Wealth would have to suffice for anyone and everyone else.
In other words, he’ll provide them with the thing they so desperately need, but only if they’re also particularly useful.
Fair enough.
Creep remained the one individual that had the opportunity to discover Coil with the mask off, so it was worth buying his loyalty.
Ah, yeah, makes sense.
The man waited in the front seat of the white van, eyes forward, until he heard the three knocks on the back door of the vehicle. He pressed a button, opening the door to allow Coil to enter.
Once inside the back of the van, hidden from Creep’s view by a barrier between the seats, Coil removed his clothes, folding them neatly.
t r a n s f o r m a t i o n s e q u e n c e g o !
He donned his costume, his second skin. A zipper was hidden in the image of the long white snake that weaved up around the body of the costume to the head.
Hah! Reminds me of my pencil case, which is pretty much just one long zipper.
This is cool, but I have a hard time imagining it being practical to get into in any way, shape or form.
He drew it together around himself, tucked the metal tab of the zipper into a flap at his ankle. The fabric of the costume allowed him to see and breathe through it, but was an opaque black-gray to outside observers in all but the brightest light.
Sounds like going up against Purity could get awkward.