No Strings Attached

Preperation

William finished processing the information and went back to reading.

Will: "The other things mentioned in the book are less detailed I'm afraid, they speak of an order of angels two specifically the "Favors" and the "Archangels". The ladder is said the be the strongest angels to ever exist and the Favors are not described all that much.

Charlie: "My mom used to talk about the Archangels."

Her tone grew somber.

Charlie: "She said that one of them was supposed to have killed my dad way back then but failed."

She calmed her breath and continued.

Charlie: "I however have no idea what the Favors are."

William: "From what the book says, they are and I quote "The embodiment of the good in the world" and they represent that good everywhere they go."

Charlie: "They sound incredible."

Will: "Yeah they do, the book also says one had something to call the end's edge."

Charlie: "It probably refers the the giant crater."

William: "You mean the giant one on the edge of the first floor?"

Charlie: "Yes."

William wondered for a bit before closing the book.

Will: "What time is it?"

Charlie looked at her phone and gasped.

Charlie: "Oh my God! It's almost 4! I need to hurry!"

Charlie ran up the stairs presumably to get the others. William stayed there. It was a good talk, and informative. There was just something about the "Favors" that didn't sit right with him. Like a missing piece to be added to the puzzle.

He sighed, figuring it out will take a while, but he'll find out eventually, he has all the time in the world to do so.

When the first one arrived they sat and waited for the others to come. Little by little the room filled with the teams that would participate. Finally, the last one came in and made their presence known.

Angel: "Why are we here again?"

Frank: "Yeah, and can someone turn on the air conditioning? I'm sweating balls."

William: "We are here to here to explain the game rules for those who don't know them and to add a few rules."

Husk: "Well get on with it."

Charlie: "Ok, game rules,

1. No shooting with real guns.

2. No using lethal force.

3. Wear the detection bands at all times.

And that's it."

Frank: "The fuck are detection bands?"

Will: "They are a device that detects when you get hit, it ensures there is no cheating, this is hell after all."

Charlie: "Yeah!"

Will: "Now our two personal rules.

1. We will not be using our soul contracts or deals to help us during the match.

2. We will be limited in our use of abilities, such as me not being able to control you with my strings. However, I can still use them to move things around the field to my advantage."

These rules are to make sure we don't win simply by cheating our way to the top. This includes you Alastor."

Alastor: "My my, William you wound me, I would never be caught cheating."