New arrival... and old confrontation.

[Hyperlulz]

Reclaimer walked down one of the many corridors of the Hub. This one somewhat close to the main reception area for new monsters, looking as worried as anyone here had ever seen him. He had felt this presence arriving for weeks now. He had been hoping that this event would not come to pass. However, Seeker had made it to the UCA, and, help or not. Reclaimer knew He very well might find his bodily form in danger. So He devices to just deal with the... unpleasantness now. Before Seeker could corner him. As insurance, Trial walked behind Reclaimer. Ready to intervene should things become violent...

After a short period of time, Reclaimer strode into the area, Triax in tow. To find Seeker, both large and small forms. Standing there. The large one standing at almost a resting position. Sword materialized and point down, both hands on the pommel. The small one near the blade. Arms crossed. Reclaimer shook his head. He would not enjoy what came next. Almost as soon as He had entered the area. Both of Seekers heads had whipped around to look at him. They both strode forward to... "greet" each other.

"Ahh, Seeker, welcome to the UCA. I hope you fi-" Reclaimer began, only to be silenced by Seekers hand at his throat. Lifting him up by one arm with ease.

"Enough. Heretic. I am here for one reason, and one reason alone, and that is to bring you, and your renegades," He motioned to Triax. "Back to face judgement. Do you hear me?"

Reclaimer teleported away from Seeker in a flash of smoke.

"Normally I would be more than happy to engage you in battle Seeker, however. I must caution you against further harm of me." Reclaimer clapped twice, as a host of monster annihilating cannons swung to life, and pointed themselves at the armored pair.

"You see, here Seeker, I am in control. The AAL is in compliance with the UCA in this case. Therefore. I am not to be harmed. You shall remain at this facility until I say otherwise, and you will compete in matches."

Seeker grumbled but stepped back. His giant form getting rid of the sword for the time being. "Why did you bait me here Reclaimer. This will not tip the scales for either of us."

Reclaimer responded with a smirk. "If I told you that, Seeker. It would ruin all the fun. See if you can figure it out yourself."

With that, Reclaimer teleported once again. This time onto the shoulder of Triax. As the mechanical monolith walked away. Reclaimer gave his parting words.

"Go make some acquaintances Seeker. God knows when you'll gain access to your allies for some time. Have fun!" With that, Reclaimer was gone.

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Seeker now stood in the main cafeteria of the Hub. Watching guests and prisoners go about their business. Several Kaiju sized screens displayed either great battles of the past, or the current championship struggles. The massive Seeker simply stood, eye fixated on the screen, while the smaller one sat among the tables. Looking around.

(Monsters and characters welcome to talk to either Seeker. Basic plot info, 3b1l is the leadership of the AAL. Seeker is here against his will and he hates Reclaimer with a passion.)

[Tenshi the Sunkern]

"My my, what do we have here?" A voice asked from the side. Seeker turned, and saw Asmodeus, the Embodiment of Lust, approaching him. Ever since the fight with Armageddon, Asmodeus had been in the recovery chambers, daring not to come out for fear of Orsa's wrath... but now that Orsa was killed, she found she could enjoy herself now. She had lived while Armageddon had died... She was the superior sibling, the best of Satan preserved, even with some other forms of power. "It's rare to get something you here. Seems you've been having a rough time... take a seat, and come chat with me. I'm bored." The Embodiment of Sin told him. She took a seat, and motioned for Seeker to sit across from her. On her plate, was a lot of meat-based human foods, from bacon, to cheeseburgers, to pizza, a slice of which she was already eating. "So... what's your story?"

[Hyperlulz]

Seeker took his seat in front of Asmodeus somewhat cautiously. Outgoing being though he may be, even He could see that this girl- if she was one.- was not someone to pour out your secrets to. While the massive Seeker was fixated on the televisions, the seated Seeker began to speak.

"I am Seeker. Praetor of the Milky Way galaxy, and unwilling participant here. I was summoned here, promised that I could bring an enemy of the rightful governing body to justice. What they didn't tell me was that said enemy was allied with the UCA. So now here I am. Trapped here until I can find a way out."

