Odhran smiled at the good work that his assistants provided, bringing both the daughter and the wife to the elaborate room, where Odhran, too, ensnared them as he prepared the broadcast. He dragged the two other members of Elysium in before speaking. ""This is a pirated broadcast, playing all over Fiore. To the men and women of the Magic Council and all of Fiore. I am state your name and I represent the Black Blood Brotherhood. For too long have we, the men and women of Fiore, suffered the hand of the Magic Council and all of the mages under their control. They are reckless and they don't care for the safety of those that cannot use magic. The mages under their control kill our children with no repercussion. This is where you pull off the burlap sacks from over the Thompsons' head. This is Representative Thompson and his family. He is pushing a bill to grant Magic Users full power over those that cannot use magic. This bill he is trying to pass is oppressive and goes against the freedoms that everyone is entitled to have. If you wish to save the life of Representative Thompson and his family, you will retract that bill. We also demand the disbarring of all Legal Guilds from the Magic Council's control and the surrender of the Magic Council. If these demands are not met, we will begin killing Representative Thompson's family one by one, starting with the wife, then the daughter, and then Representative Thompson himself. You have two hours." He tossed the cue card away, before coming to some realizations. "Oh, right. Had a few things to take care of with that, didn't I? Well, honestly I don't really care. Apparently those are our clients? Huh. Maybe I should've paid attention to that. Well, whatever. I'm Odhran Aegisbane, and these are my fellow guildmates, Faustein Kuroyakushi and Taneda Akies, and we're just here to do a little bit more than that. Instead, I would like to talk to you about our lord and savior, me, Odhran Aegisbane. So basically, I'm a really big deal, and I want you all to listen to me. To show you I mean business, I captured these people! Isn't that lovely? Well, either way, what matters is that I've got a few things of my own to talk about. First off, I want people to really know me well, so I'll just state my name again, Odhran Aegisbane. Got it? Good. I'm a Coming Storm here in Fiore, so you all better know it well and not forget it, especially when I become a Warlord. Not if, when. As for these other two... I mean they're alright. They're not me, but they listen well enough and aren't just lackeys. Anyways, while I was just paid to say those things, I got some more things to say on top of that. The Council's pretty lame, you know. Bunch of stuck-up hoighty toighty dudes and chicks trying to keep the peace. Well, they're not exactly doing a great job. I mean, I was able to just walk in here, murder a couple dozen faceless redshirts, and capture someone important. I mean, they tried to stop me, but I'm Odhran Aegisbane, and I'm the literal best. Wouldn't you want whoever's keeping the peace to be some sort of great and wonderful leader, like myself? Because trust me, when we create our new world, we'll be the ones that will hold everything else to our standards. We're going to demand that you work your best for the benefit of us! After all, someone like me can't possibly be wrong about anything! Well, I think I've talked for long enough. So, Council people, you should probably get to work. Something something retract a bill something something disband legal guilds, but most importantly make sure you recognize my name and put me on all the wanted posters or just make me a Warlord or something. Honestly, I don't mind." He smiled, before turning his gaze to Faust. "Uh can you turn off the camera? I don't know how to work it." After he had done so, Odhran took a seat upon one of the chairs and rested his feet up. "Now we just wait. Faust, just make sure to come back in like two hours to turn the camera back on. Seika, you can do whatever. Wait! I got an idea!" He clapped his fingers and Lupa barreled through the wall, wagging her tail as she went to play with Seika, Faust looking strangely perturbed by it. Oh well, certainly he would get an opportunity to play with Lupa later. With that and the returning of his Spirits to the Celestial Spirit Realm, Odhran began his relaxation in earnest.
