(9 years ago)
After the civil war in Roselande and the almost complete destruction of Havre Etienne, people were exhausted even though the war had ended. Children were taken into orphanages that often turned out not to be real orphanages at all.
(7 years ago)
Corbeau: "(Step) (Step)… Hmm…"
Corbeau looked around. Even though two years had passed, the people of Havre Etienne still looked dead inside.
Corbeau: "Hmm."
Renard: "The people here still have the same dead eyes."
Corbeau: "Well, the whole Frankish land was destroyed… Hmm?"
On the corner sat a boy with cold eyes. On his lap, a little girl was sleeping.
Corbeau: "Is that… is that Remy?!"
He walked over to him.
Corbeau: "My goodness, it is him…"
And Wendy was lying on his lap.
Corbeau: "Those eyes… what happened to you?"
Remy: "Mm…"
Corbeau: "Remy… what about Vitalis?"
Remy: "Dead…"
Corbeau: "And your mother, Milt?"
Remy: "Dead…"
Corbeau: "I understand… and who is this girl…?"
Remy: "Wendy… from the orphanage…"
Corbeau: "I see. Come with me, Remy… But this girl should go…"
He tried to move her away, but Remy grabbed his hand.
Remy: "Hands… off her… Have you nobles not taken enough from me already… and now you want to take her away too…?"
Corbeau: "Hmm…"
Renard: "Listen, boy. We are not taking her away, okay. You can come… with her. But she stays at the house."
Remy: "Okay…"
(A few months later)
Noble: "A thief, a thief…"
(Bang) (Bang)
Remy: "Hmph…"
He struck the rope and flour fell all over them.
(Crash)
Noble: "Urk…"
Remy: "Take that, you bastards…"
(A few hours later)
Corbeau: "Remy… it is time you do more than steal. It is time you learn to kill people too. Do you see that girl over there…?"
Remy: "Hmm…"
Corbeau: "Her name is Catlyn… the daughter of a noble…"
The girl was tied up and trembling.
Corbeau: "Kill her."
Remy: "But she is still a child."
Corbeau: "A noble, my boy. When she grows up, she will look down on us poor people just like her parents. Kill her. You decide."
He pointed at a table. There were three weapons: a knife, a pistol, and poison syringes.
Remy: "Ugh…"
Corbeau: "The poison syringe will make her body tear itself apart. It will make the blood and the heart pump so hard that the vessels in her eyes and many other places lose control and burst. The pistol is the easy option. And then you have the knife. A stab to the chest or throat or head is enough."
Remy: "Mm…"
Catlyn: "Mmm…"
Remy felt pity for the girl.
Remy: "I do not want to kill her."
Corbeau: "And why?"
Remy: "Because then I become exactly like the nobles…"
Corbeau: "Hmm!"
He slapped him away.
(Slap)
Remy: "Ugh…"
Corbeau: "Wretched fool…"
Remy: "If we kill the innocent, if we do what they did, what makes us better than the ones who killed our families. I only take revenge on the guilty, not on people who have nothing to do with it, not on noble children. You should not hurt children because of their parents' sins. I will not do it."
Corbeau: "Hmph… She will grow up… and she will look down on you."
Remy: "Do we have proof of that? How do we know she will not become kind? Why should we kill a child when we do not even know if she will be evil or good in the future? What if we kill a noble who is different from the others?"
Corbeau: "Silence… Get out. I do not want to see you. You are a fool, a fool… I should have left you in the rubble!"
Remy: "Ugh…"
Corbeau: "Go… and never come back. Take Wendy with you."
Remy: "I am not leaving without the girl."
Corbeau: "What?!"
He tried to hurt the girl, but Corvin appeared and blocked him.
Remy: "Leave her alone."
Corbeau: "Tch. Fine. Take her with you."
He left the room.
Corbeau: "Then disappear… with Wendy…"
After Remy freed Catlyn and brought her home, he had to go back to the streets with Wendy and steal again.
(4 years later)
(Clack)
Remy: "Ugh…"
Sherlock: "Hmph, well well…"
Remy: "Hey, let go of me…"
Sherlock: "Tell me, boy… you managed to be so fast that no one noticed your hands in their pocket. You are good at that. Too good. I think I should send you to prison."
Remy: "What… who are you even?"
Sherlock: "Sherlock Holmes… a detective…"
Remy: "No, please… Wendy is waiting for me."
Sherlock: "Who is Wendy?"
Remy: "My… sister… stepsister…"
Sherlock: "I see… Still, you are coming with me."
Remy spent a few days in prison, but then Sherlock came back.
Remy: "What do you want…"
Sherlock: "Boy, I want you to work for me…"
He opened the door.
Remy: "Huh?"
