#Thus you have Dess's grand theory of Ancient Corruption

[desultory-novice]

"Damnation"

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You swore to protect her... How could you do this to her...? 

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It had become so easy to secure them food. Shelter. Safety. Perhaps Noir should have been more wary of the control he was gaining over the sword. If he ever had any at all...

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[Apologies AU]  “Apologies”  “One Sneeze”  “Summer”  “A Walk in the Snow”  “The Swordsman” “Wonderful Gift” "Damnation" [You Are Here] "Salvation" "Unstoppable" "Brightest Star"

[Bonus Illust] “Ugly Scarf”  [Bonus Illust] "That's...Funny..." [Bonus Illust] "Full Regalia" (DMS "Gijinka") [Bonus Illust] "Was I A Good Brother?" [Relevant] “Vestige” (script-only)

[Bonus Text] Noir Facts!

[Dark Matter Painter AU] "It wasn't supposed to go this way...!" "You're a good knight!" "The Body Remembers"

I'm not going to lie, this part was SO hard in so many different ways that I almost threw in the towel on this whole project. ^^;

Anyway, I've been working on this part for so long I'm not sure how well any of it reads but Noir, after discovering his veins are turning an inky black and that the control gear has now fused itself around his neck and that his own sword cut him when he tried to pry it off with a knife goes to threaten an ex-New World scientist (one of many who did not escape the project "intact" ie: sane) for answers.

Answers he didn't want to hear...

That's him teleporting out at the end there, btw. Noir has recently gained even more powers from his artifact. Y'know, in exchange for having his body and soul eaten alive. Fair trade...?