[center][h1]Gilgamesh Inc. Headquarters[/h1][/center]

Gene was impressed with this human-- [i]these humans'[/i] bravery. The one who agreed to help him was staring down a firing squad without even flinching, and the demon-worshippers facing him were taking him on six-on-one without even a hint of shame.

The obnoxious one wearing the feathered fedora--Gene hoped this wasn't one of those "meme" things his coworkers were talking about--appeared to read from something that was altogether too small to be an unabridged bible, and rather smugly demonstrated his degree in armchair theology. Gene was glad to be here, next to Antonio, because otherwise he wouldn't even know Gilgamesh [i]hired[/i] people like this! This was better street theater than that time when Intern Jimbo got his shirt stuck on that forklift!

Then the guards present opened fire-- on Antonio. The Minka imitator, evidently upset that she didn't have a partner to do a convincing Boris act, leaped straight up to the ceiling, charged down, and tried to attack Antonio's back-- while [i]still[/i] ignoring Gene.

[i][color=goldenrod]We thank you, LORD, for this golden opportunity. Amen.[/color][/i]

Gene lashed forward, happily taking advantage of Tickler's willful ignorance of him. Since she was focused on Antonio, and was actively moving forward, deflecting this next attack would be functionally impossible!

As Gene closed in, his right arm roughly brushed against Morbuzahk's tentacle, eliciting no reaction. What isn't alive cannot feel pain, and Gene's Angel Arm was certainly not part of him in any organic sense. The God Hand continued on its pilgrimage past Tickler's defences as it at last found its promised land: slightly below her right shoulder, and directly into her liver.

The force of Gene's blow took its righteous toll on Tickler's liver, very nearly destroying it outright. Tickler herself was blown at least a foot away from Gene, thus saving Antonio for the moment. Entirely confident that Tickler was out of the picture for the time being, Gene threw himself behind Antonio's shield and called out to Macbeth.

[color=goldenrod]"Same place it tells you to fuck with the Hierarchy, asshole!"[/color]