"TO BE WITH SOMEONE, I WAS CAUGHT WITH THE DEMON I WAS LOOKING FOR!"
???: "BEYOND THAT WALL IS AN ANCIENT AND UNHOLY BEAST, ONE WHO HAS LIVED AND DIED A THOUSAND TIMES OVER AND WILL LIVE AND DIE A THOUSAND TIMES MORE. YOUR TASK, AS HAS BEEN THE TASK OF ALL FALLEN ONES BEFORE YOU, IS TO SLAY IT. SUCCEED, AND YOU WILL BE A DEMON, WELCOMED INTO HELL WITH OPEN ARMS. FAIL, AND YOU WILL JOIN THE OTHER POOR SOULS WHO HAVE DIED IN THIS ARENA. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?"
Swirls of shadow reach out from within the gate, stretching out like tentacles and wrapping themselves around Xen before he can even fully react or cry out, finally reaching up and covering his face, suffocating him, trapping his world in nearly unbearable darkness before pulling away-he stumbles a little, adjusting, gasping for breath-and then he sees the "beast.". An angel, a young girl, maybe about his age, staggers through the gates, hands and feet chained, hair dull and limp around her. Her cheeks are hollow and her eyes glassy. She looks up at Xen, pleading, quiet words escaping her lips
"...Help...please..."