Sherlock: "You will eat as much as you want. Your sister Wendy has been standing outside the prison for days. So I took her in and gave her a dress and food. Come with me, my boy. A child like you has suffered enough…"
Remy: "Hmm… okay…"
Sherlock: "That fast?"
Remy: "Do I get food?"
Sherlock: "As much as you want."
Remy: "Clothes…"
Sherlock: "As much as you want."
Remy: "Money…"
Sherlock: "As much as you want."
Remy: "Women…"
Sherlock: "As much as you wa… Huh… what did you say?"
Remy: "Huh? What do you mean huh? I want women."
Sherlock: "(Sweats) Boy, how old are you?"
Remy: "I am 16."
Sherlock: "Oh dear… puberty stuff… Listen, boy. That is something you decide for yourself."
Remy: "Hmph…"
Sherlock: "Hah… There is a restaurant near us. A good looking woman works there. Could be something."
Remy: "Hmm…"
Sherlock: "What do you think… ugh… huh!"
Remy: "What are we waiting for then?"
He suddenly stood right next to him.
Sherlock: "Boy, wait. What is your name?"
Remy: "Remy Thomas…"
Sherlock: "Wendy is not your biological sister…"
Remy: "Nope…"
Sherlock: "I see…"
Remy: "Do you know a young single woman?"
Sherlock: "Why?"
Remy: "Because I like older women."
(Clack)
Remy: "Ow…"
Sherlock: "That is enough now. Come on, before I change my mind. Here, take this."
He gave him a magazine.
Sherlock: "You will find a few models in there."
Remy: "Yes…"
(Flips pages)
Remy: "Huh… they are allowed to show that much… (blushes)"
He dropped the magazine.
Remy: "Wow… no wonder everyone buys it…"
Sherlock: "Come on already."
Remy: "Wait, why do you have that with you?"
Sherlock: "(Cough) That… is because you said you wanted that kind of thing."
Remy: "Yeah, but only five minutes ago. You had that longer…"
Sherlock: "(Cough)… Uh… uh…"
Remy: "(Sweats) You are not any better…"
Sherlock: "Hey, I am only 40!"
Remy: "(Sweats) Only 40…?"
Sherlock: "(Cough) Are you coming now?"
Remy: "Oh yes…"
(3 years later)
Remy: "Oh yes, and my goodness, you have beautiful blue eyes. What is your name…?"
Kim: "Cindelena…"
Remy: "What a funny name, I mean what a cool name… (cough)…"
(Knock) (Knock)
Remy: "Hmm?"
He opened the door.
Remy: "Hmm?"
It was the police.
Police officer: "We are sorry… Mr Sherlock is dead…"
Remy: "Huh?"
(A few hours later)
Remy: "Sherlock…"
Sherlock had a terrible wound in his stomach that eventually caused his death. His office was almost shut down until Remy decided to take over his role.
(End of the memory)
Corbeau: "Argh!"
Corbeau: "You should have stayed."
Remy: "You told me to get lost."
Corbeau: "You should have listened to me and killed that girl!"
Remy jumped back.
Remy: "I do not like killing people, and I definitely do not kill women… or girls, in this case."
Corbeau: "You are exactly like Sherlock. He had several relationships too…"
Remy: "As far as I know it was only six. Mine were ten."
Corbeau: "You really are like him…"
Remy: "That is why I became a detective…"
Corbeau: "I still do not understand how Sherlock managed it. You were full of revenge…"
Remy: "Revenge brings nothing. If I take revenge, their relatives take revenge, and my relatives take revenge. There is no reason for that."
Corbeau: "After I finish you, I will take that detective Fiona, torture her in front of your eyes, and I will do the same to Naomi and the child."
Remy: "Cossette too… What is wrong with you… a child… You only kill women, is that it. Only children and women. I do not remember you ever killing a noble. You either killed their wives or their daughters."
Corbeau: "Hahahahahaha… That is not entirely true. I was a soldier. I killed many. Women, men, children, animals. Bullets. Back then they ordered me to kill everyone from the Slavic realm. They never thought it would turn me cold…"
Remy: "Hmm… What exactly do you want?"
Corbeau: "What I want? Chaos… hahahahahaha. That is it. Yes. I killed Robin Hood. It is true. I killed him and his family. I was his right hand… hahahahaha. And I also killed Sherlock…"
Remy: "Ugh!"
Corbeau: "You see, Remy. Either you come back to me… or I kill all your friends. Like I said. Detective Fiona. Naomi the model. The girl too."
Remy: "You damn bastard…"
Corbeau: "Hehehehehe…"
Remy attacked in rage, with Corvin.
Remy: "You will regret it!"
Corbeau: "Come on then!"
Corvin struck Corbeau with his claw, but the feathers blocked it. Then Corbeau grabbed Remy's hand and slammed it aside.
