#i am BEGGING square enix to have mercy on me

[hecate-valentine]

Square, please.

[receival]

warrior of darkness starters.

the following is a collection of sentence starters from shadowbringers, the third expansion of square enix's final fantasy 14. part 1.

sounds like tedious work. but not as tedious as waiting around, i suppose.

look how many people there are!

well, if it isn’t the hero of the hour.

stay with me. focus on my voice.

oh, do not look at me so.

we did everything right, everything that was asked of us, and still - still it came to this.

your time has not yet come.

something vague … yet urgent … calls me to action once more.

every face in this city i know. yours i do not.

pray forgive my less-than-cordial welcome.

come with me. i will answer whatever questions you have when we are somewhere more private.

do you have any idea how much trouble you’ve caused?

i can only beg your forgiveness - matters here forced my hand.

you don’t have that whiff of indolence about you like some folk i’ve met.

we can speak here without fear of being overheard.

what say you? have i earned your trust for the moment, at least?

are you there, my friend?

now, a full and frank discussion in the privacy of my study would seem to be in order …

i’m going to guess you’re new to our fair city?

i see you’re no stranger to honest labor.

should you find yourself confused by the local language or customs, i’ll be here to answer your questions.

i understand it was something of a chore, but ‘twas necessary that you grasp these things before we proceed.

… i am not familiar with that name. is there something i should know?

mayhap we can revisit that mystery another time.

considering the ... circumstances of our meeting, you would be forgiven for doubting my version of events.

i promise i will not rest until i have found a way to help you return home.

you came from beyond, didn’t you? you came from beyond the rift!

what a brave and reckless and marvelous thing you did.

after careful consideration, i have decided to grant you my assistance.

make a pact with me, and the fun can begin.

pray rest and recuperate, and we shall reconvene anon.

we are denied the comforting blanket of night, but may peaceful dreams attend you nonetheless.

i am a shade, cursed to do naught but drift.

this world is beyond saving - like those who try to save it.

do me a favor. be careful out there. this world has had its fill of heroes.

me? i was more worried about you.

i thought i’d lost you.

i may be a stranger to this world, but i will not stand idly by and let innocent people be slaughtered.

what say you, old friend? hungry for another adventure?

thank you again. you saved my life.

there’s naught to be had here but cobwebs and memories.

just look at it … can you imagine a more beautiful city?

disapprove ...? it frustrates me, certainly. that is only part of it, though. the whole situation makes me uneasy.

however unjust this system seems to me, if these people claim to be content with their lot, it is hardly my place to criticize their choices.

i am not so naive as to think there is some miraculous solution to all of this.

there has to be a better way.

'tis fortunate that you arrive when you did, (name).

… is there something i can do for you, friend?

someone must have been eavesdropping on our conversation.

no one here gives a damn about me.

i’m giving you a chance, nothing more. what comes of it is entirely up to you.

i do not regret my decision ... yet i will admit that a part of me wonders if it was for the best.

i thought for certain i was dead.

redemption is beyond us.

‘tis good to see you back. you were taking so long i began to worry something had happened.

what then is a man of mercy to do, but offer the sinner another way to show his contrition?

what in the blazes did you do? they have the entire city looking for you!

i am sorry, (name). there are more important matters to which i must attend.

pray press me no further. i am leaving.

the outrage i witnessed must not go unanswered.

thank you, my friend ... for staying at my side through this whole sordid endeavor.

… (name)? it feels like an age since i last saw you!

i had it under control!

i knew you’d turn up sooner or later, but i had been hoping for sooner.

they either perish … or are warped into mindless abominations.

that’s an exaggeration! and i don’t sound like that, either!

i’ve no doubts she deserves all the admiration she gets. just as you do.

what, and twiddle my thumbs while you work yourself to death?

sooner or later, every single one of them will turn.

i feel just as helpless as before. no matter how hard i fight, it's never enough.

you needn’t have gone through the trouble.

in a place like this, you learn to take what moments of happiness you can get.

it’s never easy, ending a life you’ve cared for.

without a body, we can’t even give her a proper burial.

you weren’t hurt at all, were you?

hurt? there wasn’t even a fight. i was too late. too slow …

you can’t blame yourself for things beyond your control.

forgive me, (name). i couldn’t stay there a moment longer.

(name)? you’ve gone pale …

… i’m fine. we should keep moving.

we were too slow to save them …

there are … things which we can ill afford to lose.

forgive me. i fear the events of the day may have taken their toll.

how quickly you have justified my faith in you.

would you be so kind as to conceal your involvement in this endeavor for the time being?

i expect to be told the whole truth of it one day.

please. i wish to be left alone for awhile.

i promise to find you later, when i feel myself again.

sleep well, (name). i hope untroubled dreams find you.

these are my "private" quarters …

it’s when you charge ahead trying to save someone else that you end up losing those you love.

not that you need telling. i’ll bet you've lost plenty. but i wonder ... what will it cost you this time?

i don't remember when it was that i learned regret wasn’t worth the bother.

you get numb to it all over the years. the lost comrades, the broken promises, the abandoned principles - just more nagging burdens to ignore.

stay your weapon. i am not your enemy.

they tracked me down, and conscripted me to their cause.

i have more questions, but now is not the time.

you are come at a good time. as you may have heard, we have something of a quandary on our hands.

