Battle for Purgatory - Leisabeth's Call 2.0

A beam of light shoots out of the key. It dissolves fog in the distance, revealing a tree in the center of a lake.\n\nLeisabeth walked towards the tree and waded through the lake. The tree unraveled itself, revealing the portal Limbo, where her journey will continue.\n\n[[Finale]]

Leisabeth shut the tongue in the book of prayers. Slaughter's tongue sizzled as holy words branded it. He won't try that again.\n\n[[Continue|B5 Prayer 2]]

Despite his appearance, Slaughter is strong. His muscles, toned. The kick does nothing. \n\n[[Stab him]]\n\n[[Open Prayer Book]]

Slaughter avoids touching the blade. The recoil from avoiding the blessed blade gives Leisabeth an opportunity to strike.\n\n[[Stab him]]\n

“By the power of the spoken word of prayer, and by the mighty King who won it's power for me, I speak. Holy Purge. The evil in you is now destroyed."\n\nThe man's gruesome skin boils off. What is left is someone normal, unassuming. The ghoulish appearance is gone, having washed away along with the shadows of this realm.\n\nHe looks up to Leisabeth. “Thank you,” he says, gratefully, yet regretful. "I can't give you your life back, but you have given me mine." He stands and takes Leisabeth by the hands.\n\n"This I vow. I will spend the rest of my life righting the wrongs I have done and fighting the evil in the world." \n\nHe hands Leisabeth a key and fades way. The key is large but light in her hands. She looks around, but there is no door.\n\n[[Wave the key around]]\n\n[[Shake the key]]\n\n[[Point the key]]\n

[[Choice 1|B3 Influence 1]] Convince Sarah to call 911.\n\n[[Choice 2|B3 Influence 2]] Convince to pray with Leisabeth.

[[Choice 1|B1 Fight 1]] Bust her head open with your walking stick.\n\n[[Choice 2|B1 Fight 2]] Run and use your sling and stones.\n\n[[Choice 3|B1 Fight 3]] Use the Prayer Book.

Arch-Demon Remar, the bringer of pain, has taken over Purgatory. Souls who enter to serve penance and earn the right to enter Heaven are being kept prisoner in eternal torment, with more entering each day. \n\nThe tortured cries for help from those now purged of their sins has reached the ears of Archangel Michael, the protector, and he has sent out a call to arms for all angels. Michael will need all the help he can get for the epic Battle In Purgatory!\n\n[[Continue|PROLOGUE 2]]\n\n<html><a href="http://imgur.com/JcR6GfJ"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/JcR6GfJ.jpg?1" title="Hosted by imgur.com"/></a><html>\n

Leisabeth walks closer to Nagul.\n\n"And who are you? A little guardian, I see," Nagul snickered at her. \n\n"Leave the boy alone," Leisabeth warned the demon, the Rosary Whip in her hand.\n\n"You can't hurt me. You don't have the power."\n\n"Maybe. But maybe I will send you back to hell!" Leisabeth swings the whip, encircling the demon. She gives a tug, and cuts the demon in half. \n\nThe demon explodes in a fiery rain. \n\nLeisabeth turns to Jeremiah. "Let's just put a hedge of protection about you, shall we?"\n\nShe takes out her prayer book.\n\n[[Continue|B2 Prayer]]\n

Leisabeth pulls the Sling Cross from her belt and places a stone in the pocket. \n\n"Leave the boy alone, Nagul," Leisabeth warned the demon. "Or this one goes right between your eyes."\n\n"You can't harm me, little guardian," he sneered. "You don't have the power."\n\nLeisabeth tilts the sling and takes aim. As soon as she has the demon's head in the cross's V, she lets the stone fly. It hits him square in the head, knocking him away from Jeremiah.\n\n"You can knock me out of the way, but I will always come back!"\n\n"I know how to take care of that," Leisabeth replied.\n\nShe takes out her prayer book.\n\n[[Continue|B2 Prayer]]\n\n