Remy: "Urk…"
Corbeau: "You need more training!"
He grabbed Remy by the coat and slammed him onto the ground.
Corbeau: "Do you understand now that I am strong!"
He threw him away and sent him flying.
(Crash) (Crash)
Remy: "…Ghhh…"
Corbeau: "Do you really think you can defeat me, a veteran. I am doing exactly what they did to me. A monster."
Remy: "Ghhh…"
Corbeau: "They made me a monster. I never wanted to kill people. But the war… I barely slept. I barely ate. I barely rested. I heard the screams of the people I killed just because I followed orders. I got used to the blood. The war turned me into a monster. They allowed us to do anything to the Slavic people. Kill them. Torture them. Whatever we wanted. That was 25 years ago. I was 20 back then, exactly your age."
Remy: "Ghhh…"
Corbeau: "Hah… Time to beat you."
He grabbed Remy by the coat.
Corbeau: "I saw you like a son!"
(Crash)
He punched him.
Remy: "Ghh…"
Corbeau: "Tch…"
(Crash)
Corbeau: "What…"
A water tank fell toward him. He jumped back.
Remy: "What?"
(Step) (Step)
Casper: "Looks like you could use some help, Remy!"
Casper shouted.
Remy: "Casper… what are you doing here?"
Casper: "Well, you suddenly disappeared. So I called Jade. She explained that you are after the Dark Hood, helping Fiona catch them, and that the model you keep talking about is in danger…"
Corbeau: "Keep talking about… Tell me, what do you do with the pictures…"
Remy: "Stop. I cannot say that. Otherwise this conversation gets weird. And I do not have to say what I did…"
Corbeau: "(Sweats) I take it back. Even Sherlock was not that bad. And who are you anyway…"
Casper: "Hahahaha. I am Casper, a vampire. I will destroy you."
He slipped and fell from the water tank to the floor.
(Crash)
Casper: "Ughhhh… my leg…"
Remy: "(Sweats) Hah…"
Corbeau: "Uh… is he… not right in the head?"
Remy: "Why do you say maybe. After an entrance like that."
(Crash)
Corbeau threw him toward Casper and Casper hit the ground head first.
Remy: "Ow…"
Casper: "Sorry… I am out of practice…"
Remy: "Hah… same excuse I use when I am reading magazines and go too far…"
Casper: "What?"
Remy: "What?"
Corbeau: "Alright. You two, give up."
Corbeau hit them and sent them flying again.
Casper: "Now… he beat me up… ah… my goodness… my other leg…"
Remy: "Um…"
Corbeau: "Enough with this. Let us go back. Remy. Give up. Maybe I will spare your friends."
Remy: "No. Rejected. I do not give up."
Corbeau: "Rejection rejected."
Remy: "You cannot reject a rejection. Then I reject your rejection of my rejection."
Corbeau: "And I reject your rejection of my rejection of your rejection… is that correct?"
Remy: "No idea…"
Casper: "Ghhh…"
Casper attacked Corbeau.
Corbeau: "Hehe, you are fast!"
Remy: "It still took you way too long. He already had his fourth coffee."
Corbeau: "Now we continue!"
Remy: "Listen, Casper. Corbeau is really strong, okay. You cannot just attack him like that. Huh?"
(Ding) (Ding)
Remy: "Where did he go!"
Casper attacked Corbeau again.
Corbeau: "Hahaha."
Casper used his blood.
Corbeau: "Ugh! A vampire!"
He jumped back.
Corbeau: "I cannot believe it… I know you. I saw you in the war… Casper van De Hag, right…?"
Casper: "Huh?"
Corbeau: "Hahaha… you saved my life back then!"
(20 years ago)
In the war there were countless dead people.
(Step)
Casper: "Hah… hah… so many dead…?"
Corbeau: "Help…"
Casper turned around. It was Corbeau, badly injured.
Casper: "Hey… I am here…"
He pulled him out of the area and gave him his blood in a glass.
Casper: "Easy…"
Corbeau: "Ugh… thank you…"
Casper: "Huh?"
Casper noticed Slavic soldiers approaching. He hid Corbeau among the other corpses.
Corbeau: "Ugh…"
Casper: "Stay… here…"
Corbeau: "Who are you… You are a vampire, you gave me your blood…"
Casper: "I am Casper Van de Hag. I have to go. Stay here, okay."
(End of the memory)
Corbeau: "Hahahaha… I knew you looked familiar…"
Casper: "Hmm."
Corbeau: "It does not feel good to learn that the person you saved became a murderer… hahahahahaha…"
Casper: "Tch…"
Remy: "Calm down. We can only beat him if we both keep a cool head. Stay calm and try to finally bring him down."
Casper: "Yes!"
Corbeau: "Come here!"
Remy: "Ghhh…"