Strengthening the deal (Phalanx and Gran-Chan)

Hrm? Out of all the things Phalanx expected to find where the light had vanished, a woman was not one of them. The android approached the Angel, carefully, not knowing exactly what she was, or why she was even there. She looked misplaced around all the broken pieces of contcrete and scrap metal, it was almost as if she didn't belong here normally... Like Phalanx, Theda and Sky themselves did. "An Angel, huh?" Phalanx looked at Cassiel thoughtfully for a second... There really was something otherworldly about her.

Phalanx dismissed Neptune, addressing the angel in front of them. "Well, the name's Phalanx." He could feel Neptune twitching inside. His Persona didn't like this woman in the slightest... Phalanx, however, was of a different mentality. She hadn't done anything to provoke him, at all. And something told him it wouldn't come to that either. But still, she seemed quite important to this area. "Hrm... Could you explain your role further, Angel Cassiel?" What was all this anyway? Hopefully this 'Angel' held the answers he sought. Perhaps she could help him achieving his own goals?

Angel... Hadn't she heard about that before? Hmmm.... "Oh yeah! Angels, I heard of you guys. You represent those wishes 'humanity has in their hearts.' What's your wish?" She'd kneel down, almost in the same position as Cassiel herself, but she held herself up instead of sitting down on the ground. "Why are you so sad? Ohmygoshies! Do you need a hug? OH! Or maybe you need a friend?!" She'd pull her smallish backpack off her back, opening it up as she pulled out a small black and white bear, offering it to the girl. "His name is Mr. Monokuma, and he's super cuddly! He's kept me happy this entire time that I've had him. But you look like you need a friend more than anything." She'd smile, trying to be as friendly as usual. If the angel didn't accept the present, she would put him back into the bag and sling it over her back again. She'd try to avoid hugging the woman, since the some people didn't like contact. "I could be your friend if you wannnt! I'm allllways happy to make new friends!"

Here name was Cassiel and she was an angel so she said. Phalanx and Theda jumped all over the questioning department when the woman asked them what they wanted to know about her and such and even Theda seemed to become friendly towards the lady. While those two talked, Sky would remain quiet, listening instead as her blue eyes observed this creature on the ground for a long period of time before a pale hand would reach out and gently touch this angel’s hair. She couldn’t help it honestly.

This creature was intriguing and strange to Sky and the first in a long time that she simply wanted to examine beyond simple questions. It was true her child like curiosity could get them all blown up, but in that instant Sky didn’t care. She had to know if this thing before her was the same as a human or something more. Sure, this so called angel had bundles of power coming off her, but there were others like that too in the world.

“Don’t be sad or afraid, Cassiel. Perhaps we can work something out to make you happy, hmm?” Sky said as she gently stroked the other’s hair as if she was trying to comfort the thing that had caught her attention. It appeared the devil was at play once again, but for good or bad purposes was something Sky sealed within herself well.

The wish sounded dark, it defiantly did, but most things in this world did. "That makes sense, it honestly does. And that's a wish I could get behind. Resetting the world and starting fresh isn't that bad, and I think it would be good for everyone." She'd smile, standing up when the woman did. "I don't have many friends left, since I killed my original self. So I'd be completely okay with a hard reset. Maybe we could remake the world in a better image than the one it's currently in. Change some key points that need to be changed. Cause let me tell you, there'd be a lot more tea parties if I was in charge." Theda would look up at the sky, laughing a bit. She was naive sometimes, but she really did have the mental capability to understand what a sacrifice that would be for the greater good. "Clear the world of it's sins, even if that means leaving it with more than it originally had. We all have to do something." This was exactly the kind of wish she could back up, especially if she and Bun-Bun could survive the reset to live in this new world.

Phalanx looked at the Angel with raised eyebrows. It certainly seemed a bit... off for her wish to be something like that... But it did make a whole lot of sense... "If that truly is the only way to achieve my goal... then so be it..." A biblical flood, so to speak. A fresh start. Where man and machine could live together as Equals... Maybe it was a necessary evil? He would've probably taken another option, if it was available... But seeing as he probably would not return here anyway just to take her side in case no other option presented itself... He bowed deeply in front of the angel, only having one thing to say...

