Kiana confronts the one pulling the strings behind Abydos’s situation…and Hoshino’s disappearance. Face to face.

Witness, if you will, a rewrite of the first POC, Confrontation from like- wait it wasn’t that long ago?!

Either way, enjoy.

Yes, title chapter was in fact a pun, and will not be used for final release in the series proper.

July 15th, 2023. 16 minutes past midnight. In a strangely dark office located somewhere within the Abydos district, only source of light here being the moonlight coming in faintly illuminating the room, it not even having a single lightbulb mounted anywhere.

“…she sure is taking her time, isn’t she?” A man — or rather, a black…creature with a body vaguely resembling a human — let out, waiting in his chair for…

…the Sensei of Schale. Kiana Kaslana. Former Valkyrie of Schicksal, now a guiding figure for the…“students” of Kivotos. To say the consequences of her actions have been interesting would be a rather large understatement at best.