Seeker placed one battle worn glove over the other. "That's why I'm here. How about yourself?"

[The Merry Lambfish]

"I sympathize with your plight," a voice spoke from behind him, laced with cold hatred. A black robed figure sat behind him, and had been watching through narrowed eyes the fight between Selstar's damned machine Abaddon and a new, hulking mech. When she heard Seeker's words, she turned in her seat to face the two beings.

"Don't let the power hungry fools that run this place break you," said Kadru."Stay strong. Stay alert. You will get your chance."

Her fists tightened. "There have been deaths at the UCA before, after all."

[Tenshi the Sunkern]

"Oh yes... Deaths have been here before, including many not too long ago. Those who savagely seek power, will only destroy all with it if they are not careful". Asmodeus warned, recalling what happened to Arma... it was in a way sad, now that Arma was gone. Half of her wanted to cheer, while the other half... actually felt sorry. But as it stood, there was no reason to think about that further. The future was what awaited her, after all.

"But as it stands, I have yet to introduce myself. My name is Asmodeus, and I am merely a wandering soul in these lands... I came here to enjoy the entertainment this place offers, and I must say, it has delivered on that regard quite nicely." She said, amused by her half truths. Then again, she WAS saying the truth... just leaving out what she REALLY was. "Now, what of our new guest here? Surely, she has something to say."

[The Merry Lambfish]

Kadru watched Asmodues with wary eyes. After the likes of Selstar, Yuuka, and that damned Yukari, she was beginning to become very untrustworthy of the UCA's inhabitants. Particularly the overly friendly ones. "Kadru," she introduced simply, and that was it.

She never was an expert socializer.

[Hyperlulz]

Seeker mulled over what Asmodeus and Kadru said. The way Asmodeus spoke about this place with ease worried him. He angled himself so He was facing both of them.

"Kadru, do you know who's mech is fighting the tentacled beast? And those who died, were they by the hand of the UCA?" As He talked, the formless magenta energy from his shoulders fell onto the table, and began to mold itself into various geometric shapesshapes, almost too fast for the naked eye to follow.

[GI Jho]

"Those whom have died here have not been slain by the UCA themselves, I fear," another voice chimed in. The others turned around, as they saw the massive, white form of Auroros enter from behind them. "But rather at the hands of those who were enslaved to this arena. However, it does not change the fact that the UCA LET them die, and did nothing to protect them; rather, it only proves their incompetence and barbarity."

Auroros soon slumped down, his massive, avian form towering several hundred meters above the others. "However, none caused as much death or destruction as the damnable beast that has been defeated recently. Be thankful you managed to evade its fury, for many were not as lucky as you."

[Tenshi the Sunkern]

"What you call barbarity, others call sport and fun" Asmodeus explained, taking another bite out of her pizza. Of course, the upright man of all that was holy and just would show up... Aurorus in a way reminded her of those incompetent fools of the Angelic High, those angels that once thought themselves the greatest, most perfect things the cosmos had ever seen. Sure, old Satan had come from there, and by extension, she herself, but they were all fools who thought they knew what was right in the universe... and she had given them their due by wiping them all out. That's how she viewed such stickwads that followed the law. "It really is something seeing as so many people around the cosmos enjoy this place for the sport it offers. Almost like an old fashioned gladiatorial arena, though I have yet to see what they use for lions and bears and crocodiles."

Here, she shifted back to facing Seeker, and one eye lazily looked up at the TV screen, at the fight that was being watched. "Hmmm... I'm not too familiar with the new arrivals here since I've been asleep for some time... but I recall hearing the name Annihilator being said a few times. Perhaps, that is him?"

[Hyperlulz]

Seeker nodded and sighed, "The design is familiar, but the BMW is not. I will have to seek my own answers in that area."

The kaiju Seeker walked away from the cafeteria. To familiarize himself with the great of the Hub. In the meantime, his smaller form continued to converse with the current group.

"The first... soul I met here mentioned something about matches. With the comments being made it sounds as if the UCA has us kill each other for universal entertainment!" Seeker gave a sort of huff, as if He found the idea preposterous.

