<span style="color: #FFFF00">Phibrizzo looked at Rin for a second, then slammed his fist on the table. "Quit lying, Punk! Don't make me steal your soul!"<br/><br/>"With what, pipsqueak? you gonna beat it outta me?" Rin asked, apparently not having seen Slayers at all. That seemed to register quickly with Phibrizzo, because he calmed down enough to say, "You don't even know who I am, do you? Well maybe if you tell us who you really are, I'll tell you who we supposedly are..." he smiled evilly. "Sound good?"<br/><br/>Rin gulped. "Is he serious?" he asked Doce.</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #00FF00">Doce lifted the corner of Frahlah's mouth into a small smile. "He's very serious," she said. "The bodies in this world come from games and anime and such. Just imagine the types of things that are out here. So, did you have a... different answer for us, regarding your name?"</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #FFFF00">Rin was silent for a long while. "So there's no getting out of it then? My name is Ananiah. Frankly I don't know how I'm speaking English... I mean I'm freakin' Israeli. It doesn't make sense. The accent I'm using is foreign even to me." He looked at them both and pathetically said "And apparently now I'll never get into Heaven. Stupid Demon powers."<br/><br/>HellMaster Phibrizzo smirked. "Well aren't you just a little ray of sunshine. but a deal's a deal. I'm Hellmaster Phibrizzo. Monster lord in charge of Hell."<br/><br/>Ananiah freaked out.</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #00FF00">"Speaking foreign languages?" Doce said, "Same for me... almost. This body knows an entirely different language that I also understand now. It's probably the same principle: You can speak English because Rin can speak English." She paused before remembering to introduce Frahlah. "Oh, yes. This," she gestured to herself and reverted to using Frahlah's usual accent, "is Frahlah Tahmir, who is the Prince of the Joker Kingdom." She returned to her American accent, "And the powers I receive from inhabiting his body have allowed <span style="font-style: italic">me</span>," she pointed to herself, "to be in charge of <span style="font-style: italic">him</span>," she pointed at Phibrizzo. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Ananiah."</span><br/><br/><br/><span style="color: #FFFF00">"P-pleasure's all m-mine." Ananiah stuuttered shakily still thinking about how hell's keeper was standing in front of him. "T-to answer the question you asked previously, I live on earth." He paused as realization dawned on him. "Wait... are there other planets involved in this place?"</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #00FF00">Doce webbed her fingers and rested her chin on the surface. "It's possible," she said. "So far as I can tell, <span style="font-style: italic">most</span> of us are from Earth." She frowned. "There is one who seems to be an anomaly. The "Other" inside of this one isn't even human." She shrugged, "Either there are other worlds involved, or that was a case of a consciousness inside of a consciousness inside of a Host. I'm betting on the later, but I'll just need to keep my eyes on them. Next question?"</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #FFFF00">Ananiah sighed, apparently depressed. "I've been here two years, three fourths of which I couldn't control my urge to kill." his eyes saddend. "So many deaths... I can't... I just can't..." He appeared to be going over faces in his mind, so it was a bad time for the Monster Lord to say, "You get used to it. just answer the questions."<br/><br/>Ananiah looked like he was going into shock.</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #00FF00"><br/>Doce looked at Ananiah. Clearly, he was bothered by what he'd done. The realization that all of this was real was hitting him very hard. "Anahiah," she said, "I know you're hurting right now, but I'm going to need you to keep focused. This world--even though it's real, it isn't. There is only <span style="font-style: italic">one</span> God in this place, and that's the one who put all of us here; the Overseer. Bad things are happening as a result of his actions--think of him as the devil, if you wish. Now, what sort of God would blame you for actions you couldn't control or didn't understand--especially after helping to free everyone here who's still alive? Now is the best time for you to start making up for what you've done." She leaned back in her chair then, a calm expression on her Host's face. "Now, the last two questions I posed. What's the last thing you remember before coming here, and what can you tell us about the Overseer and related topics?"</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #FFFF00">Ananiah took a deep calming breath. "I was standing over my father's grave, and some sort of gate appeared under my feet and pulled me in with a horrid laugh and someone saying 'come to me my son.' When I woke up, I had a tail and there were dead people all around me. Then a man in a dark black robe with weird symbols on it offered me his hand and he told me it was a dream. and like an idiot... I believed him."<br/><br/>Hellmaster Phibrizzo looked at Ananiah "Ok, woah woah woah, you SAW what he looks like? He only ever stayed in the shadows when he was around me. What makes YOU so special!!! we <span style="font-style: italic">need</span> to see your memories of him! right Doce?" Phibrizzo was practically jumping up and down with anticipation.