[PolarStarQuote]

Well, Seeing the delighted response the mermaid had given, Clauschezo stopped as he ran his hand through his hair, pondering for a moment. "She...Wants my hair? What will that do for her...?" He pondered silently, But, Deciding it wouldn't do much for him outside of what it could possibly do for her, as Clauschezo produced his smaller Kunai off of his side, Taking care to carefully slice a good bit of hair off of the right side of his head, and offering the remaining clump to the Mermaid.

"Dunno what you need with it, but...Here you go."

[heirtothemonado]

As Claus gave the strange mermaid the small lock of his hair, the mermaid's eyes brightened, and she eagerly took the hair from him. Seems that this was exactly what she was asking for. Once she had the lock of hair in her hand, she moved aside to let Claus get to the clam that was resting behind her. But as Claus would draw near too try and collect his prize, he'd detect that familiar scent of incense once again, as is vision began to blur....

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"Another puzzle solved, and another pretty face pleased..." The Dealer muttered cryptically. With a wave of his hand, a silver coin appeared in the bowl on the table. "A good deed is rewarded. And the bounty of the Game grows." Still as cryptic as ever, the Dealer waved his hand, and the map of cards flew together once again for Claus to look at.

"Only one option this time....Shall you see what lies before you?"

[Claus]

"Hehe...So thats what you wanted? Well, Im glad i could help!" Claus would say with a Smile....A Smile? Claus looked to the Smiling face in the Water's reflection, as he watched in awe of himself. He was *smiling*. That was such a old feeling to him, the joy of helping, that...Claus would look to the Mermaid, His smiling face now approaching, not for the Reward, but...For her.

"T-thank you, so m--"

---

"-uch!"

...Oh.

...It was over.

Claus would look at the Dealer, as the Dealer may see that Claus's face had now something different in it...An Expression. Like the spark of a Soul had shined through, if just for an instant, as Claus looked down to his metal hands, clutching them, and then to check his hair...It was all there.

"...Continue. Please." Claus would ask. "Only one path."

[heirtothemonado]

The Dealer's face was, as usual, unreadable as he silently flips over the only option left to Claus. However he did note the slight change in expression on Claus's face, and underneath that veil the was the slightest of smiles....

"The Grave Drop....Let us see what you do in a matter of life and death. Where you're own life might mean saving the life of another...."

Claus's vision would once again begin to blur and that oh-so-familiar scent of incense would flood his sensors....

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This time, Clauschezo would find himself on a very high cliff, overlooking legions of soldiers and civilians. In fact they all looked like they were all looking up to the very ledge he was standing on, although they weren't looking directly at him. No, they were looking at the young woman that was standing on the very edge of the cliff, peering over the side. It looked like she was very intent on throwing herself off the cliff! Why would she do that? The only one that knew that was the very intimidating man that was standing behind her.

"Come now Emmeryn! Is this truly what you wish your life to end with?? A Splat on the ground, with no one else to see? Is this what you think will end the bloodshed?? Madness i say!!" The man would say, clearly trying to stop the woman from committing the deed. After a short while he'd notice Clauschezo standing near by "Oh, you there! You look like a man that can get his point across. Can you please talk some sense into her before she does something she'd regret?

[Claus]

. . . "Accepting hallucination."

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"...Uh...?"

Clauschezo looked at the situation in a bizarre sense of confusion and...Familiarity, as he looked at the Red-headed king standing behind the Woman on the Cliff...And he was suddenly being dragged into this situation! Claus hadnt had any social interaction in damn near years, and...They expected him to convince a woman not to jump off the edge? Claus's expression was one of utter fear as he looked at the situation before him. 

"I-i dont know what you mean, Im-- I-i'm just a kid!" Clauschezo would say in responce to Gangrel, as Claus's mind began to race...A Woman....About to sacrafice herself, for some reason...?

....

....

It reminded him of...

Of...

...To end the Bloodshed...??


Claus's eyes widened as he made that connection, Pupils suddenly thinning and dilating as he stepped forward....And suddenly, Ran well past Gangrel, And suddenly hugged onto emmeryn by her hips, Trying to use all his strength to pull her back, While yelling "NO! NO NO NO, YOU CANT GO AGAIN!!! YOU CANT, I WONT LET YOU MAMA!!!" He cried, like a Child who's mother was about to throw herself in danger...

NdVJdlJ_p_1d20+1=17 (Clauschezo's straight up just gonna pick Emmeryn up in a PTSD Episode about Hinawa.)

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