Leisabeth picks the book up again, and with tears says:\n\n“By the power of the spoken word of prayer, and by the mighty King who won it's power for me, I speak. Forgiveness. Please forgive this child of yours. She was influenced by a demon and had no control. I beg you, if you must take her, take her to Heaven.\n\n"Your prayer has been heard, Leisabeth. She is now in Heaven," whispered Michael.\n\n[[Return to the room of Mirrors|Branch 3.0 Weapons]]

Leisabeth thrusts Wyrmbrand into Slaughter, severing his spine.The demon's scream is mixed with the mortal man's, as Slaughter leaves his body. \n\nThe blackness transfers itself, along with the shadows lingering in this plane, to Slaughter, covering, preserving, and consuming him completely. He bends upward and gasps hoarsely, suffocated. \n\nLeisabeth moves to face him. Only one demonic eye maintains function, watching her. He lives. He lives to feel every welt, scrape, cut, and gash he ever dealt. Every moment of pain he caused his victims is now returned to him fourfold, for eternity.\n\nA pained cry, "I'm sorry," catches Leisabeth's attention. She turns and sees the man, mortally wounded by her blade. She kneels beside him.\n\n"Do you want to pray?" she asks him as she takes his hand.\n\n"No. I will pay my penance. It's the only way to truly redeem my soul."\n\n"It doesn't have to be like this," she said, almost angry.\n\n"This plane, once plagued by Slaughter and his brand of evil, is healed. That's enough for me. Go and save more souls like mine." The man exhaled for the last time. \n\nSpirits of his victims come forward and give their thanks to Leisabeth. As they parted, the pathway leading to Limbo opened. \n\n[[Finale]]

"Show me your head, demon, and I will cure all our problems," Leisabeth growled. \n\n"You don't have the power. You're only a Guardian," sneered the demon.\n\n"Please. Please help me," cried Sarah.\n\n"And you only have one stone left," the demon laughed.\n\nThe demon moved to look Sarah in the eyes.\n\n"I won't be a Guardian for long," responded Leisabeth as she took aim and fired.\n\nHer shot landed true and with more force than before. The demon staggered back. A surprised look crossed his grizzly features as black blood poured out of his forehead. \n\n"You may have killed me, but her soul still belongs to hell." The demon collapsed into a black puddle.\n\nSarah slumped to the floor.\n\n[[Pray for Sarah|B3 Prayer]]

"Sarah. Look at me," Leisabeth urged. "I can help you, but you need to help yourself, too. Call 911."\n\n"You will never amount to anything, with your husband," the demon whispered into to Sarah's ear. \n\nSarah cringed and hung her head. "He is right," she said in defeat. Her weeping renewed with force.\n\n[[Fight demon.|B3 Fight]]\n\n[[Try another approach.|B3 Influence]]

Leisabeth draws Wyrmbrand from its sheath. Its black blade shimmered in the dim, ethereal light. She took her time. This was what she had worked toward.\n\nAs she neared him, his figure shifted. He grew taller. His eyes, snake-like, and his fingers curled forward like hooked talons of some bird of prey.\n\n“I am Slaughter.” He said, licking his lips, tongue moving like a cat's tail. Slaughter brought his knife to his mouth and tasted the blood.\n\n"That's still my blood, isn't it?" Leisabeth's anger rising.\n\n“It tastes good. Sweet.” He said, “Put that toy away.”\n\n“You stink of fear. Even demons know fear. And I have sent others to oblivion." \n\n“You cannot stop me. I will kill. Again and again and again.” He says.\n\nHis grisly smile fades. His head tilts slightly forward, as it did that night. His empty stare locks with you. Wyrmbrand becomes heavy in your hand.\n\n[[Resist]] \n\n[[Drop Wyrmbrand and open Prayer Book|Open Prayer Book]]\n\n

