Sev got up and walked into the hologram, his head cut off from the image.
"I heard something about humans being used as an army? Nay, we have my men, who have recently taken San Francisco and the rest of Great Britain in the fracas of our intervention with Tabitha," Sev started, noticing snickering from the Predalien and Caim. He slammed his fist onto the hologram projector, increasing its power and adding Sev's head to the hologram.
"Much better, now I'm not too keen to staying in a nest of Xenomorphs, no offense, but you guys don't use toilets," Sev joked, crossing his arms, "So I'm opening Castle Sanguine to be our base of operations while we deal with these new threats," Sev gestured towards Caim and his dragon, "I have accommodations for dragons and more humans alike, and I'll find a spot for our Queen here and a select few of her Xenomorphs, the rest of them can go invade Ireland and keep it as a Xenomorph country, nobody likes the Irish anyway," Sev finished, looking down at Zero and Tomoya.
"Well, its best we go now, there's food to eat and a Castle to tour, farewell Queen, we'll be in contact, and respond when you have your decision finalized," Sev turned off the hologram and sat down in the vast fields of Castle Sanguine, enjoying his meal. Tomoya and Zero joined him.
"You seem different," Tomoya commented as Sev bit into a hunk of Lamb's Leg and guzzled some mead.
"How so?" Sev burped.
"You're... more stable than what I've heard from your actions so far"
"Well, some situations need to be handled with a smile, others with a metal fish," Severin slammed his hand into the ground and a mountain in the distance crumbled, "and other still with a hunk of meat," Sev grabbed another leg of lamb and threw it at a sitting Zero, who toppled over.
"For now, enjoy the food and the mead, we'll tour the castle once the next time card shows up," Tomoya raised an eyebrow at this comment.
"Wait, wha-
After the picnic
Severin led Tomoya through Castle Sanguine, leaving the other Heroes to their own affairs. They entered the main plaza, which was 200 feet tall and had a mighty statue of Severin and Frank West adorning the floor in the middle of the hall. They walked about, passing The Thinker's and Sonic's chambers, and into Severin's Master Bedroom.
"So like, this is where I sleep and shit. My parent's always bug me but I come here to like, draw and write and express myself to distance myself from the Corporations," Sev said, trotting around the Viking-inspired furniture.
"Wait, what?" Tomoya asked him, quickly removing his hand from a stuffed Whatchamacallitsaurus. Sev knocked on his head with his metal hand a little.
"Sorry, wrong story," Sev fixed. Tomoya looked at the black walls adorned with trophies of past conquests, the head of Grendel, Leonidas' helmet, Charlemagne's crown, Justinian's big toe, Napoleon's hand, and a necklace chain with a large glowing blue orb dangling on it.
"What's the orb," Tomoya asked, holding the necklace in his hands. Sev sighed and punched the wall, which automatically slid into the floor to reveal another stuffed organism. This wasn't some bear or deer, it was a human, taller than the already towering Severin, and wider as well. The hair was black, its muscles, rippling, teeth larger than Tomoya's head and sharper than his blades.
"This is all that remains of The Wanderer of Mastery, another man known as Zero, he's the one who gave me these," Sev gestured towards his eye scar and metal arm, "and that necklace holds his soul, for no physical wound I or my fallen companions inflicted would stop this man." Sev punched the wall again, making the descended wall jump back up and cover the statue's small crevice. Tomoya looked past Sev at another wall.
"Is that a dartboard with my face on it?" Sev looked behind him.
"Yes it is," Sev disappeared and reappeared in front of Tomoya, metal claws in the angel's face, eyepatch glowing, "It helps me aim"
