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Father~! Are we playing a game of hide and seek? You promised you’d take me to school today! I don’t want the teachers to think I’m skiving off unless I’m doing it on purpose.
Where is everyone? This isn’t any fun!
It’s the first time my door didn’t take me exactly where I wanted to go…Tyki had better come find me really soon or I’ll be so mad at ( Read more... )
Where is everyone? This isn’t any fun!
It’s the first time my door didn’t take me exactly where I wanted to go…Tyki had better come find me really soon or I’ll be so mad at ( Read more... )
The void bites at him, all teeth and temptation; he wants to know. Now, however, with Allen clearly alive and all too confident before him, Tyki thinks that he can make an educated guess. The Ark, the boy, the way Road had poked at him as if searching for a wound. (That thought is strange; he's been damaged before, but no Exorcist has ever come close to giving him any marks to last.) He'll need the details from Road to make a proper pretense of it later. Until then, surely he can manage enough of a deception to fool a fifteen-year-old. And if it puts him off, so much the better.]
I believe you're the one who doesn't remember, boy.
[Allen's arm goes back and the very texture of the air seems to warp, as if in readiness for what's coming. Instantly, Tease descend in a swarm towards the Exorcist's eyes. Somewhere behind the mirage of wings, Tyki darts towards this opening Allen's given him. Forward, forward, always forward. He's playing in circumstances he doesn't quite grasp, and he doesn't plan to lose his chance to understand them.
Which is why this death will be simple: thrust the hand through, grasp the heart and tear it out. End the matter. He knows from experience, after all, that the boy doesn't play well.
And how much the better to array the death scene and leave him in it to revive.]
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Good luck!
[She's still watching the fight as if it was the most entertaining spectacle in the world - and to her, it is. It's hard to tell who her shout was meant for, and quite possibly in her own twisted way she means it for both of them.
She wonders which of them will draw blood first.]
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You've got to be kidding. You think I'd forget that? You need some new tricks, Tyki.
[ He moved his right arm to his left wrist then, a strange light starting to form as he concentrated on altering his weapon to the sword form, knowing better than to repeat history and try and Exorcise Tyki but knowing the blade itself was an effective weapon even if he wasn't using it for that purpose in particular. ]
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[But, of course, they both know that. Even so, Tyki grins.
See, the bad part about swatting at carnivorous golem is that they have a tendency to bite your hand if you do so. And your arm. And, in fact, whatever they can reach of you. Butterflies don't get choosy. Thwarted in their first purpose, however, Tyki lets the Tease ascend, drifting around Road like a cloud. It wouldn't be quite so entertaining if they killed Allen too soon. Quick though he wants it, he doesn't want to rob himself the pleasure of the fight.]
I wasn't referring to tricks. [A delicate pause. Tyki sweeps a glance over him like a calculation.] Have you forgotten?
[Surprise flares through his stance for a single breath before he recovered. That is new. His eyes slant, narrow with amusement. Light and darkness. Then he clenches his fist. The butterfly shield at his arm shivers, condensing into a ball of raw power.
Break down the Innocence first, then. That won't take long. He's done it before and can do it again.]
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He wouldn't dare, not after what happened on the Ark. Not after he'd seen how angry he'd made her.
She hovers close by, reluctant to intervene...she still thinks Tyki can handle it on his own, but just in case...
It would be the work of seconds to send Allen out of the dream, and Tyki might be annoyed, but the Earl isn't here to put him back together in case Road's favourite Exorcist did something stupid again.]
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