The Heist

[crypddyd]

They had been investigating for weeks, planning and setting up for what seemed like forever. But now was the time for everything to go into action. One team dressed up and settled into various undercover positions in the casino- including Lion himself over at the slots, in case he needed to call Greta and let her know someone was calling her out. Though hopefully, word of mouth would find her first.

Another at the bank, Mona using her Executor weapon to prove they could break-in at any time. It was all or nothing now- either way Greta was about to learn there were way more Executors than she previously assumed.

That is, if the Executors were right in their assumptions. But after last time who knows what might happen...

Comments

[mementomoritz]

Oh! [She blinks, the penny dropping.] That's right, your world probably doesn't have that one either- the Layers seem pretty strongly themed after the Seven Deadly Sins.

It was a concept from an old religion in my world- I don't know a lot about it, it's not very prominent in the modern day, but it used to be a pretty big deal, I guess? Anyway, the Sins were supposed to be envy, greed, pride, gluttony, lust, sloth, and wrath. Or, in the language they used to use way, way back in those times... Invidia, Avaritia, Superbia, Gula, Luxuria, Acedia, and Ira.

I guess the Authorities aren't very subtle.

...I don't really get why it's just those seven- I can think of plenty of sins that aren't even on that list! And isn't gluttony just "greed, but with food"? [She shakes her head, disapproving. The afterlife could be so much better organized.]

Anyway, it seems like the seven Layers in between Limbo and the Cogs all match one of the sins.

[heir_to_ruin]

[He nods, listening intently, mumbling the sins back to himself as she goes into the Latin.]

Religious concepts don't always make a lot of sense. Sometimes I think that's the point.

[Ruin just shrugs, dismissive and finding the whole idea of it a bit distasteful, not... that he really understands the full reasoning. Organized religion just seems... so foolish, doesn't it?]

Plenty of sins...? What makes something a sin? Just- some religious person in power deciding they don't like something? Fuck that.

[Yeah Dragon!Catholics aren't as bad as regular Catholics but it's still real dumb.]

But... at least we have an idea of what we're up against after this?

[mementomoritz]

[Medic crosses her arms and "hmph!"s lightly.] If "deliberately misrepresenting your experimental data" isn't already a sin, it should be. [Looking at you, Andrew Wakefield.]

Hopefully! Or at least we've got a one in five chance of guessing, since we've already crossed the first two off the list.

[heir_to_ruin]

[Why is anything a sin? Why are we listening to some all powerful being if all they want to do is shame us? He doesn't.... honestly think religion makes a lot of sense.]

Even if we don't know which one is coming up we can sort of brace ourselves for what else it could be. Better than no idea at all.