Sentinels

"Sentinels?" Kirika arched an eyebrow. "What are those?"

"Sentinels…" Cyanide echoed, narrowing his eyes. He had seen that word on the Companions tab of his game system as well. Coincidence? Certainly not.

"We Sentinels are the founding pillars of this world, and we each represent a cardinal sin of mankind," the drone explained. "I am Lust, and apart from me, there is also Greed, Vanity, Envy, Pride, Wrath, Sloth, and the leader of us all... Agony."

"But… you were imprisoned?" Luna asked. "By this… Gamemaster entity?"

"Correct—it calls itself the GM. I know not where it came from, or how it came to be. When it arrived here on Orion, it simply sought to take over control of it. Naturally, my brothers and sisters did not approve of that. But when we attempted combating it… we lost. Horribly."

"But attaching to Cyanide just now made him so strong…" Kirika murmured. "All eight Sentinels worked together, and you still couldn't take this Gamemaster down?"