May 25th, morning, somewhere in Little Innsmouth
Today's not a bad day, Sinker thinks. The gang's just got a good haul in, even if Nadia's going to insist on giving half her share to the poor and making the rest of them look bad, the weather's not bad, and someone finally killed Lorenzo Medici. If it wasn't a new Skullgirl who did it, he'd shake her hand. That was damn near a public service she did. It also gives him an idea...
"Hey, everyone!" Sinker shouts to the other members of the Fishbone Gang. "What do you say to looting Medici Tower now that the big man's dead?"
Around the same time, Maplecrest
This is one of the worst days of Marcus Medici's life. His father finally died, and good riddance to him, but a Skullgirl killed the old man. With how Skullgirls are, it's probably just a matter of time before she decides to kill Marcus and his family too. Marcus could almost accept the Skullgirl deciding to kill him, Trinity knows he did things he's not proud of before he could get out of the gang, but his wife hasn't done anything wrong.
Filia hasn't done anything wrong. But the Skullgirl won't care. And Marcus can't do a damn thing about it. Nothing except...
Marcus picks up his house's phone. He has some favors to call in.
Slightly later, Cirque des Cartes
Cerebella's glad to be back from the cop shop, her day can only go up from here. Getting grilled for hours about the Skullgirl killing the big boss is
not her idea of a good time. All she wants is to get in bed and sleep for the rest of the day.
"Hey, Bella,"
Feng greets her. "What happened to you last night? Vitale grabbed you for a job, right? Must've been one hell of a job if you're only back now."
Cerebella can't do anything but sigh.
"That bad, huh?" Feng says, a sympathetic look on her face.
"Try a
Skullgirl showing up," Cerebella tells her as she finds a seat. Standing up is more than she wants to do right now.
"Shit, and you lived? I always knew you were badass, but
damn," Feng says with a whistle of amazement.
Cerebella grimaces. "I only lived cause she didn't care about me about me at all. Skullgirl just walked into Lorenzo's office, killed him, and walked out. And painted the walls with Lorenzo's blood. It was creepy."
"Yeah, can't say I'm jealous," Feng says. "So you had to get past a bunch of reporters to get back here?"
Cerebella shakes her head. "Cops and some sort of government suits. Don't worry, I was careful about what I told 'em. Just talked about the Skullgirl and her nurse friend with massive honkers."
"Of course
that's what you noticed about the nurse," Feng says with a scoff. "But it's weird the Skullgirl had a nurse with her, I wonder what that's about."
Cerebella shrugs. "Couldn't tell ya. With any luck, we won't need to worry about it cause the army or whoever'll find and kill her."
"Yeah, and Annie of the Stars will swoop in with her magic sword to beat the Skullgirl and give us a lesson about friendship and hard work," Feng snarks. "C'mon, Bella, we both know Skullgirls don't go down easy. And you were there when she killed Lorenzo, you've got a target on you now. We need to be ready."
Feng's right, but Cerebella's too tired to think about it right now.
As Cerebella makes her way to bed, she tells Feng, "We can get ready after I've had a nap."
Slightly earlier, a room near Bastet's Den
The singer currently known as Eliza is having a fairly pleasant morning. Lorenzo Medici is finally dead, and good riddance to him. If it wasn't the Skullgirl who did it, she'd shake the killer's hand. Removing Lorenzo from the world is really just a public service. Without him, the Medicis have
far less leverage over Eliza now, thanks to the old bastard's love of keeping secrets. Most of the evidence against her won't be in a place anyone can find now. And if Vitale Medici or someone else decides to try something, there
is a Skullgirl around. Accidents happen, even to gang bosses. Oh, this is a
lovely turn of events.
Around the same time, another spot in Maplecrest
Carol's having a lovely day. The weather is beautiful, the flowers she's growing look healthy, and after school today she'll be going to the beach with her friend Filia. Sure, some strange men in suits almost kidnapped her near Filia's house, but Filia's dog Samson scared them off, so it's fine. Carol can't see any way this day can be ruined!
A/N:
Nothing bad ever happens to Carol! As for why the scene with Cerebella and Feng is so long, I just think Feng's neat. Her look reminds me of Jam Kuradoberi, who I used to play in Guilty Gear Plus R. Also, this will be the last story post for today. It seems like people aren't quite sure of how they want to vote yet, so the next update for the main story will be tomorrow.
I mean that's what happened in the web comic, although even Parasoul didn't know of the labs being active still until she got Ben to lead her to lab 8.
That's fair, there's a good chance I misunderstood what the webcomic was trying to say. I'll take the L on this.