</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #00FF00">Doce barely held back a chuckle when she noticed the Blue Exorcist allusion when Ananiah was brought to this world. Still, the idea that he <span style="font-style: italic">saw</span> the Overseer was... Epic. She hadn't heard of any confirmed sightings before now, and there were flutters of excitement in her stomach. "It would be immensely useful to know what he looks like," she said, nodding with a smile.</span><br/><br/><br/><span style="color: #FFFF00">"That's all you'll show then? Just his appearance. Nothing else?" Ananiah asked as he thought of all the things he would rather keep hidden from view. "I give you my word. I won't show anything else." Phibrizzo said, putting his hands out to show he wasn't crossing any fingers.<br/><br/>"Alright, go ahead." Ananiah said lowering his head to the Monster Lord's level. "Uh... You don't need to be unconscious." Phibrizzo said when he figured out that Ananiah expected to be knocked out. then he snapped his fingers and was met with a surprising sight. The figure that appeared before them in the viewport-like memory was indeed wearing a black robe, but his armor underneath was gold with red sections on the legs and arms as well as the belt. the strangest thing was his head. It was as though his hair was on <span style="font-style: italic">fire</span>.<br/><br/>Hellmaster Phibrizzo almost choked on his own anger. "Firestorm! So that's who we're dealing with." He turned to Doce. "His other is the one in control. the original character would have been not only a hero, but an idiot. His powers are to transmutate anything he can see into anything he wants <span style="font-style: italic">at will</span>." he breathed a sigh. "This is tough. It's your call... what do we ask him next? After all, being here two years, he should know the way out, right?"</span><br/><br/><br/><span style="color: #00FF00">Doce frowned. For whatever reason, now that she knew the true face of the Overseer it was less exciting. Moreover, she didn't like what she was hearing from Phibrizzo for an explanation. The logic was broken; Firestorm's list of powers didn't include bonding Others and Hosts. It didn't quite explain how they all were brought here either. That at least seemed to validate the rumor that it was amachine that brought them here. Then, the machine probably merged whichever Host and Other appeared at around the same time, as well. That was a reasonable enough guess. <br/><br/>The big question was how Firestorm and his Other had become the Overseer. Wild conspiracy theories aside, the biggest unknown in that situation was Firestorm's Other, who Phibrizzo said was in charge. Then, was all of this <span style="font-style: italic">their</span> doing? It was possible that this person built the fabled machine in the first place, and was bound to Firestorm upon activating it. Perhaps it was meant as a gate to a fantasy world, and all of this was really just for his own entertainment. To an extent, she found it anticlimactic, but it was an interesting enough villain backstory (or a skeleton of one), and currently the best explanation she had.<br/><br/>"Ananiah," she said, "There is supposedly a certain machine in the Overseer's possession. What do you know about that?"</span><br/><br/><br/><span style="color: #FFFF00">Ananiah looked up to the veiwport with hatred, very characteristic of Rin actually. When he could focus again, his voice was filled with spite. "He never told me of a way home. he treated me like I was in a lucid coma." he looked at them both. "If there is a way out, wouldn't he have used it by now to get himself home?"<br/><br/>Phibrizzo laughed. "Yeah, sure. Let's see, leave or rule a bunch of suckers with an iron fist! which would you choose? Anyway, there's still the matter of assigning you a position. What do you say Doce? having a demon on our side would be a good thing, right?"</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #00FF00">Doce smiled, "But of course; I adore demons." She thought it over for a minute. "If Adam would agree, I would very much like to have you on my team, Ananiah. If you're not opposed?"</span><br/><br/><br/><span style="color: #FFFF00">"I suppose I may as well go down fighting. Meh, sure, why not?" Ananiah said. Hellmaster Phibrizzo snapped his fingers and the three were immediately transported back to the others. "Yo Adam, have we got intel for you! We've got his I.D.!"<br/><br/>"Who's I.D.? And stop jumping around like that. this is the Resistance Military." Adam asked, not quite sure of what the young Hellmaster was talking about. Phibrizzo snapped his fingers, and Firestorm's image appeared before them, wearing the same black cloak from before. "This," Phibrizzo started, "Is the true form of the Overseer. Although to be fair... his Other has complete control."<br/><br/>Several people stared in disbelief for multiple reasons. "<span style="font-style: italic">This</span> is the guy we're after?" Samus asked, not impressed in the slightest.<br/><br/>"Makes sense, really." Masahide mused "He can transmute matter by thinking about it, huh? So now that we know half of who we're dealing with, what's the game plan?"<br/><br/>He hadn't asked anyone in particular, so he was surprised when Adam said, "We tell the General of the Resistance. would anyone like to meet them?"</span>