[GI Jho]

Auroros hung his head, as the bird snorted angrily for a brief moment at Asmodeus before focusing his attention towards Seeker. He would deal with the abomination given form later; her brother had already been defeated, and it was only a matter of time before she too met a similar fate.

"Perhaps not kill, but the UCA forces us to fight to obscene levels of physical punishment. It is not uncommon to see kaiju with removed flesh, scorched hides, large parts of their bodies missing, and borderline evisceration. The UCA will punish monsters that inflict too much bodily harm on an opponent with their weaponry, but otherwise have no repercussions for their actions. It's an abomination, a twisted mockery of combat in every sense of the word."

[Hyperlulz]

Seeker sat up straighter. "Surely the UCA have dealt with monsters beyond their control?" Reclaimer faced the massive bird.

"I never heard you introduce yourself, your name is?"

[GI Jho]

Auroros did not look down to face Seeker, for he was blind. He did, however, hear his words, and responded as requested.

"My name is Auroros, Guardian of the Realm of Light," The avian creature replied. "And no, as far as I can recall, the UCA have not dealt with monsters they could not control, bar perhaps the beast, but even I am unsure if it was a ploy or a true problem."

[The Merry Lambfish]

The conversation was interrupted when Kadru leapt to her feet. Her table flipped over at the sudden motion, sending a small avalanche of silverware crashing to the floor.

“You!”

Selstar stopped dead in his tracks, seemingly unsure of what to do next. Kadru’s outburst had caught the attention of the entire cafeteria, but in her seething hatred for the betrayer before her she cared nothing for the multiple eyes watching. They might as well have been alone.

“Kadru…” Selster spoke slowly, as gentle and deliberate as he could manage. “I… I need your help.”

A cold silence seemed to fill the air.

“You need my help?” she repeated. A brief pause, before she released an incredulous, even mocking laugh. “You believe that you can simply saunter on down here and ask for my assistance after what you’ve done?”

“No – Kadru,” he started, but she quickly interrupted him.

“You betrayed the order of the Ophorus,” she snarled, marching towards him with clenched fists.

Selstar was stumbling over his cloak in retreat, an arm raised in defense. “Kadru – listen-“

“You betrayed our entire race!” She hissed her words like a serpent, and indeed her eyes were beginning to flash blue – a telltale sign of imminent transformation. Small weapons began to unfurl from the walls of the cafeteria.

“This is important-“

“Get out of my sight, cowardly filth! Crawl back under the rock from where you came!”

“You don’t understand-“

“Leave now, or I’ll kill you where you stand!”

“Kadru!”

“No!” Her eyes blazed like miniature suns. Her cloak twisted and billowed. UCA weaponry took aim.

“THE FALSE GODS ARE HERE!” he roared. His voice washed over the room like an ocean’s wave.

As his words reached her ears, Kadru’s eyes died down. Her cloak draped back down over her shoulders. For a moment her rage abandoned her, replaced with an icy fear that seemed to grip her entire body, freezing her where she stood. Her mask hid most of her face, but one could see the fire in her eyes disappear. This… this couldn’t be right. The False Gods? Here? In the UCA?

“And how do I know you’re not lying to me?” she growled, struggling to regain her composure.

Selstar pointed over to Auroros with his chin. “Ask the bird. I believe he met one during the Orsa Crisis.”

[Tenshi the Sunkern]

Asmodeus couldn't help but chuckle as the scene played out before her. This was just a pleasant change of pace. Fear... confusion... desperation. All those things she just loved to witness happen, the primal chaos that adorned the world... it was as if she had been set up to enjoy this, by some higher power that was this incarnate... But just how she could relish this scene further... well, only she knew of that. "False Gods, you say?" Asmodeus calmly asked Selstar, her voice in as slow and...calming as possible, to get both Ophorus to calm down. "I am afraid that I doubt any of us here know what these False Gods are... I certainly saw no one like that go off to fight Orsa... unless you count Thresher as one." Here she laughed thinking what she said was a funny joke. "His delusions of godhood certainly revealed themselves to be as such."