Scene: "Reflection Breakers — Dante & Raen vs. Mirror Beasts"
SFX: BOOOOOOM! — The shockwave ripples through the Glass Tower lobby, shattering floor panels and warping the mirrored walls.
The air quivers with a low hum of unstable energy.
SFX: VVVVVRRRRMMMM...
From the fractured mirrors, distorted silhouettes crawl out — each one a twisted reflection of Dante and Raen. Their faces are cracked like porcelain, eyes glowing red.
Raen (gritting her teeth): "Just great—now we're fighting our own damn reflections!"
Dante (cracking his neck): "Heh, at least they've got good taste."
SFX: WHOOSH! — Dante dashes forward, his coat whipping behind him.
SFX: CLANG! — His katana collides with a mirror-beast's claws. Sparks fly.
SFX: KRSHHHH! — The impact sends glass shards exploding into the air.
He ducks low and spins.
SFX: SWISHHH! — The katana slices through another reflection's torso, turning it into black mist.
Dante (smirking): "Guess you don't reflect pain, huh?"
SFX: THUD! THUD! THUD! — Raen charges up the broken staircase, dual daggers glinting crimson under the flickering lights.
SFX: CHNK! — She plunges one dagger into the wall, using it to launch herself forward.
Raen (yelling): "Move your pretty head, Dante!"
SFX: WHOOM! — She flips through the air, landing between two mirror-beasts.
SFX: SHING! SHING! SHING! — Three precise slashes — each cut leaves glowing trails in the air.
SFX: CRRAAASHHH! — The beasts shatter like glass sculptures.
Raen (landing gracefully): "That's how you break a reflection."
Dante grins, flicking blood off his baton.
Dante: "Show-off."
Raen: "You're welcome."
SFX: RUMMMMMMBLE! — The floor vibrates violently.
Cracks spiderweb beneath them, revealing glowing runes pulsing with energy.
SFX: ZZZZT! CRRZZZHHH! — Energy arcs like lightning through the lobby.
Raen (eyes widening): "The core's destabilizing—this whole building's about to implode!"
Dante: "Then we end this quick."
SFX: THOOM! — Dante slams his baton into the ground; the weapon unfolds, transforming into a long-bladed glaive.
SFX: FWOOOOSH! — A wave of blue flame spirals out from the impact, vaporizing nearby beasts.
Raen leaps forward, daggers spinning between her fingers like silver comets.
SFX: TKTKTKTKTK! — Her movements blur — slashing, ducking, twisting through the chaos.
SFX: BANG! BANG! CLANG! — The glaive meets claws; daggers meet glass.
Together, they move like instinct — his heavy strikes complementing her speed.
Narrator:
In perfect rhythm, fear turns to instinct. Instinct to power.
SFX: BOOM! KRRRSHHHH! — Dante sweeps the glaive in a full arc, cutting through the final wave.
The mirrored walls tremble — then explode outward.
SFX: SHHHHHHHH! — Fragments rain down like silver snow.
The last reflection collapses, leaving only their ragged breathing and the hum of the dying tower.
SFX: HHHHHHH...THUM...THUM...
Raen (panting): "If this is the welcoming committee... I'm never joining a guild again."
Dante (grinning tiredly): "Heh... admit it. You had fun."
Raen: "...Maybe."
SFX: CRACK... CRACK... CRRRR... — The tower groans as if alive, wounded.
Dante (serious now): "We're not done yet. Whatever caused this—it's still here."
SFX: FWOOOOOOOOM! — A surge of dark light erupts from the center of the tower, shaking the entire floor.
Narrator (voice-over):
The Glass Tower breathes once more—
but what awakens within isn't human.
SFX: BWOOOOOOM! — Screen cuts to white.