He's Up.

Al woke up today. I had a talk with him.

"Are you okay?" I asked.
"Yeah," he said. "For the most part. And you?"
"I'm fine," I said.
"I'm sorry," he said. "I had no idea he was going to do that."
"It's okay," I told him. "It wasn't your fault."
"The Game Master is going to put his plan into motion soon," he said. "On the 11, at the top of the Chrysler building."
"How can I stop him?" I asked.
"You can't," he replied. "Not without HELLFIRE. Here."

He handed me a slip of paper. It was a page torn from a book, with what appeared to have incantations written on it. One of them was highlighted.

"It's a page from one of the Game Master's books," he explained. "Those spells draw on the life force of the user. With his near infinite life force, he can cast as many as he wants. You don't have that much power, but you should be able to use at least that spell. It will help you get HELLFIRE back."
"Thank you," I said. "And don't worry. I'll handle everything. You just stay here and recover."


Look out Game Master. I will get HELLFIRE back.

Obvious Trap

That post that "HELLFIRE" made was obviously a trap. I went anyway. I had a plan. Sort of...

I entered the cave, where the Scientist (the guy who stole HELLFIRE) was hiding out.

"Hey!" I said. "Where's the ambush?"
"Right here," said a voice from behind me.

I felt my muscles being crushed by an invisible force, and my body was lifted into the air and turned around. I was facing the Game Master.

"You knew this was a trap," he said. "So tell me; why did you come in here without a plan?"
"Actually, I did have a plan," I said.
"Mind sharing it with the class?" he asked.
"I know how much you love to be close to peoples faces as you kill them," I said. "So that you can see the fear in their eyes."
"And?" he said, as he began squeezes my lungs with his will.
"I brought a grenade," I said.

I wasn't entirely immobile. I fought the pain, yanked the pin out, and jammed the grenade through the tears in his shit and between his ribs. He threw me against the wall and made an attempt to pull the grenade out, but he wasn't quick enough. It exploded while still inside him. I thought it was successful, but he appeared in front of me, completely unharmed, with a sword in hand. He lifted it above me, and brought it back down.

Alphonse got in the way. He shoved me out of the swords path and it crashed into his face, shattering his mask. I grabbed onto him and teleported out of there. He was unconscious, but thankfully not dead. He has a gash on his face from where the sword hit. He's being treated by Hideaki. He seems to have some medical experience, as he's been treating Amy's bullet wound.

I'm still worried about Alphonse. He hasn't woken up yet. I hope he'll be okay.

HELP

ESTREN! IT'S ME, HELLFIRE. I MANAGED TO GAIN CONTROL LONG ENOUGH TO LEAVE YOU THIS MESSAGE. THESE GUYS ARE PLANNING TO DESTROY THE WORLD. YOU NEED TO GET HERE AND STOP THEM. THEY'RE IN NEW YORK CITY, HIDING OUT IN CENTRAL PARK, IN SOME CAVES THAT THE CIVILIANS DON'T KNOW ABOUT. HURRY!!!

HELLFIRE's gone

The attacked. There were 3 of them. Phantasm attacked Amy, the one named Kallaway took on Hideaki, and I went up against this old guy.

SHIT! HELLFIRE said. THIS IS THAT GUY WHO WAS EXPERIMENTING WITH SILVERMIST!

Whoever that guy was, he could control lightning. He was powerful. I fought him for a while. I warped close to him, and attempted to get in a close attack. He blocked it, and grabbed me by the throat.

I could feel HELLFIRE being torn from my soul.

"What did you just do?" I demanded.
"My Emissary power," he said. "I can strip possessive spirits from other peoples bodies and imprison them within my soul." His hand burst into flames. "Hate to break it to you, but HELLFIRE's mine now."

He threw a fireball at me. I deflected it with my sword, but he was gone before I could do anything.

Hideaki walked away from his fight mostly unscathed. Amy, on the other hand, suffered from a bad bullet wound. We need to get her some medical attention from someone who isn't an Oathbreaker.

Dead End

We've hit a dead end. We have no more leads on what we're looking for. HELLFIRE says he needs time to think so that he can figure out our next move. In the meantime, we're waiting, and keeping our eyes out. We still have the Emissaries to worry about. And I have a feeling they'll be closing in soon.

FOLLOWED BY A PHANTOM

THIS PHANTASM CHARACTER IS STILL FOLLOWING US. AMY SEEMS TO FEAR HIM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S CAPABLE OF, BUT ESTREN WON'T LET ME GO FIND OUT. I REALLY WANT TO GO FIGHT THIS PERSON. OH WELL.

WE'RE ALMOST TO THE PLACE WHERE I LAST MET KELTERRY. IHOPE THERE WILL BE SOME ANSWERS THERE.

ALSO, IT MAY BE A LITTLE LATE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MALKATOR FOR TAKING CARE OF SILVERMIST. I'M GLAD THAT BASTARD IS DEAD NOW.

ANYWAY, I'LL BE GOING NOW. GOODBYE, INTERNET WEIRDOS.

HELLO WORLD. HELLFIRE IS HERE.

NICE TO SEE YOU ALL. IT'S BEEN SO LONG IN THIS BODY, I FIGURED I MIGHT AS WELL MAKE MY OWN ACCOUNT, SO I CAN POST HERE. SQUEEZING IN MY OWN OWN INPUT IN ESTREN'S POSTS JUST ISN'T DOING IT FOR ME. BUT NOW I HAVE MY OWN THING.


HELLO EVERY ONE. I AM HELLFIRE. I AM THE DYING MAN.