The Search for Malaclypse

[Yaoquizque]

Gaby was pretending to suffer from his broken arm to attract that beautiful girl's attention, telling her a riveting tell about him fighting dozens of nomads.

While talking, he pressed against her, as if someone pushed him, and moved his valid hand to "Ye know, just ensure ye don't have breast cancer or somethin'"
He was so busy he didn't notice the old bugger appearing and starting his sermon. He didn't notice his old friend Bannon, a man he had countless drinking sessions with.

Mal was doing his speech, drawing anyone's attention, and Gaby took advantage of this to take a closer look at the numerous ladies of the congregation.

He wasn't giving a golden fruit about the speech anyway, since it didn't involve either ladies or gallic wine...

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The man in robe in the back of the large room noticed several popes joining the congregation and gave them an unobtrusive head signal. Many of them didn't seem to recognize him, which was only fair since he kept his hood on.
He then reported his attention to the man appearing and nodded, whispering to himself "There he is... What do you have in mind, Mal..."

He remained unmoved as the Episkopos was trying to shake the congregation minds by using simple questions.
Seeing no one was willing to answer, he stared at the Episkopos and whispered to himself "The real reality is there, but everything you know about 'it' is in your mind and yours to do with as you like. Conceptualization is art, and you are the artist.... Starbuck's Pebble"

He took a look at the congregation, noticing some puzzled people. He then noticed many more were not giving a golden fruit about what Mal was saying. They were too stunned by his little tricks.
He whispered to himself once again "Don't they see he is using Chao Magic? The aura generated by his gnostic state can be seen from one mile i bet." He almost shook his head "Ah well..."

Mal told them to wake up and he moved his head again to check the congregation. He whispered again, noticing their confustion and their hostility "Funny... Is it Aneristic or Eristic illusion i notice in the crowd?"

He remained unmoved after the Episkopos disappeared, whispering once again to himself "Mal... Mal... you will never change..."

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As Gaby was looking as the beautiful ladies in the congregation, he ran into Bannon. The man was smoking with delight.
"Oh ye thar!" Gaby grinned and gave him a pat on his back, almost making his fall. "How are ye 'lad? Still wif 'dat boring Rainus Saucisson?"

He chuckled and then made his silly face "Now, did ye detect where are tha drinks coz i would like to have one glass o' too o' gallic wine"

Lev then went to talk to the popes and Gaby heard they were invited to some bar so he didn't ask anything and headed quickly there.

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The man in robe left his position at the back of the large room and stepped not far from the popes, listening but not saying a word.
He then followed them after Reggie convinced the others to attend to that meeting with the Episkopos.

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When the popes arrived there and faced Mal, Gaby ran to the bar and started to drink gallic wine like no tomorrow. He didn't pay much attention to Mal, just giving him a grin when he looked at him.

The man in robes kept is hood on and stepped in a corner of the room, staring at the Episkopos.
He noticed John didn't seem to be quite confident, and he nodded.

He then listened to Rainus and Mal, thinking "Typical, we always start by futility"

Seeing no one was willing to speak, he asked with a calm voice "I must say i'm quite surprised by your sermon, Malaclypse the Third" He stared at him from under his hood "It was very... Conventional" He then asked, his voice tinged with amusement
"And what about all this magic... Was your purpose to afraid them... Or... Was it to impress them? You have changed Mal... But yet you remain the same"

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