Deep in thought, Leisabeth walks the path to Limbo, the doorstep of Purgatory. She reflects on all that has happened, and the choices she has made.\n\n"Did I choose well?" she whispers to herself. \n\nBeside her appears the Archangel Gabriel. "You did well. You have made it to this path leading to Limbo."\n\nThe sudden appearance of Gabriel at her side could not break her contemplation. "But did I do well enough? Am I an archangel?" Leisabeth stops in the middle of the path and looks at Gabriel. "How will I know?"\n\n"I have something for you," he said with a faint smile. "Right here." He placed on finger on her breastbone. A silver breastplate appeared. \n\nLeisabeth gasped and took a step back. \n\n"And this," he said as he produced a shield from behind his back.\n\nLeisabeth placed her arm through the shield straps.\n\n"Do you feel like an archangel now?" Gabriel's eyes twinkled with amusement. \n\nLeisabeth raised her eyes, understanding dawning as she smiled at Gabriel. A horn blows in the distance. "Follow me!" Gabriel calls expands his wings to take flight.\n\nLeisabeth did the same. A pleased laugh ringing out as they taking off, soaring through the sky to answer Michael's call.

“I have an idea, let's go find you another dog,” says Leisabeth. \n\nThe little girl named regret begins to shake. Her eyes grow wide. Her face becomes a mask of pain.\n\n“THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER BERTIE!” She launches herself at Leisabeth and begins to tear at her hair and clothing. \n\n\n[[Try again to Influence|Influence]]\n\n[[Give up and Fight the demon|Fight]]

“Hey, REGRET, don't you think you could just let this go? Just stop regretting this. Your dog is in Heaven and he's happy right?”\n\nThe girl looks confused. “Bertie is happy?” For a moment, she seems relieved. \n\n“Yes, happy. He's not in pain anymore, and he's in a place that is filled with happiness and light, and love. Why would you want to bring him back here?”\n\nFor another moment she seems to quiet down. But it is only short lived.\n\n“I WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN, BUT I NEVER CAN, CAN I? I HATE THIS AND I HATE YOU!”\n\n\n[[Back to Influence|Influence]]\n\n[[Give up and Fight the demon|Fight]]

Leisabeth takes the book from her pouch and says, “Prayer.” \n\n“Will you pray with me?" Leisabeth asks her.\n\nThe girl nods. "I didn't mean to hurt Bertie. It was an accident." Confused but curious, she watches as the book opens mid-air and expands. The pages turn and flip as if waiting for instruction. \n\n"I want pray for this girl." \n\nInstantly, the book settles and a page lifts into the air and rushes into Leisabeth's mouth. She gasps and coughs. Then, as if propelled, she speaks, her voice loud and rushing like the wind.\n\n“By the power of the spoken word of prayer, and by the mighty King who won it's power for me, I speak. You are unbound, and made free. Your sins are forgiven. REGRET no longer holds you prisoner. You are free.”\n\nInstantly, the look on the girl's face softens. What once was rot is not cleansed as light permeates every fiber of her being. Her head is thrown back as girlish laughter erupts. Pure joy and gladness fills her in the form of colors radiating from her heart.\n\nThe bark of a dog comes from a distance and grows closer. A doorway made of pure light opens, and Michael enters with Bertie the dog, who runs and jumps into the girl's arms. \n\nShe turns and says, “I am now AT PEACE, because I am free. Thank you.” With that she leaves through the door. \n\nMichael comes to your side. "You've accomplished this quest by the use of compassion. Well done.”\n\n\n[[Return to the room of Mirrors|Branch 1.0 Weapons]]\n\n

Weeping, Leisabeth returned to the room of mirrors.\n\n"Why do you weep?" Michael asked.\n\n"I did not save her life," Leisabeth said. "I failed."\n\n"You saved her soul," Michael comforted. "And now I have another guardian who will become an archangel."\n\nLeisabeth sniffled and looked Michael in the eye.\n\n"I won't be able to save them all, will I?\n\n"Some are not meant to be saved in body."\n\nLeisabeth took a deep breath and composed herself. "Who's next?"\n\n"First, let me give you these, Holy Water ampules for your Sling Cross."\n\n"Thank you, Michael, really. For everything," Leisabeth said and turned to the next mirror. But she saw only pitch black. All she could hear was a dripping sound.\n\n[[Continue|Branch 4.0]]

Battle for Purgatory - Leisabeth's Call

[[Choice 1|B2 Influence 1]] Convince him to tell a teacher.\n\n[[Choice 2|B2 Influence 2]] Convince him to tell his parents.