The intriguing creature got up and said what she had to say. As she spoke, Sky would close her eyes as she listened to what each person had to say about this. They all seemed to be for the cause of destroying the world and restarting... cleansing so to speak. Mmm….yes. She had wanted that didn’t she? But it was surprising that she’d find an angel of death just like that. Was she interested?

“That is quite an interesting proposition you got there, but I am afraid I am not as trusting as my friends here. What’s in it for me if I do decide to join ya huh? What guarantee can you give me that you’ll cleanse this world? Reset it?” Sky asked as she circled the beauty without fear. Her strides were slow, but certain as she watched the angel, waiting to see what sort of treasure she had to offer if she said yes. After all, Sky did not offer her services to just anyone off the street angel or not. If she could pay, she would play...if it was worth it all.

Note: Come angel cake. Show me what you got.

"Heh... I think you missunderstand me, Cassiel." Phalanx said with wry smile... He had gotten this far... "I've lost my value as an android a long time ago... To simply fade from existence and letting everything begin anew would be a merciful, and quite frankly, more honorable death than dying to those who hunt me..." Well, had it not been for those SE.RA.PH Swines, things might've been different, but as things stood now, he was more than ready to die for something like a complete and utter reset. A chance for mankind to right their wrongs... He was willing to let them have a second chance... Just this one time. Besides, he knew very well that Richard Dorsey would cease to exist as well... That... was actually  a pleasant thought.

Theda smiled, holding her hand up in the air as she felt her bun-bun fall into her arms. She held it tightly, cuddling it as she listened to both of them speak. "I don't care if I stop existing. I had to do some awful things to become the way I am, and I'm not proud of it. As long as it's a world where my real self could come back and be happy for once, I'd be okay with it. And even if you can't guarantee that, at least I tried right?" Looking up at the sky, she'd laugh. "I don't care about my existence anymore. Sooooooo..." Looking back down at the angel, she smiled wider. "Will you please let me join your cause Cassiel-chan? I promise I'll help your wish become reality! And I don't care what your terms are, as long as I can help you make a better world for us all.... Or at least a better world for whatever is created." It truly didn't matter, and her mind was made up, she was going to join this angel's cause.

Sky would narrow her eyes at the angel. Did she completely ignore her question? How very rude? A coldness would flow over the woman as she listened to the other two pretty much try to convince the angel to let them join. Were they really that determined to get what they wanted? Or were they desperate?

Sky looked at Phalanx and the girl for a moment before looking back at the angel and then tilting her nose up with a sneer before she actually turned her back on the group.

"I am much more selfish than you think. Unlike them who will throw their lives away for a reset. I don't plan on dying lady. I am going to continue to exist and see the new world with my own two eyes. All I want is to wipe out the plague that is already here and make a beautiful world from the clean slate left. With this said, I can agree to work with ya since our goals seem similar; however, if your plan is to wipe us out once it is all said and done then there is no way, i can make a deal with ya. I can only work with ya if you guarantee that I and my brother will not be wiped out by you once your Wish is fullfilled. If you can guarantee that, then I'll consider aiding ya," Sky said, her words not sugary or trying to play nice like the others were. She was being flat out honest with the angel and if she could not handle that well...that was just too bad.

"Well, Sky?" Phalanx looked at his companion with a raised eyebrow. "I understand your concerns... This is perhaps the only path I can take which will give me some semblance of what I want... If you decide to Challenge Cassiel, or walk away from her, I will not hold it against you. You still have things to live for, where we don't. I envy you for that..." Well, what else could he say? It was the truth. Her choice in this matter wouldn't affect their alliance in the slightest... At least, not on Phalanx's end. "Don't think we're enemies now just because we think differently, okay? We have a deal. And I will hold up my end of it until I die." Perhaps that was the only thing left for him anyway. "If Sky ends up challenging you... What does that entail? I don't wish to fight Sky unless I have to..."

She listened to Sky, then the Angel, then to the robot. They all had good points, and she liked that. "The only question I would have is if we can choose what the world would be like, or would that be up to you? I don't care either way, and I'm ready to join you, but this is also an important question." She'd smile, holding Bun-Bun close to her chest. "But yeah, I don't want to fight Sky over this choice. Even though she doesn't like me, she's still my ally and I couldn't think of hurting her." That was a lie, she could think of many scenarios where she would hurt the woman, most of them were situations where she had attacked Theda first which would be the only real reason. For now she would await for the Angel to offer her blessing, this was really a moment that mattered in the advancement towards power.