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ACES #11 – Dahlia Hawthorne
Going from the most light to the most dark pieces in the series here! In fact this was one of the first pieces I drafted up months ago when first embarking on this series, and at that time it was wholly informed by my memories of Dahlia from the first time I'd played AA3 way back in '08 or whenever. I got like halfway through it before actually playing through that final episode, and almost ended up deleting it after having my memory refreshed – no doubt Dahlia's a real shitheel, but when all was said and done justice was served in a way, and all things considered she went through enough hell in life that being fisted by demon arms for all eternity is just overkill.
So, I regret going down this route. Maybe I was just really dense when I first played it, or maybe my perspective has just changed that much in the time since, but #11 here ended up pretty intense in more ways than just the subject matter.