Leisabeth finds herself in a child's bedroom. Darkness and stench envelope her on all sides. A quick scan of the area suggests the girl has been there awhile. There is blood all over the walls. \n\nThe girl is standing across the room, with her back towards Leisabeth. She is crying and looking for something. \n\n“Burtie? Burtie, I won't hurt you anymore. I'm sorry. Please come back to me.” The girl whispers softly through her sniffles.\n\n“Maybe I can …” Leisabeth starts, but the girl spins to face her. The girl's face might have been adorable at one time, now it is a mask of permanent sadness and rot. “…help.”\n\nSuddenly, she is close to Leisabeth. Her eye turned up and pleading.\n\n“How can you help?” a demonic voice screeches through the mouth of the child. “I am REGRET. You see, my dog Bertie has gone to Heaven and I'm stuck here.” Her voice drops to a miserable whisper and becomes human. “Forever. Will you try to help me?”\n\nLeisabeth didn't expect this. She looked, again at the carnage. "What happened to Burtie?" she whispered.\n\n"We were just playing," the demonic voice rang out from the girl again. "Ha, ha, ha. Nothing to worry your pretty little head about."\n\nWhat should Leisabeth do?\n\n[[Try to influence the girl?|Influence]]\n\n[[Fight the demon|Fight]]

Leisabeth slapped the slimy tongue away.\n\n[[Continue|B5 Prayer 2]]

Nothing happens.\n\n[[Shake the key]]\n\n[[Point the key]]

As Leisabeth steps through the mirror, she see Jeremiah Dent limping out of the school yard. She turns to look for the bullies, but see Nagul, the demon of vengeance, swoop down towards Jeremiah.\n\n"Go back," his slithering voice snakes into Jeremiah's ear. "You can kills these bullies. Your dad has a gun. Or the big kitchen knife. That would work."\n\nJeremiah stops and looks back toward the school. He frowns in contemplation.\n\nWhat will Leisabeth do?\n\n[[Influence Jeremiah?|B2 Influence]]\n\n[[Fight the demon?|B2 Fight]]

Leisabeth approaches Jeremiah. "Excuse me? Your name is Jeremiah, right?"\n\nJeremiah looks around, then asks in a shaken voice, "Who are you?"\n\n"I saw what those boys did, and I know what you are thinking."\n\nJeremiah frowns and hangs his head, "I don't know what you are talking about."\n\n"Killing those bullies is not the answer. Have you talked to a teacher?"\n\n"It never does any good! These guys never get caught!"\n\n"Keep trying. Someone will listen."\n\n"No, they won't. Leave me alone!" Jeremiah runs off.\n\n[[Run after him and try another influence?|B2 Influence]]\n\n[[Turn and attack the demon?|B2 Fight]]\n\n

Leisabeth juts to the left. Slaughter misses. Leisabeth is now behind him.\n\n[[Kick him]]\n\n\n[[Stab him]] \n

Leisabeth stands in the room of mirrors, a small smile of satisfaction on her face. She has saved the child and banished the demon. \n\n"One down," she whispers. As she gazes at the other mirrors, she says, "An many more to go."\n\nSlowly before her appears a Rosary Whip, hovering in mid-air. \n\n"The beads of this rosary were made with the thorns from the crown of Jesus." Michael's voice spoke inside Leisabeth's head. "You can use it to attack demons."\n\nLeisabeth secures the whip around her like a sash.\n\n"Ok. Who's next?"\n\nIn the next mirror, Leisabeth sees a teenage boy being bullied at school. She takes a deep breath and walks into the mirror.\n\n[[Continue|Branch 2.0]]