‘twas inevitable they would come knocking. the only question was how soon.

the world is dead, and writhe as we might, like maggots in its rotting corse, it will not be reborn.

i waste my breath. you have made your stance clear.

am i imagining things, or did he just stare straight at us?

while i am grateful for your support, my lord - i cannot in good conscience put your people in harm’s way.

there is, however, much to say, and precious little time in which to say it.

might i trouble you for a word, (name)? outside?

(name)! what brings you here?

i do not wish to show our hand unless absolutely necessary.

so long as hope burns in our hearts, we will fight on regardless.

there may come a day when all hope seems lost. but even should the rest of the world give in to despair - we shall not.

trust you to spoil the moment!

yes? what do you require of me?

there you are, (name)! mayhap you could lend me a hand!

you certainly took your time.

let’s rejoin the others and quit this place.

all this trouble because of me … i’m so sorry …

save your apologies until after we’ve escaped.

it’s quiet. too quiet.

you will regret coming here.

it is for your own protection.

you are made of sterner stuff than the rest. but will it be enough?

as if i didn’t have enough on my hands already …

mayhap there is another way. one which does not require bloodshed.

we should be safe enough here.

it’s good to see you again, my friend. i don't know about you, but it feels like years since last we met.

this is not the sort of place one visits on a whim.

you really have outdone yourself this time.

i’m sorry. thank you for saving me.

why can’t i remember?

we are now, i am sorry to say, entirely at their mercy.

[maguro13-2]

AKAME'S PAYBACK!

[People Murmuring+cameras flashing]

Interviewer : We the people of the press would like to have a word about your new characters of your new story Chained Soldier, Mr. Takahiro. So how does it feel that your new story got adaptation for Shounen Jump's new line of Jump TV shows.

Takahiro : Well, basically. It feels great that after Hinowa Ga Crushed was offically axed by the artist, we decided that it's gonna make a farewell to Akame herself and literally, I have one demand to tell you that Hinowa Ga Crush is cancelled and this is meaning that I am free from Square Enix, now that I finally made a new manga on Shounen Jump, this will reach thousands of dollars to make Chained Soldier popular on the Shounen Jump TV line!

??? : Author! So this is what you've been doing after you let that artist got Hinowa ga Crush axed by your own fault!

Takahiro : Sorry to break it to, Chained Soldier Protag, but you're gonna have to wait on your next schedule for the--A-Akame! Akame what are you doing here!? I thought I left you for good!

??? : I know why you made a new manga for Shounen Jump, you got axed my entire series for Shounen Jump and I knew that you and Square Enix was planning on Betraying me, after me and the new girl the Blue Eyes Sword Girl got dubconed, things will never be quite the same after what that artist did to us! If wasn't for that new artist hired, none of that would happened after our dubcon!

Takahiro : Oh really? Who did you get dubconed by, the humans or what?

Akame : Rhetorical question, author, but close. I was not dubconed by humans, I was dubcon by demons after you got the story axed from your foolishness! Payback, author!

Takahiro : Oh yeah, what group of demons that dubcon you for what?

Demons : For revenge! (it is revealed that the author is surrounded by a large of group)

Takahiro : W-Wait! Akame! Look, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to axe your story, it's not my that I axed you, it's Square Enix's! They planned on betraying you, axing your story and I had no choice but to make or write a new story for a Shounen Jump! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to end your story, I just wanted to make my life easier for jump! Jump controls and then axes all mangas at once! You gotta believe to have control in the industry!

Akame : That's great to hear, Author. Why didn't you say so? I knew that I could trust from the bottom of my heart.

Takahiro : You will? You could trust me back, right?

Akame : Of course I will. That's why you gotta look deep down inside, you know that I would never hurt to fly, which is why it's payback time for throwing me away like garbage. (snaps fingers) Get him, boys.

(the demons are about to attack the author)

Demon A : This is for ruining her story, it's time to take back what's her's! Payback time, Motherf***er!

Demon B : We're gonna beat this piece of sh*t author to teach him a lesson!

Demon C : We're roasting some story makers tonight, boys!

Demon D : Payback's a b*tch! Let's burn his ass!

Demon A : You're gonna regret for leaving her on purpose! We're gonna write you a story of our own, a story about a man who abandons the heroine whom he cared about! You have no rights to abandon a nice lady who abrupted her own story! That's your own fault!

Takahiro : Uhh, settle down, demons. I have an authority, I can explain this all to you. I just wanted to make something better for me, I...(to the interviewers) Pardon me, folks. Let me just run for my life and I will get things straight! (his legs starts spinning, screams in panic)

Demon A : Charge! (demons battlecry)

Takahiro : No, please! Have mercy on me!

