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"They're....fine, but I appreciate your concern. You seem quite worried, so I'll let you have a look if that will assuage your worries."

Titania gazes at her daughter.
"....had this been a few weeks or even days ago, I would not wish for you to make a decision of this magnitude, my dear. But....as a mother, I must atone in some way for what happened to you. Whatever your wish is to deal with Freya, I will respect."
"I owe you my life, Lady Serena. You brought me back from the dead. Whatever decision you make with regards to your sister, I will do my best to aid you with."

Serena stares at her sister, thinking carefully.

She then looks at the rest of Team F.
"Traveling with mortals like you guys....it gave me some perspective. It made me....understand what it was like to be among people and....I don't think I would have ever grown out of my disliking of demons had I not had to travel with some. Us Goddesses, we have to see the world from above, but never from below, and Freya's....never had to do that herself. But....to keep her here, I feel, would be risky. Too many demons would want her dead, and after we tell the world the truth....I'd be lying if I said I don't want SOME revenge on Freya, but I don't think kicking her ass further is going to be productive. And god knows what Megara will do once she comes back to Caelestia."
"....take as much of her power away as you can, and exile her somewhere, somewhere where she has to build herself among mortals again. Where we can keep an eye on her, but away from the people she's hurt here. Give her to people who can teach her what she needs to atone for her mistakes."

Serena looks to the others -not at her mother, nor at the demons, but at Team F- for approval.
"More than anything, I want you guys to tell me if I'm right for this. Should I go for this?"

Cynefrith turns on View Item Properties, examining their journal closely.

Tag: Journal
Owner: Cynefrith_Godeliva
ID: 29398131287
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Combat Equipment?: No
MT: -
Weight: -
Hit Rate: -
Critical Rate: -
Quality: -
Damage Type: -
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Material ID: .....
Content Data: .....Everything under the Material ID and Content Data tags are long strings of numbers, numbers that Cynefrith neither has the ability nor the equipment to parse.

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Gustave and Sasaki, on the other hand, turn on all the options.

The first thing both realise is that the moment the "See FIRBOLG Indicator" tag activates, they are able to see a small symbol above multiple people nearby, resembling a small, stylised eye next to their usernames. Maya, Alexis, Ceiwynn, a few of the shopkeepers and a few passing players all have this same symbol. They note that Joker, CruXadder, L33tNint0, Ellen, Cynefrith and neither of themselves has this symbol upon their head.

Viewing Item Properties gets them much the same view as Cynefrith. As for Viewing Hidden Stats, their eyes fall on Joker, whereupon a small screen opens up in front of them.

Username: OnyxJoker
Entity ID: 1 [Avatar]
Avatar Class: Gunslinger
Shard Origin: Lugh
Avatar Gender: MALE
Avatar Race: HUMAN
Avatar Ascended?: 0
Avatar Unlock?: 0
Ascension Art Unlock: 0
ID: 89034298482394
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Stats:
HP: 20
IMP: 5

STR: 0
MAG: 4
SKL: 5
LCK: 4
DEF: 3
RES: 2
SPD: 5
CON: 6
AID: 5
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....The rest of the data is long strings of numbers that neither of them understand.

Joker adjusts his hat.
"CALADBOLG is supposed to be the development kit for Rebel Impulse that got leaked. Or, at least, that's what the rumours say. Nobody actually knows if this is the development kit. If the devs know what this thing is, they're keepin' mum."
"This is a whole new mystery....how the hell did you get your hands on something like this, buddy?"
"I ain't talking, boy!"

Joker nods at Ellen.
"There's been rumours, yeah. I've heard a few of them from connections and seen a few on some forum posts. CALADBOLG. Supposedly, a set of tools that let you do things inside Rebel Impulse like spawn in mobs or alter tools. You know, like Moderators have those Limited Modification Tools that let them do things like temp-ban someone? The rumours go that CALADBOLG is supposed to be the tools that those were based off of. Nobody knows if they're real."

Joker ponders the menu options.
"Now we do."

"You morons don't even know what you've done, do you?"

Alexis, meanwhile, checks the About option.
------CALADBOLG v.0.54-------
Author: B.
CALADBOLG-C (Visitor Edition)
INTENDED FOR TEST USE ONLY: DO NOT CIRCULATE OR USE OUTSIDE OF APPROVED AREAS.
Key: a23432d5346c
User ID: 2332904234
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"Understood. This might be....difficult."
Emilia was well aware of how much of an understatement that was.
"Take heart. If all goes well, we may not have to come into combat against the Scarlet Knight."

Proixois uses a First Aid Kit!
Pyrrha revives and regains 5 HP!

Marc'heg Gwer Issues a Challenge!
Marc'heg Gwer takes and deals half damage!

Pixie uses a First Aid Kit!
Proixois regains 10 HP!

As Mori stakes his claim over the group, Shinigami roars back.
"I don't WANT to be yours! You do not control me!"

As Theodora limps out of the arena, she sees Lin.
"Huh? Lin? You....want to check my equipment?"

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Kaya nods at Orrel.
"Yeah, I'm going to. He did so weelll!"
She practically bounds towards the exits, waiting for Steven to appear.