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night 45: F-A block hallway.

Nov 21, 2009 19:05

( from here. )So far, so good. Once Bella’s hand touched the corner of the wall, she followed it slowly, her feet stumbling over themselves for a few seconds before she finally got her footing. “Stupid ... disorientating darkness,” she muttered to herself, her cheeks flushed from the thought of falling. That certainly wasn’t high up there on her ( Read more... )

kitty pryde, anthy, asuka, bella, anise, yuffie, sync, utena, ayumu, chise, claude, yomi, aerith, harley, hime, ange

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roseoverture November 24 2009, 18:27:47 UTC

[From here]

The next hall seemed relatively empty, and free of any monsters or apparitions. Good. She wanted it to stay that way for as long as possible, until she found whatever path they were supposed to be taking. At the moment, she had no idea where they were supposed to go. Was it outside the institute, or was it as her false self suspected on these nights - further up in the building?

"My real name is Yomi Takahashi, by the way," she said quietly as they walked, holding her sword at the ready just in case. "If you don't remember, yours is Delilah Jones. Your brother is Antony. Does any of that ring a bell?"

exbride November 24 2009, 22:56:10 UTC

Anthy's steps were quiet as she followed Utena down the hall and through a new door, belying a reaction to her words. She knew better than to trust anything Utena said, but finding out what had been done to her mind was a point of interest -- albeit a painful one.

The halls were dark and empty except for the scattered presence of what must have been other captors. Pawns. She kept her focus on the both familiar and unfamiliar person in front of her and continued to follow her lead -- even if it led Anthy to danger, it would be a befitting revenge, one Utena herself would never carry out.

Yomi. Delilah. Antony, her brother. Whoever brought them here knew something of their histories before. Anthy lowered her head and closed her eyes in contemplation for a moment. "No, Utena."

"My brother is the acting Chairman at Ohtori Academy," she explained, bordering on insistence. "Where he currently remains in his coffin. I left him to find you."

roseoverture November 26 2009, 07:04:06 UTC

Yomi had been about to explain gently that there was no Ohtori Academy, but was stopped by the last thing that Delilah said. She paused in the hall for a moment, turning back to her friend. "You came back here just for me?" she asked, a pang of guilt hitting her like a cold sword strike ( ... )

exbride November 26 2009, 19:17:04 UTC

Anthy certainly hadn't been expecting for her meeting with Utena to be like this, for the outside world to close in around them on another prison so very quickly, but Anthy's time outside had been so short-lived that the shock of it was receding already. Replaced by a dull fury for Utena's sake.

She glanced up at her friend's gaze and her eyes crinkled with an ache and a plea. Please come back to me, please fight this. It wasn't fair to ask, to want, even, but Utena was strong ...

Anthy took a step closer and her hands closed over Utena's where it was holding onto the hilt of a sword (a flash of memory, prying her trembling fingers off the hilt after-) with a gentle squeeze. Her voice was almost an urgent whisper: "Something has been done to you. Someone has tampered with your memories and your identity. No matter where we are now, our real selves are Utena and Anthy -- I promise you that ( ... )

roseoverture November 29 2009, 19:06:22 UTC

It was hard to see Delilah properly in the darkness, the outer glow from the flashlight beam only illuminating part of her face. Yomi could see the earnestness in her friend's expression, though. She felt something tighten around her heart as warm hands closed around hers. She had seen Delilah look like this a scant few times before, but never "Anthy." As her other self, Delilah had always been calm in some way, never fully expressing the breadth and depth of any particular emotion. It was so difficult not to believe "Anthy"'s words when she was being like this.

"I want that to be true," she answered with a soft crack in her voice. "You know how much I want that to be true. But . . ." The rest of that sentence hung. She had wanted to say "we can't keep pretending forever." Saying harsh things like that to Delilah's face, however, was getting harder and harder to do.

exbride November 30 2009, 02:15:01 UTC

Utena did not believe her (more likely, could not believe her). It was nothing short of what Anthy deserved, after taking advantage of her for such a long time, but the sting of failure was still unpleasant. Her gaze dropped and her grip wavered until she was only holding on with one hand, clinging uselessly as her other arm swung back over to her side ( ... )

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