"Have you talked to your parents about this?" Leisabeth asked.\n\n"No!" Jeremiah turned on Leisabeth. "They will hurt my parents. They said they would hurt my parents if I told them." Jeremiah's shoulders slumped in defeat."The only way to keep them safe is to kill those guys."\n\n"Then you would be no better then they are."\n\n"What do you know? I don't even know you."\n\n"I know that your parents are stronger than you think." Jeremiah looked up, hopeful. "I would even bet one of them was bullied at your age, too."\n\n"You really think so?" Jeremiah stood a little straighter.\n\n"I do. Why don't you go home and talk to them right now."\n\n"I ... I think I will. Thanks!" Jeremiah took off at a trot.\n\n"You know," came the slimy voice of the demon, "I will just find him again. \n\nLeisabeth turns and confronts the demon.\n\n[[Fight the demon?|B2 Fight]]\n\n[[Pray a hedge of protection over Jeremiah|B2 Prayer]]\n\n

[[Choice 1|B2 Fight 1]] Use the Sling Cross.\n\n[[Choice 2|B2 Fight 2]] Use the Rosary Whip.

Leisabeth approaches Sarah Branch. "Why are you weeping?"\n\nSarah shows Leisabeth the picture she is holding. "My husband has died. I don't want to live without him."\n\nLeisabeth notices the contents of several pill bottles strewn over the a table and a half empty glass of wine.\n\n"What have you done?" Leisabeth whispers loudly.\n\n"What I told her to, Guardian," hissed a demon who appeared behind the woman. "And you are too late!"\n\nThe demon grabbed the woman by the chin and hair, and yanked her head back. Sarah cries out and looks at Leisabeth with fear in her eyes.\n\n[[Fight the demon!|B3 Fight]]\n\n[[Influence the woman.|B3 Influence]]\n\n\n

The Rosary Whip could hurt Sarah, so Leisabeth will ...\n\n[[Choice 1|B3 Fight 1]] Use the Sling Cross.\n\n[[Choice 3|B3 Fight 2]] Use Wyrmbrand.\n\n[[Choice 4|B3 Fight 3]] Use Prayer Book.

Leisabeth continued to flip through the pages of the prayer book. \n\n“Leave this man to me," came Slaughter's diseased cooed. He is corrupted. Shade. Evil. Death. He cannot be healed. A leper. Filth.”\n\nLeisabeth raises the book up again and begins to recite.\n\n[[Read the Prayer of the Holy Purge]]\n

Leisabeth stepped into the mirror, and out of the darkness, a face appeared. The man who murdered her.\n\nThere he stood, his skin now as mottled and marred as his soul, with the same blade that cut Leisabeth's life short. Blood seemed to continually drip from the tip of the blade.\n\n“You've kept me waiting. I've never had to kill someone twice.”\n\nA ghoulish grin spreads across his rotten face, announcing his delight. As he moved closer, Leisabeth could see six bullet wounds, seeping with black blood. \n\n"Those from the police officers that put you down?" She asked, egging the demon possessed man on. \n\n[[Draw Wyrmbrand]]\n\n[[Open Prayer Book]]

“You'll need this.” Michael hands Leisabeth a small book that fits snuggly in the palm of her hand. It looks ancient and grubby, but at the same time it reflects light as she turns it. \n\n“What is this?”\n\n“It's a prayer book.” He moves closer to her, his blonde hair shimmering as he leans forward.\n\n“Slide your finger along the spine. Go ahead.”\n\nLeisabeth does, and the book bursts open in front of her, growing larger as it hovers and waits for instruction. Instinctively she grasps it and it shrinks back into the palm of her hand.\n\n“How does it work?” She doesn't look at him when she asks. \n\nA smile alights his handsome face. “There is power in the spoken word. Direct that power, and it becomes a prayer. When you need it, just say, 'Prayer.' It will come to you naturally, you'll see. You'll also begin with these.” Michael hands Leisabeth a wooden walking staff, and a sling cross with three smooth stones. \n\nLeisabeth placed the stones and the book in the pouch at her waist. She tucked the sling under her belt.\n\n“Are you ready?” Michael asks.\n\n“Yes ... No." Leisabeth takes a deep breath. "Yes."\n\nLeisabeth steels herself as Michael gently pushes her forward into the first mirror with the ten year old girl.\n\n[[Continue|Branch 1.0]]

