your god aware the Verse has changed again?"

"....." How is she supposed to know that?

"Where is the dog?"

".... Bite me."

There's a pause, the pressure coming down onto her like lead. Eiko has to look away. The Archangel's gaze turns.

"You should have stayed dead."

(13/21) OMNI 2026/07/27(Mon)03:47 No. 1129954 ID: 43c2d7
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What the hell's her problem?

(14/21) OMNI 2026/07/27(Mon)03:48 No. 1129955 ID: 43c2d7
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Cough "Haaah."

Eiko turns at the gasp as Vex's head reattaches to their neck. With a spit, the color returns to their eyes.

"You asshole!"

Blood dribbles down their lips. "Gwotta gwo."

(15/21) OMNI 2026/07/27(Mon)03:49 No. 1129956 ID: 43c2d7
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Vex sweeps down and hauls Eiko fireman-style over their shoulders, dodging another sword as it strikes the ground and shatters.

(16/21) OMNI 2026/07/27(Mon)03:50 No. 1129957 ID: 43c2d7
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A barrage of magical swords follow as Vex runs in zigzags, clearly experienced in dodging the spell as the swords shatter along the pavement, and Eiko holds on for dear life.

"What did you do to make her so pissed off?!" Eiko yells over the noise.

"Be alive!"

Eiko feels a headache coming on. She must be suffering blood loss.

"Are we going to make it?!"

"Yeah, watch this!"

Vex's Angel Wing starts to glow, red lines crawling up along their arm as if powering on circuits, the tattoo itself starting to unwind into real feathers.

(17/21) OMNI 2026/07/27(Mon)03:51 No. 1129958 ID: 43c2d7
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"Ho- shit!"

(18/21) OMNI 2026/07/27(Mon)03:52 No. 1129959 ID: 43c2d7
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Vex swings their arm back, unfurling their wing into its full span. The feathers are the same pearly white as the other angels and sharper at the edges.

It should be heavy, Eiko thinks, but Vex swings their arm down as if it doesn't matter.

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There's a boom. The Archangel's hot on their heels, diving down, a bird of prey.

"Here we go!"

Vex' wing slices the air in a downward arch, the geometries of reality surging forth as if trying to correct itself. Eiko glimpses through that hole for a moment, a kaleidoscope of window panes, all intersecting into different views; rocky, scorching, green, chrome, flooding, gold, red.

Red.

(20/21) OMNI 2026/07/27(Mon)03:54 No. 1129961 ID: 43c2d7
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With a leap, Vex launches them both into the portal as Eiko screams, excited and afraid.

The Archangel swings--

"See you later, Babe!"

(21/21) OMNI 2026/07/27(Mon)03:55 No. 1129962 ID: 43c2d7
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Reality blinks.

They're gone.




[End of Part One.]

>Bonus Scene: Vi is pregnant

Let's make sure to shield her mind since she's not fully prepped for the jump and we've been warned about that.

>>1129962
Absolutely brilliant