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"[color=f7941a]Hm...With that description, I can only imagine how powerful your counterpart is. Seems tough to fight.[/color]"

Claire was underselling it a bit. The guy's counterpart seemed powerful enough to become a big threat. Admittedly he's not the biggest threat they've faced, but still one more than any of them could handle on their own, and with Tlevran admitting that he didn't have much of a chance to win against him, it made things a bit problematic. In any case, Claire just wanted to calm herself down, so her tone of voice returned to its calm, carefree version. It felt as if it had been ages since she used that tone.

"[color=f7941a]Still, we're both in the same boat now, so it looks like we'll have to work together for this...So if he shows up, then we'll just have to fight him as a team.[/color]"

Claire didn't really feel comfortable saying that, but it was the truth at the moment. They'd all have to band together to fight off their counterparts. This just made things a lot more difficult.

While her sister spoke to the genocidal god, Yuki was calming down in her state of unconsciousness. The song was familiar...It reminded her of some things that her sister had shown her. A story that she'd come to love...but that was all in the past. Still, the music was nice, and it let her rest peacefully.

[center]Meanwhile...[/center]

Before Yukiko even had the chance to respond to the idea, 'Purge' arrived. Yukiko wasn't very fond of the deity. Not just because he's supposed to be a 'good guy', but also because of his hero complex. He thought he was doing the world a favor by wiping all evil, while in reality he was being just as ruthless and murderous as his counterpart. It's just that his ideals were supposed to be for the good of the world. She hated it when people lie to themselves to justify their actions. At least she was honest about what she wanted to do, and why she did things.

"[Color=fdc68a]Oh, great. Purge. I was wondering when you'd show up. How did that human saying go again? 'Speak of the Devil and he shall appear'?[/color]"

Yukiko only said this to antagonize the deity. She honestly didn't want to deal with him yet, as they had their own problems to think on.

"[Color=fdc68a]As for your question, Ixox...Yes. I can disguise myself as her, but that'd be difficult, considering the reason I switched with her at all. Also, if you're so certain that your entourage would lose, I think I know someone that could help out. She and I could give some of these rogues a little power boost. Ooh. I like the idea of corrupting their creations, actually.[/color]"

[center]...It's finished...[/center]

Ask any Slimilili what they saw, and they would tell you in great detail a description of the most epic battle they had seen yet. That wouldn't be enough. Ask any deity or being with the task of historical archiving, and their files and information of the battle wouldn't be enough to capture the entirety of the beauty and brutality of it.

What was once a deserted island was now a blood-soaked mound of sand, dirt, ruined jungle, and broken stone. In the middle of this island were two goddesses. Both were Miriam, and one was imapled by a crude-looking spear. She and her killer were both smiling in silence. Theirs were frozen expressions of their most recent clash. Crazed expressions that could only be acquired through the intensity of a battle that had shed much blood. Soon, they both broke their silence by laughing together, as if they were childhood friends. The victor wiped a joyous tear from her eye, calming herself down to speak.

"[color=ed1c24]Looks like you forgot who we were, me.[/color]"

"[color=9e0b0f]Looks like I did.[/color]" said the clone. "[color=9e0b0f]I wonder, though. Which one of us is the real evil one?[/color]"

"[color=ed1c24]Does it matter? We'd both just look for the next fight.[/color]"

"[color=9e0b0f]True...[/color]"

As the Miriam clone began to melt back into a puddle of blood, the true Miriam took out a small vial, and placed some of her opponent into it. They both smiled their small, creepy smiles until the defeated clone was finally soaked into the island, forever staining the land red.

Miriam mixed some of her own blood with the sample she collected from the clone, and tossed the vial in the air. It was then caught by the Slimilili Queen, who had reappeared after the battle had finished. She had been instructed to keep the vial somewhere safe, so that she'd use it if anything big came up. Miriam figured that if Yuki and Claire had a contingency plan, she should have one as well.

She retrieved her spear, and made it disappear. She was happy for the battle, and was sated for a little bit. She wondered what Yuki and Claire were doing.