"Sarah. Pray with me," Leisabeth urged.\n\n"That won't work, Guardian. She is already lost to you," the demon hissed.\n\n"We'll see about that. Sarah. Look at me."\n\nSarah met Leisabeth's eyes. Leisabeth looked deep within Sarah's eyes, keeping her locked in a powerful gaze."\n\nWithout looking, Leisabeth takes the book from her pouch and says, “Prayer.” \n\nInstantly, the book settles and a page lifts into the air and rushes into Leisabeth's mouth. She gasps and coughs. Then, as if propelled, she speaks, her voice loud and rushing like the wind.\n\n“By the power of the spoken word of prayer, and by the mighty King who won it's power for me, I speak. Set this woman free. Sarah, you are now free from this demon. Say these words with me, Sarah."\n\nSarah nodded and repeated," I sent you away, demon. You have no power over me, by the blood that sets all men free."\n\nThe demon roared in agony and melted into a puddle of black ooze that evaporated into a black mist. \n\nSarah looked around, then back at Leisabeth. "I'm still dying."\n\n"You are," Leisabeth confirmed with a choke.\n\n"I really did want to live."\n\n"I know, Leisabeth replied. "But your balance of good and evil is now zero. You can become a guardian like me, if you choose."\n\n"Thank you," Sarah smiled up at Leisabeth, and with a last sigh, died in Leisabeth's arms.\n\n\n[[Return to the room of Mirrors|Branch 3.0 Weapons]]

[[Choice 1|B1 Influence 1]]: Ask her if she would like to find another dog.\n\n[[Choice 2|B1 Influence 2]]: Try to convince her she is better off without the dog.\n\n[[Choice 3|B1 Influence 3]] Ask her to pray with you.

Leisabeth is greeted in the mirror room by a sword.\n\n"Leisabeth, I am Wyrmbrand, the Sword of Justice and I am yours. Together we will battle these demons. You are on your way to being a great archangel!"\n\n"Right then. Let's go!" And with that, Leisabeth took up Wyrmbrand and turned toward the next mirror.\n\nA woman sits, weeping, holding a picture. \n\n[[Continue|Branch 3.0]]

She looked down at herself and compared her small stature to the powerful Archangel. He was so beautiful and she was so plain. The Archangel was clad in armor, with sword and shield, and he glowed with an inner light. The only thing glowing about her were her white robes. \n\n"How could I ever be an Archangel?" was her reply. \n\n"With every person you protected, and with every demon you sent back to hell, you would gain in strength and power," he told her. "But be warned. Demons will sense your increasing powers, and they will increase their efforts to stop you." \n\n"Are you ready to spend your afterlife as a protector and warrior, constantly in battle?" \n\nLeisabeth squared her shoulders, "Yes."\n\n\n[[Start Game|Intro Branch]]

Leisabeth found herself wandering, lost on the road between Heaven and Purgatory. She tried to live her life right, but like all humans, she was not without sin. At the time of her death, her Balance between good and evil was zero. \n\nMichael the Archangel, appeared before her. \n\n"Leisabeth," he said, his angelic voice as powerful as it was calming. "All your mortal life you tried to protect the innocent. How would you like to continue doing so as a guardian angel?"\n\n"Of course," was her reply.\n\nSuddenly, Michael's wings whipped to their full expansion. His gaze seemed focused on something far away. He turned his eyes back to Leisabeth.\n\n"Leisabeth, I am in need of an archangel army. Will you join?" He asked her. \n\n\n[[Continue|PROLOGUE 3]]

Leisabeth adjusts her stance. Wyrmbrand remains heavy, but the weight of failure is heavier.\n\nHis yellowed teeth, littered with fragments of flesh, reveal themselves as he smiles. He makes a fist and rises up to strike.\n\n[[Move out of the way!]] \n\n[[Block the hit with Wyrmbrand]]\n