The next two hours were surprisingly boring. Odhran had taken to playing darts in the dining room, getting a perfect bullseye every time. Finally, Faust returned to turn the camera back on, Odhran being all by himself. "Oh, it's already been two hours? Well, uh... this is a bit awkward. I was kind of expecting there to be a response by now. Well, it's whatever. Honestly I don't much care. Well, I think the cue card told me that I was supposed to have massacred everyone by now, but I'm feeling nice today, so I'm just gonna kill one of them. Here, let's spin the wheel!" Saying this, he extended an arm, revealing a wheel with equal wedges marking the wife, daughter, and Representative himself. He spun the wheel, excited to see the results, and was excited when the spinner landed on the wife. "Oooh, our first prize, behind door number one, is Misses Representative Thompson. Sucks to be you, doesn't it? Well, it's fine! I like this game, this is a fun game. I haven't really thought this through, but for the daughter and the Representative himself, I'll leave the method of execution up to a fan vote, but think of the most creative thing you can! The vote will be up in a few minutes, let me just get this execution done reeeeeeal quick!" He got up from his relaxed pose, walking over to the wife and pulling the sack off of her head. He saw the fear in her eyes and honestly felt a little bit bad, but not bad enough to warrant not going through with the execution. Thinking through what he should do, he morphed his left arm into a fleshy chainsaw, letting it rev up before slicing off the wife's left arm. She screamed in pain as blood poured upon the ground. Because of the way she was tied up, her right arm was now free, and she tried to make an attempt to strike Odhran, who rebuffed it by his own right arm morphing into a jaw and biting the other arm off before he kicked her down. Finally, he raised both arms into the air, them morphing into a giant hammer, before he smashed it down upon her, ending her life. "Right! That was a bit more intense than I thought, but fan vote is up next! Go to Odhran Aegisbane dot com in order to submit your votes! I'll be watching with great interest! Toodles!" With that, he finally figured out how to shut off the camera, before returning to his own relaxation.
Another two hours had past, it blurring by in a breeze while Odhran played video games using the daughter's game console. The camera flickered on while he was in the middle of a tough level of My Tiny Horse: Camaraderie is Wizardry: Fuschia Strudel's Celebration, causing him to panickedly set down the controller and quick pull up the results of the fan vote. "Aaaaaalright, it's the moment you've all been waiting for! It's time for Spin! The! Wheel! Of! Doom!" The wheel appeared once more, the wife's wedges having been replaced with pieces of tape marking the name of either of the daughter or the Representative, and Odhran spun it, taking a look at the fan vote. The wheel landed on one of the daughter's wedges, causing a round of applause to run by. "Oooh we get the youngun! What a shame for the life to be snuffed out so easily! Well, let's look at the fan vote!" Taking a look at a leader board Odhran manifested using his Ark of Embodiment, he saw that the number one option was scientific experimentation. "Well, aren't we fancy? Well, sadly our sciencey guy isn't here, he's exploring and doing stuff like that, but I can see what I can do!" Saying this, Odhran got up, morphing his clothing into a scientist outfit before releasing the daughter's burlap sack. "Today, folks, we are going to see history be made! Today we will see a fusion between child and puppy dog! But not Lupa, Lupa is my puppy dog. Just give me a moment..." Odhran waved his hand as a stray dog appeared. "There we go. Now, let the science begin!" He placed the two next to each other before doing generic science things unrelated to the experiment at hand, mixing mysterious liquids into beakers, viewing a microscope, and making a baking soda volcano, before getting to the true work. He clapped his hands together, using his magic to morph the two together, turning it into a disgusting hybrid of child and dog. "Well, that's a bit sad. And disturbing. And gross. Well, whatever. Turns out, no. Fusing a child and a dog does not, in fact, create the most precious being in existence. Guess I have to return my copy of Entirely Mineral Thaumaturge: Kinship! Honestly, what a waste!" Disappointed at the lying comic book, Odhran extended an arm as it morphed into a spear, piercing the girl dog hybrid thing's neck and sending it collapsing to the ground. "Well, two more hours. I should probably send the others back home. Oh well, I'm still here, so let's turn on some tunes and get going!"
