Relaxing

Sirius formed a wall of earth between them. "No!"

Mana!a powers activated automatically and the wall that wa erected was shoddy and fell apart. Mana notices none of this and placed him on the coaster

"He is near death you know." Said Seras

"Wait, what?"

Sirius almost cried.

The ride was the most intense experience ever.

"He's almost dead."

"I heard you! Why?!" She snapped.

Sirius hugged Mana, having another panic attack.

The ride malfunctioned and they went around a second time

"See for yourself...." Seras removed the illusion that Riza had placed on himself. The second it was for the truth was revealed. He was covered in bruises, gouges, deep cuts, lacerations, any injury you could think of.

Maynin actually gagged, even though gore never bothered her. "Wha? What's wrong with him?!"

Sirius was too busy trying not be vomit to notice.

"This is what happens every day. It's what he forcibly subjects himself to."


The coaster malfunctioned again and went faster

"Why?" She looked at him. "I don't....."

He started coughing.

"Power....he said to me once that it was the only thing he was good for."

She growled. "Power? How does this," She pointed at all the blood. "How does that give you power? At the most it'll give endurance, if he doesn't kill himself first!"

"What he does everyday is he summons all of us. Myself and the other twelve familiars. He forces us to fight him 13v1. As we are his familiars we cannot refuse his orders.....and we are all a fourth as powerful as he his. And he forces us to always fight at full strength."

"That's torment. But he can't be stopped, can he?" She said sadly.

She shook her head. "Not even his wife could."

She sighed and layed her head down on the table. "That's......."

Sarah was tearing up. "I...I hate it so much. I can't stand to see him in pain.."

"Don't cry, please." She said, hugging her. "I know this is hard for all of us, be strong for Riza, okay? He wouldn't want to see you cry."

Seras managed to keep the tears in. "I'm...in afraid he's going to die. I don't want to lose my friend."

She didn't answer.

"He won't let anyone heal him either.....so it just gets worse and worse..."

She winced. "At this rate......How long has it been going on?"

"A year but......ever since the incident it has gotten worse." She suddenly covered he mouth, realizing she shouldn't have said that

She looked at her. "If you're not supposed to tell me, you don't have to."

Sarah frowned. "It's....most likely what he isn't telling you...."

"....."