(sounds of the author getting beaten up)

Takahiro : (grunting and screaming in pain) No! No! Let go of my arm! Please! I beg of you! Help! I beg of you! Akame! Help! I beg of you! Help me! I beg of you saving me! I BEG OF YOU SAVING ME! OH-HO! THEY'RE BEATING ME! THEY'RE BEATING ME UP TO A BLOODY PULP AND I FEEL PAIN!!! WHY DID I DESERVE THIIIIIS!?!

Akame : Ahh, classic justice! I feel so much better right now! I wonder what happened to that Hinowa girl after I left?

"Meanwhile in heaven..."

[Chao Garden (Hero ver.) - Fumie Kumatani]

Hinowa : [To Sachi] So, umm, what you're in here for? I lost everything! I got axed by Square Enix with a sudden betrayal and therefore I've reuined Akame's reputation. So is there a way to renew my story. I'm kind of a let down after the writer made a new story for a Shoune Jump manga? Could you really do that for me so that my story can continue for a brighter future and a better story?

Sachi : [To Hinowa] for the last time, I am not in the mood of you complaining to get your story better written and if you hadn't been axed by the betrayal of the company, you would've gotten a better story if you and that red eyes girl got your sh** together!Now please let me f***ing eat my left overs in the heavens if you ever complain about your story renewed! But if you do it, I'm going to get irritated that you compain too much!

Hinowa : Okay...I won't. [complains] Please, pretty please! Just give me a reason! I didn't wanted to be axed, I should've told the author that my story was going to be axed I just wanted to be popular! Can I please tell me that I just wanted a better story so that I continue on my own!? I just wanted to make things cool for myself after Square Enix betrayed me!

Sachi : [irritated] Oh my f***ing God! That's it! This is why I hate people bargaining at me about their future! Yuki!

Yuki : You called, girl? What's seems to be the problem here?

Sachi : (looking away) Get this whining whore out of my face!

Yuki : [To Hinowa] Sorry girlie, better luck next time. You'll get your story renewed at a better place, in alternate timeline of course.

Hinowa : I thought you girls would be cooler If I just kept on complaining you two. I thought girls would be cooler if only the writer was smarter enough to keep the story going. When will Akame be popular again? When will Akame be popular again!? I knew that I shouldn't let Akame be dubconed by those red guys with horns that wanted to deliver demon babies that will start a new family of her own! Aww, Snuggle-muffins!

Sachi : What the hell is wrong with everybody in heaven today?

"Akame Ga Kill...Gone but Not Forgotten (R.I.P 2010-2022)"

Kurome : (scoffs) What!? Gone!? But Hinowa was just getting good! That's a load of baloney, I mean why did author decided to Join Shounen Jump, it's like he abanonded us for some dumb that the new mangaka he hired was a huge mistake, Strelka was not our idea to end our and abrupt a story like, this is totally nuts! Who's gonna who rewrite the universe and retcon the plot?

Akame : I didn't like that where this is going? We had a great run and now our author decides that he wanted abandoned when this magazine group called "Jump" decided to recruit as his top story advisor, so that is why we despised all of them for ending our world and abrupting that girl's story! Shounen Jump for making Takahiro converted sides, Square Enix abrupting the story, and for Takahiro...

Kurome : Well...perhaps, the mangaka who Hinowa Ga Crush abandoned her, and you. Which totally sucked eggs or balls if you know what I mean. Yep, we definitely despise them for betraying us.

Akame : Well, at least. I still have myself all alone and married to demons. Oh yeah, that's right. I gotta do a little time travel to kill a demon. That could work if Takahiro would make me another story, hmmm. Oh well, back to the Demon Land! (zoom!) WHEEEEEE!!!

Kurome : Akame, wait! You're still demoted from Deadly assassin to demon wife! The anime counterparts of the guys had been dead and everyone in the real world is alive in the manga!

Akame : That's not on your life, pal! *ZOOM!*

Kurome : There's gotta be an explanation that a logic system that will bring them them back to life! Akame? You gotta let your character be into the system. What about I am so not paying any tax dollars on villainous refunds. I knew I should've been raised by demons, oh wait we she was raised on the demon side and I was raised on the human side. I guess Akuma Ga Love universe would work out if I am correctly not mistaken or being demoted to not an assassin. Well, that's my call. If I would be raised by demons like her, I should be the one that will be the maiden of the demons, or demon knight if I presume. I still got a lot of ways to be getting my head in the game and I'm trying to do all respect after Takahiro left us to die when Akame's universe began to crumble. Nothing matters to me now. This is gonna be a lifetime of the century to get me a sammich, no, I'm getting some exquisite for my human appetite.

Akame : In fact, the Empire in our universe didn't even raise us, we were sold to the demons that were needed for adoption papers, suck it humanity! I found my dignity! WHOOOOOOO!!! Party at the Demon Territory! I'm living the life of Demon Sanctuary! WHOO-HO-HO-HO-HOOOOO!!! *ZOOM!*

Kurome : But! Why did I even bother?