Nothing happens.\n\n\n[[Wave the key around]]\n\n[[Point the key]]

Leisabeth takes the book from her pouch and says, “Prayer.” \n\nInstantly, the book settles and a page lifts into the air and rushes into Leisabeth's mouth. She gasps and coughs. Then, as if propelled, she speaks, her voice loud and rushing like the wind.\n\n“By the power of the spoken word of prayer, and by the mighty King who won it's power for me, I speak. You are bound, demon. May the chains of hell hold you prisoner forever.”\n\nThe demon screams through the girl. She writhes and thrashes and suddenly falls still. The screams of the demon fade way. Slowly, the girl comes to her feet, looking around. "Where am I?\n\n"You are asleep," Leisabeth consoles her. "You were having a terrible nightmare, but it's over now. Go back to sleep."\n\nThe girl crawls back in bed. Bertie jumps up and curls up at the foot of her bed.\n\nMichael appears before Leisabeth. "You've accomplished this quest by sending the demon back to hell. Well done."\n\n[[Return to the room of Mirrors|Branch 1.0 Weapons]]\n\n

The girl looks confused as Leisabeth suddenly rushes across the room. Drawing her sling Leisabeth cast's a stone into the girl's forehead.\n\nShe begins to scream, as dark blood oozes from her head wound. “Please STOP!” \n\nShe plants another stone in her head, this one sinks and takes her out.\n\n[[Try to Influence the girl|Influence]]\n\n[[Try a different mode of attack|Fight]]\n

“Well…sucks being you but I don't have time for this,” says Leisabeth. \n\nWith that she cracks the girl in the skull and the girl falls to the floor, rolling and holding her bloody head.\n\n"That didn't work, did it?" The demon voice croaked.\n\n[[Try to Influence the girl|Influence]]\n\n[[Try a different mode of attack|Fight]]

Jennifer Shank-Maxwell\nand the Arch Team

Leisabeth reached for her prayer book, advancing toward the creature. As she neared him, his figure shifted. He grew taller. His eyes, snake-like, and his fingers curled forward like hooked talons of some bird of prey.\n\n“I am Slaughter.” He said, licking his lips, tongue moving like a cat's tail. Slaughter brought his knife to his mouth and tasted the blood.\n\n"That's still my blood, isn't it?" Leisabeth's anger rising.\n\n“It tastes good. Sweet.” He said, “Put that toy away.”\n\n“You stink of fear. Even demons know fear. And I have sent others to oblivion." Leisabeth raised the book and began to recite.\n\n[[Read the Prayer of Binding]]\n

Leisabeth draws Wrymbrand. "Come pick on someone your own size, demon."\n\n"YOU are not my own size. You are nothing but a Guardian."\n\nLeisabeth moves to the side to get closer to the demon.\n\n"Are you afraid, demon? Of a little Guardian?"\n\nThe demon lets go of Sarah and stands, towering over Leisabeth.\n\n"Afraid or a tiny thing like you?" The demon roars.\n\nA triumphant smile spreads across Leisabeth's face as she thrusts the blade of Wrymbrand into the demon. \n\n"Yeah. A tiny thing like me," she says as she powers the blade upward. The demon roars and falls into a heap on the floor, next to the collapsed Sarah.\n\n"Sarah!" Leisabeth falls to her knees next to Sarah. \n\n\n[[Pray for Sarah|B3 Prayer]]

Following a burst of light, Michael and Leisabeth stand in a pentagon-shaped room with mirror-like walls. Each “mirror” reflects an image of a different person. \n\n“Where are we?” asks Leisabeth.\n\n“At the beginning of your training. Look here …” He points to the first mirror. "You will enter this one first. In each mirror, you will find a person in need of protecting. You must either attempt to influence the person to save them, or fight the demon who is trying to do them harm. Once you have completed an assignment, you will return here. You will be awarded a new weapon, then you will move onto the next."\n\nLeisabeth bowed her head, but after a reflective moment she asked, "So how do I fight a demon?"\n\n\n[[Continue|Intro Branch 2]]\n\n