[Area] Seth's Dream dome

Raphael continues his trek across the damp grassy plains, blue chicken following behind him.
Soon enough, he reaches the house.

It's his childhood home from back in Idaho.
Despite the painful memories, it's still home.
He remembers back to the last time he was here, as he was escaping the session. It was right after his ascension.
Cojiro hops about behind him, flapping his wings about.

After a moment of reminisce, Raphael walks behind the house.
Sure enough, the thing he was looking for is there.
The Elevator that leads back down to the Tower, he's sure of it.
He presses the button and the door open. He walks inside.
Cojiro follows him.

Raphael presses a few buttons and pulls the lever. He needs to know if this really leads down there.
Soon enough, the elevator begins shaking as it descends at terrifying speeds. Cojiro is stuck to the ceiling, trying to flap his poor feathery wings against the sheer g-forces. Raphael stays grounded, though his hair and tattered cape does fwoosh upwards.

Thoren is helped up by her and gets into... something that looks like a dancing position? He's never really done this before.
What has he gotten himself into. There is a twinge of embarrassment.

Alpha sends some encouragement from the sidelines, smiling and giving a thumbs up.

Thoren smiles back, and then looks over at Raine again. How did it go in the movies again? One arm over the shoulder and the other holding their hand? He guesses he can do that while taking some simple steps in time with the music.
He tries his best to attempt and dance with her.

Raine is practically beet red, as well as trying to make sure she doesn't mess up...Until the weird force causes her to fall over, making her yelp very, very loudly.

If she wasn't already red in the face, she would be now.

And yet...She can't help but smile.

This was the strangest, yet happiest moment of her life.

Meanwhile, Ribbon notices something out of the ordinary in a less noticable part of the room, and decides to check it out.

"Holy shit, is that Nil?"
"Where the fuck has he been all this time?"
"Are you fucking saying that Vincent hotshot was Nil the entire time?"
"Didn't you check the fucking message board? You'd have to be blind not to connect those dots!"
"You know some of us don't have computers, you shit sandwich!"

With the seths starting to rile up, Alpha Seth draws their attention.
"Enough."
He looks over at Nil.
"Okay, I'm gonna need you to explain exactly what the fuck happened while you were out there."

Nil pauses for a moment before beginning to speak.
"When me, Zwei, and the troll arrived, he was already waiting. He was literally reciting shit from the Bible while showing off his powers. He could do literally anything. He could be literally anywhere or any time. He could even reappear after fucking exploding!
I watched this man, this sorcerer, create an entire fucking planet, sky, ecosystem, and a sun! It doesn't even look like the void anymore! I found myself having to justify my reason to pull the trigger. It wasn't until everybody I had attracted had started launching a massive assault that I finally did it." He pauses for a moment.
"And then, even when all other attacks could not phase him, the bullet pierced through his shield and slammed straight into his arm, making him scream unlike any man I've ever seen. His skin turned black as charcoal. Dark spikes and tendrils jutted out from his back! And his arm... it grew crystals just like mine. He had placed a mask upon his face with no mouth and upon changing he made it have one by sheer force of will. By the end of his gruesome metamorphosis, he was no longer the same man he was before." He looks down at the empty metal shell upon the ground.
"And it's all because of me and my shitty fucking destiny. I believed in it more than I believed in myself. And look at what it's done. Long story short: I fucked up. I leave my fate in your hands, dear peanut gallery. Do what you will to my tarnished soul."
Nil stands there, unmoving and silent.

The crowd begins chattering amongst themselves. Some of them don't seem to believe his tall tale.
Schrodinger, using Rudolph's laptop, tries to fact-check his story from previous posts. There only seems to be one after Nil's that vaguely goes along with it. What's this? Thanatos has been worrying about all of them? At least he got his answers and stopped worrying as much. Also, there's a mention of a White Wall, whatever the fuck that is.

At this point, it's hard to tell what to believe from the crystalline boy in the center of the room.
Alpha Seth stands at the edge of the dance floor, trying to sort this out.

Physical attacks only? Fuck, that leaves most of them out of the action.

Thoren, holding Raine in his arms, doesn't seem to care. This was the man that mercilessly killed one of Alpha's few friends, and for that alone he deserves to die.

"Raine, I love you, but I have to get some shit done. Stay safe."

Alpha Seth easily picks up on what Thoren is planning. He begins to speak. "Nil, the best you can do right now is stay put. Even if the asshole you shot was creating all sorta of shit, he still killed Micha, and that's unfuckingacceptable. We need to finish the job and put him down. You're not in the right state to do it, but I know who is."

Thoren carefully wiggles his way out from under Raine and then stands up.
"I will finish the job. Bring me the soulbot. I will make sure Omega is brought entirely to an end."
Seeing how often Thoren had previously fallen into sticky situations, a lot of the seths seem hesitant to trust his strength. But, Raphael isn't here to say anything, so Thoren is still the man.
Nil steps aside and two other seths pick up the soulbot off the ground and carry it to Thoren. They set it down in front of him and walk away back into the crowd.

Thoren closes his eyes and changes to pure spirit form. Instead of just a simple red ball of light, his soul has become firelike, a red billowing flame.
He enters the soulbot and it sparks to life.

Thoren gets up slowly. It seems this vessel is very weak and limited. If anything happens though, he knows he can just recall himself back to Seth's heart. One of the perks of heart container linkage.
He notices he's still wearing Vincent's clothes. He takes off the shirt and ties it around his neck, like a cape. It's not much, but it will have to do.
Thoren locates the voice synthesizer options and changes some settings. He lowers the base pitch a bit.

"My name is Thoren, I'm going to kick Omega's ass."

The seths cheer as their champion stands ready for whatever may cross his path. Alpha Seth sends his support, supplanting Thoren's resolve.
Nil just stays out the way, doing nothing.

Smoke had watched Vincent trudge in from the door, if seemed like they could use some help out there. He let the souls be to themselves, enough eavesdropping for him. He exits the dream bubble.