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[Garviel is serving a short shift so he doesn't get droned.]

Erebus is here? [His eyes narrow.]

If so... just tell me where. And I will end him.

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"This place may BE Erebus. You do know what Erebus is, correct?"

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An Astartes like myself.... no. Not like myself. A traitor, a servant of Chaos and Old Night.

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"No... The first Erebus, though, to name someone after it. Surely it was foreshadowing of the worst kind if he fell to damn humanity."

[She sips her tea]

"Erebus is the name for a titan, a being of immense power formed before the Gods ruled Olympus. A god of the underworld, who created Tartarus from the despair of humanity. A horrible beast that wishes to awaken Nyx, and bring about the final death of humanity."

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I see. You... are very strange. I can't quantify you well.

[He cleans a table nearby, then returns.]

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"It sounds that where you come from... Reason tried to kill the world beyond, but only killed the good parts of it and the darkness then seeped in through the cracks causing a great turmoil. This happens every so often, that is why my master exists, to help nudge humanity along its path to destroy the night that would devour it."

"I myself... Simply travel my own path."

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That... who is your master, mamzel?

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"Igor... Of the Velvet Room. Who in turn serves Philemon, the butterfly king."

"Igor serves as Philemon's hand in the great games he used to play with Nyarlathotep.

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Philemon? Igor? Can you explain a bit further?

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"In my time... In my place... On my world... There were two powers. Nyarlathotep and Philemon vying for who would lead humanity forward just before I was born. Philemon, believed that humanity would evolve into a powerful culture that's strength and compassion would be able to push the very Gods they created aside. Nyarlathotep was an agent for many dark things, and believed humanity to be little more than playthings for their amusement."

"Philemon laid down rules for their engagements, rules Nyarlathotep frequently broke. One of his rules was neither could directly involve themselves with humanity. So my master was brought into the playing field to aid chosen ones in the completion of humanity's destiny."

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You sound as though you are speaking of the Emperor himself. This is.... unsettling.

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"In what regards? Perhaps a man who embodied the third major arcana. There are many worlds remember, and there are always the forces of progress and the forces of entropy. They must remain in balance, lest a disaster happen. Guarding that balance is the master's job, for even Philemon has gone too far before, and my master's clients needed remind him of that."

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Arconoi? I don't understand.

[He shakes his head.] I'm sorry I just... you're very hard to understand. But that makes sense. I suspect you're a form of psyker anyway.

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[Well, this is interesting. Legault, frankly, has been more bothered by the loss of his things than by the erupting chaos; he's been trained to not be caught, and he's secure in his ability to get out of most fights. Just in case the threats laid out in his letter were true, he'd decided to scope out his target... and, as luck would have it, she has been making no effort to hide herself. Putting on his best gentlemanly smile, he moves to sit across the table from her, lacing his fingers together on top of the table so she can watch his hands.]

Miss, please don't be alarmed, but I have been sent to kill you.

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"I had assumed someone would. Now the real question is will you do it for the false offers of the town?"

[She ponders for a moment]

"Would you like me to order some pie and coffee for you? The pecan here is really quite wonderful."

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I only kill wicked people, and no longer at the whims of corrupt leaders. I would only truly follow their orders if you fit the profile of someone who had mistreated others to the point that their suffering outweighed your right to live.

[All through this, his tone is pleasant and honest, and there's a part of him that's relieved that she hadn't panicked. He likes her already.]

That would be wonderful, though it would be rude of me not to pay when my mark is so lovely.

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"I do not know if I am wicked... I have sent people to kill and die, and fought many nightmares... However, my end goal was simply to keep humanity from being devoured by its darkest desires. Now, this town would have me kill a small girl, but would that not be giving in and becoming a dark desire myself?"

"Of course, payment is a negligible thing, but conversation is an investment in one's soul."

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Children haven't had time to accumulate enough sins to deserve death. You shouldn't believe anything Mayfield tells you; why they would bring so many of us here only to thin us out is a mystery to me, unless they intend on keeping the strongest for some other purpose.

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"No, I do not believe the town, nor am I hunting the child. To do so would only give Erebus power and that is not what I seek. I have been doing what I can to protect children from my world that will one day grow to be... More. I believe that they are doing this to set us against each other and destroy the few alliances people have made to escape."

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Mm... then I have no quarrel with you.

[He smiles.]

Erebus?

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"There is much magic where I come from... Erebus and Nyx are two things from before the days of the Gods... In this case the Gods of Olympus. Erebus is given power by humanity's urge to destroy itself, and Nyx when awakened will bring the final end of humanity. Both were sealed long ago till recently, when a fool of a man who was chasing power awakened Nyx and while she was sealed once more, this awoke Erebus and forced a man to give up his soul to seal the Nyx away."

"My goal is to return Erebus to its slumber, and were I to do something like this, would it not feed the self destructive impulses of humanity?"

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It absolutely would; you're right to not contribute to that. In this environment, I commend you, even. It's tempting to go down dark paths.

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