The whole waiting around shtick was getting boring for Odhran. He had beaten My Tiny Horse: Camaraderie is Wizardry: Fuschia Strudel's Celebration at the hour mark, and now he was playing a copy of Condensed Beasts: Chartreuse Version, already having beaten the first Coliseum when the cameras flickered back on. "Oh. Seriously? You guys haven't answered? Huh. You'd think I was your ex girlfriend or boyfriend with how much you aren't answering. That's a bit rude, don't you think? I mean, what have I done to you? We haven't even dated, Council! Why aren't you answering my calls!" Unsure of how to segue from that, he brought up the wheel and the leader board again, with the wheel having been entirely replaced with markings for the Representative and the leader board leading with "Bees." Once the wheel stopping spinning, Odhran used his magic to cause a disembodied round of applause and cheers arise. "What a shocker! The Representative is the next to go, and with over twenty thousand more votes than second place, our execution method is 'Bees!' Give it up for bees!"
Before he could summon the bees, however, a man burst through the door of the dining room, a sword and shield in hand and a fantastic mustache in face. "Stop, fiend! I am-" Odhran yawned and extended his arm out, piercing the man's chest with a spear like appendage.
"Excuse me, I was in the middle of summoning the bees! But, I suppose we can give them a two for one offer!"
Odhran dragged the sword and board "wizard" in, slamming him on the table before removing the Representative's sack mask. "Now, the moment you've all been waiting for! Lend me your power!" He raised his hands in the air as a giant orb of millions of bees began accumulating. The buzzing rose up more and more before another few soldiers entered in the room. "Huh. I guess they really did go home. Or maybe there were more of you. Well, it's fine. There's enough bees for everyone. So come on in!" Listening to his beckoning, the next few soldiers charged towards the Ace, who finally released the orb of bees, them swarming the room. The bees buzzed about, swarming each person nearby and stinging them with their many stingers. To prevent himself from being hurt, Odhran had made himself a bubble of other bees to protect himself, though still making sure that he could see the giant swarm of bees "devouring" the nearby opponents and other generally disappointing people. Within a few minutes, their work was complete as the bees dissipated, leaving Odhran as the lone survivor. "Wow, I gotta use bees more often. Well, point is, shame that you Council folks didn't listen to me, because you got nothing but a dead representative and a few dead soldiers out of this." He looked outside to see the corpses of hooded figures. "Oh, I guess you took out the Brotherhood people too. Well, that's not really a big loss. They're a bit on the edgy side, you know? 'Oh, look at me, I'm angry at the world!' People like that are a bit strange, you know? I'm not angry at the world, I like the world, but I think it could just use a few changes. Like me not being in charge. That's a shame that exists in this world. You all really should appoint me as the only member of the Council. It's a great plan, trust me. Nothing could ever go wrong from that. I mean, no matter what, I'm going to get my way eventually, but it's fine. Anyways, I do hope you enjoyed this six hour special of Odhran Aegisbane's Wheel! Of! Doom! Tune in next week where I'll be capturing a few more people and forcing them to play the game, with more fabulous prizes inside! Speaking of prizes, I will be sending the people who suggested our winning executions some prizes that will get to you in three to five business days, or possibly never depending on if that stupid demon Paul gets in the way of the mail again. Honestly, Paul's just a bit rude, you know? He's murdered like eighteen different mail people in the past two months! It's difficult getting people to live in Sin, let alone have those people sign up for the mail or be blackmailed into doing the mail! Then you have freakin' Paul! The nerve of some people! He's just a giant, thirty foot tall demon that just hates the mail! Even when I sent him a get well soon card for his sick pet cerberus, he killed the mailman then! Rude people, the lot of them! Anyways, until next time, so long, and good night!" Odhran destroyed the camera before walking out of the dining room to see where his fellow members of Elysium were, ready to report the good news to Janet, since the original clients were apparently dead.
