WHAT MATTERS MOST IS 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇. 「 ⚔ 」

𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢'𝗩𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗗𝗘𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙔𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙉𝙂, 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗗𝗢 𝗜𝗦 𝙏𝘼𝙆𝙀 𝙄𝙏 𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆—! 〔 #KRRP — #MVRP 〕

[WHAT MATTERS MOST IS 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇. 「 ⚔ 」 @baronswillpower]

ᅠ

ᅠ 〝 Very well.
If anyone has to choose my fate... 〞

[ 𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗥: 𝕭𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗡.
《 #𝐓𝐎𝐊𝐔𝐑𝐏 — #𝐌�#𝐌𝐕𝐑𝐏 》

〝 ...It should be 𝙔𝙊𝙐. 〞

[𝕯exter 𝓜organ ; formerly 𝓜oser. @aplasticfacade]

⠀
My name is Dexter,
𝕯𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝕸𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧.

I don't know what
made me the way I
am, but...

Whatever it was left a 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 place inside.

[WHAT MATTERS MOST IS 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇. 「 ⚔ 」 @baronswillpower]

Call it what you please. I simply say what I observe. Have you ever known me to mince words?

[WHAT MATTERS MOST IS 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇. 「 ⚔ 」 @baronswillpower]

Is that so? A declaration like that may be interpreted as *obsession* in some circles.

[ The slightest possible smirk begins to grow upon his face.

...Was he *teasing* her? ]

[WHAT MATTERS MOST IS 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇. 「 ⚔ 」 @baronswillpower]

Regardless, you remain.

[WHAT MATTERS MOST IS 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇. 「 ⚔ 」 @baronswillpower]

And yet, was I not proven to be correct?

[WHAT MATTERS MOST IS 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇. 「 ⚔ 」 @baronswillpower]

This is a test of your own ability to surpass these... limitations, clearly. It'd do no good for me to intervene.

[WHAT MATTERS MOST IS 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇. 「 ⚔ 」 @baronswillpower]

@peachspion

[ꨄ @lostaffections]

you won’t fail me, and i won’t fail you.

[WHAT MATTERS MOST IS 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇. 「 ⚔ 」 @baronswillpower]

@peachspion already present, as he was fully intending on battling his way through this forest regardless, and was preemptive in his planning.

〝 I suppose it's time we charge on in, then... 〞

[WHAT MATTERS MOST IS 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇. 「 ⚔ 」 @baronswillpower]

[ @peachspion. ]

Within the all-encompassing, overwhelming splendor of Helheim's Forest, the supposed "salvation of humanity" lies within. To Ryoma, their evolution. To Kazuraba, they are beings to... "form bonds with", to seek companionship with. Such trivialities were——

[WHAT MATTERS MOST IS 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇. 「 ⚔ 」 @baronswillpower]

@peachspion what we'd refer to as a castle.

〝 Not much further, it seems, 〞he returns. The group before them would clearly be of no concern, but he doubted they'd get much time to be sneaky once they started this, removing his Lockseed from his jacket. The Driver, thankfully, was——

[WHAT MATTERS MOST IS 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇. 「 ⚔ 」 @baronswillpower]

You're creating weakness amongst your students by handing out free scores they've yet to earn.

[█ ‍‍ 𝙶𝙴𝙽𝚃𝙰𝚁𝙾 𝙺𝙸𝚂𝙰𝚁𝙰𝙶𝙸. @YouthfulBonds]

Everybody gets an A!

[WHAT MATTERS MOST IS 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇. 「 ⚔ 」 @baronswillpower]

@peachspion his mind.

〝 If I can train my body to grow accustomed to the negative effects of a power like that — make it my own, then I see no limit to what I can achieve. 〞

With his ambition laid bare, he continues pressing onward to achieve just that.

[WHAT MATTERS MOST IS 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇. 「 ⚔ 」 @baronswillpower]

@peachspion 〝 very same forces that Ryoma is so up-in-arms over.〞

He pauses. He recalls the strain of the Lockseed on his body, the corrosion that came with that very power. It was unstable, unrefined, and the sole reason as to why he remained as he is now was due to the strength of—–

[WHAT MATTERS MOST IS 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇. 「 ⚔ 」 @baronswillpower]

mutters, absentmindedly.

[WHAT MATTERS MOST IS 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇. 「 ⚔ 」 @baronswillpower]

merely become another wall to overcome on his path to the very top. Pushing past various branches, navigating overgrown flora and extraterrestrial fruits, he continues their trek through the infinite land of a civilization long gone.

〝 It must be close, now... 〞He——