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Index Encounter

They had gotten themselves in a bit of a pickle. As it turns out, the Index had their own little matters, strange and absurd as they are.
The Manager knew better than to bring everybody into this situation, so they only took whoever could stop this from escalating further.
Dante LCB Manager
Oh goodness...this isn't looking too swell, is it?
Two sinners and their Mananer hid behind a wall. In the distance, a Proxy holds Sinclair's arms, forcefully, and the halberd hovers over the head of a hostage.
Though, the hostage didn't look particularly afraid nor interested.
Proxy The Index
Look, if you just do as I say, this'll make things easier for the both of us...!
Emil Sinclair LCB Sinner
I-I don't know why you're making me of all people do this! Surely there's gotta be someone else more willing to execute this guy, right?!
Karin ???
Haha. You're mistaken, kid. Don't you know whose hands are holding yours?
Karin ???
Do me a favor, former coworker of mine, and read the prescript provided to you again.
Proxy The Index
Ugh, why are you so casual about this...! Fine!
The Proxy releases one hand, and takes out a crumpled piece of paper. She then reads it aloud.
Proxy The Index
To...To Proxy Owen: Force a man with blonde hair to capture and execute Karin, the betrayer of the Index.
Emil Sinclair LCB Sinner
S-So...you grabbed the first person with that description? It doesn't even have to be me?!
The Proxy releases one hand, and takes out a crumpled piece of paper. She then reads it aloud.
Proxy The Index
Can you just shut up and listen already?! Who knows what'll happen if...if I don't follow...
Sinclair began to sense that it would be easier if he just listened, but the hostage, Karin, looked...
To be frank, it was hard for him to tell, with how blurry he was.
One glance at the surrounding area however, and he sees his Manager, Meursault and Hong Lu trying to construct a plan.
Dante LCB Manager
The guy tied up...he looks more than capable of killing them both, so why isn't he doing anything?
Meursault LCB Sinner
He appears to have fully manifested EGO and was tied up willingly. My theory is that the hostage will strike at the very last moment.
Dante LCB Manager
Then, we should try and divert the Proxy. Let's charge at them before Sinclair hurts him at all.
Hong Lu LCB Sinner
Oh! You got it, Manager! Haha, this will be fun!
Proxy The Index
Who's there?!
Not even bothering to introduce himself as he usually does, Hong Lu swings his weapon at the Proxy, to which she immediately clashes with her sword.
Meursault quickly joins in. However, despite there being two of them, the Proxy begins to have the upper hand. Her capabilities were not to be underestimated, even under pressure.
Dante LCB Manager
Sinclair, now!
As the attention of the Proxy is diverted, Sinclair quickly uses his halberd to chop the ropes off Karin, but once that's done the hostage stands up, dusting himself off as though this was just another day.
Karin ???
Thanks a lot for that. Not sure what you guys do for a living, but it seems pretty tough. Are you fixers?
Emil Sinclair LCB Sinner
This is not the time...!
Karin ???
Can't even answer a simple question, huh...That's alright. I got this.
Strangely confident, Karin points his finger towards the Proxy. Red and black boxes - Some kind of ammunition - shoot out of his hand, directly into the Proxy's face.
Proxy The Index
Argh!
Both surprised, the other two sinners move back, allowing Karin to step over the Proxy almost effortlessly.
Proxy The Index
All my work to become a Proxy is...is going to waste, isn't it? To think my proselytes stopped listening to my orders, because of you...
Karin ???
Yes, indeed. Think of it this way, old friend.
Karin ???
You may be following the prescript given to you, but it did not say you had to succeed.
Karin ???
If you realized that about all the other people you've killed, then maybe you would be free right now.
With that, using his EGO once more, Karin's boxes suffocate the Proxy. She struggles slightly, before the light fades from her eyes.
Karin ???
.....
Karin turns to smile at the sinners, putting his hands in his pockets.
Dante LCB Manager
He's not going to attack us next, is he...?
Karin ???
Sorry for the mess. You see, the Index...I'm sure you know their deal already.
Karin ???
I left the syndicate without warning. Maybe the prescripts didn't will it, or maybe it did.
Karin ???
Either way, like she said, there were people within the group that began to rebel against their superiors because of what I did.
Karin ???
That's why a Proxy was sent directly instead of a standard familia.
Hong Lu LCB Sinner
That would explain it! Hah...I don't know much about the Index, but they're certainly interesting!
Emil Sinclair LCB Sinner
Um...come to think of it, are you going to be alright, Mister?
Sinclair raised the understandable question of whether this betrayer will end up okay in the end. Just as the Middle remembers, the Index wills. Or so it is often said.
Karin ???
Me? I'll be alright. I'm thinking...maybe my wife'll come around to pick me up. And then after that, who knows?
Karin ???
It's not really your concern, so don't worry and be on your merry way.
Rather than questioning any further, the sinners bid their farewell and left. Especially Sinclair, who did his best to apologize profusely for the trouble. When all that is over, Karin laughs to himself and looks towards the sky.
Karin ???
The City has its will, and I have mine.
Karin ???
...I think I will treat myself to something nice today, after this.