C152: "You think stabbing me in the face is enough to kill me?"
Alt Title Teaser: Representatives
Overall Word count = 1638 on 10/23/2024.
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"NO" Artoria and Mordred come dashing forward as fast as they can once they sense the minute killing intent within Florence Nightingale's action. Morgan had also sensed it but the ever chill magician had full confidence within Axel's skills, especially after she had been inside what she assumed was a reality marble.
Such a thing is exceptionally rare but Axel is more well known as a physical fighter and not a magic user with the exception of his magic items. As such, her thoughts flowed along the lines of, "The scissors will simply bounce off" or "he can easily grab her arm". Which is why she now sits with shock on her face as Axel plummets with said scissors embedded into his face.
Though of course, nobody is more shocked than the civilian that was just bandaged and nearly healed by Axel as he now witnesses Axel's death.
It is only after she stabbed him that Florence got out of her rage and into shock, quickly repenting for her action as she kneeled down to check his injuries and try to save his life.
"Bit rude aren't you" Axel's words shock all present as the great sword wielder and the holy spear owner stop in their tracks while Morgan relaxes into a cheshire grin. A delicate finger upon her lips as she observes the situation.
"You're in time out now, go play patty cake with Blythe." he waves his hand and Florence disappears while Axel slowly and seemingly sarcastically begins to rise from the floor by his feet as he had simply bent his ankles unnaturally to make it look like he had fully fallen when he was stabbed in the face. His now reformed ankles allow him to simply lift himself up. He covers his face with his hands as the knife is removed and his face healed.
If this was any other situation, he would have thanked the unknown doctor for their help in letting him finally put the finishing touches on his face so that he can return to his original appearance. But the doctor's strange reaction dampens his mood and so when he reveals his now healed face with a bit of artistic light show to show off some sort of non-existent super healing magic that 'repaired' his appearance. (hiding regeneration)
"Well, that's a thing that happened. I'll keep them in with me for a bit and release them later when they learned their lesson but you four (3 + Han) gather the people and bring them over through my portal to where we will hold the Denatus." he informs them and finally casts the healing spell on the civilian in the audience.
Said civilian begins to plead to Axel, "lord Axel, I ask that you show benevolence to the doctor. She has given so much to the people here in so little time. Using her own resources to selfishly tend to everyone here that was injured while the battles rocked the outside." The man informs Axel.
"Ill just have a bit of a talk with her, it's not like stabbing me in the face will be enough to kill me" He says which makes the man chuckle a bit in awkwardness as nobody else is bold enough to say such a thing. Axel also chuckles a bit as he feels what he said was nearly as dumb as something that he heard from Rimurus memories.
'God I really need to travel to my dads original world and nuke his pc and then extract some of his memories out of my head.' Axel shivers as his mind rapidly flashbacks to some of the explicit content his father may have viewed.
Shaking himself out of these thoughts for now, he guides everybody back to the cave entrance where the camp has been set up. He creates another portal and heals everybody before stepping through it himself and arriving back at the Eastern camp where a small podium has been set up by Ganesha's people for the impromptu Denatus. The people of the East camp witness the creation of 3 portals where many other civilians and minor gods come walking through with slightly nervous expressions as they were not fully sure if the portals were a trap.
While people are trickling in, Axel decides to enter his reality marble to meet with the distraught medic. Yet his surprise is quite evident as the silent divine doctor is patiently teaching the now uncloaked Florence Nightingale as she talks for the both of them as Blythe only nods or shakes his head. They have their own white board filled with medical theories and various drawings of what Axel assumes to be the shape of viruses or the atomic structure of certain molecules that are used for medicine.
"I was only gone for a little while, and aren't you supposed to be punished for trying to kill me?" Axel voices his confusion and irritation. The female doctor at least has the nerve to look ashamed as a blush covers her cheeks.
"So how did this happen in the minute or two i've been gone?"
Nightingale decides to explain the situation as she speaks out, "This fine gentleman suddenly approached me out of nowhere after I was brought here. I was very confused but then this board appeared and he started to write medical knowledge down. It took me a while to recognize that it was actually theories behind antidotes and medicine that i've been struggling with. Yet I feel like my eyes have been opened and I can help so many more people." She excitedly explains the shared passion but a cough from Blythe makes her eventually stop as she looks down
"Of course I am still sorry for my actions against you" She bows towards Axel who is looking at Blythe who just shrugs as mental information is transmitted to Axel. Axel understands now that Blythes' growing divinity in regards to medicine and healing began to unnaturally flow towards Nightingale and so he sought her out so that he could physically share this information with her instead of having her replace him as a minor god. By willing to share his knowledge like this, he had instead converted her into a believer of his and now his own growth is accelerated the more he teaches her.
Axel sighs and looks at the sky.
"Get up, you didn't really do much against me so i'll forgive you this time around. You and Blythe can resume your conversation, i'll be back later as the Denatus situation has to be handled" he heads out again but not before overhearing, "I shall be in your care then Lord Blythe" The former puppet smiles as he nods his head and they resume their 'discussion', beginning to bring out various materials to showcase an improved method/tools on creating antidotes and medicine. Far beyond anything Florence had available.
Axel simply sits upon the podium that was made by Ganesha's people along with the few members of the guild that were brought into this camp during the rescue as they were at home at the time. Ouranos led them to properly organize everything. Axel soon creates another portal leading to Raikou as she has finally finished gathering everyone as contrary to their thoughts of trying to keep the civilians prisoner or something. Semiramis wanted them off her floating island as fast as possible since they are 'contaminating the beauty of nature at its finest'.
The immortals along with the duo of Lily and Finn are the last to walk through these portals before they are closed. Many citizens who recognize each other regroup with their friends and family, sharing their perspectives on the recent events. Axel looks to the Ganesha, Ouranos and Alaya and asks them.
"Will we be having a public conference or will we elect leaders of each group as their representatives?"
"I am Ganesha. We have decided for a smaller Denatus where we focus on what the future path is for everyone but we already have 3 preliminary points."
"I see. Very well. I'll handle it then" Within his reality marble, he creates a piece of paper that he then tears apart into tens of thousands of chunks that he then brings out and distributes to EVERYONE.
"If I can get your attention please. Before you is a piece of paper, use your finger to write down the name of the person you would want to represent you for this upcoming Denatus. Just don't write my name since I'm already going whether you vote for me or not" Axel informs everyone, some need some time to think while others write down their candidates' names instantly.
Those who do have their paper disappear from their hands as they simply wait for those who haven't yet to finish up. The entire process takes half an hour before it's done. Within his territory, Axel quickly scans through all the written names as he creates a builtin board to show all the listed names.
The top names are:
(note: These numbers will not be a perfect 10k or anything like that)
Lily/Fianna - 3433
Ouranos - 1759
Finn/Dim- 978
Ganesha …..
Loki …..
Axel Gram …. (ignorant people who just don't wanna listen)
Dionysus…
Freya….
Semiramis...
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Many names are shown across the magical board and Axel decides to announce, "The top 25 names will be joining the meeting. So if your name is on this list then please step forward into the tent here. I ask the Ganesha familia to please take care of the new arrivals in the meantime.
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Alt Title: Talking to Florence, Representatives of the Denatus,