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[Canon update: Week 34, day 2] Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall

Dec 30, 2011 14:17

SPOILER WARNING for the PH manga from chapter 52 to 59, and a bit from 61. Also there is death and decapitation in this, but not really written all that detailed, I don't think?

( Humpty Dumpty had a great fall )

elliot nightray, cheshire cat, *canon update, *dream

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affannoso_anima December 30 2011, 15:46:48 UTC

action[Leo senses it in his sleep. Things are shifting and changing again, and the focus is 'that' time again. It's like Vincent's dream before but... it's worse this time because it's coming from Elliot, and everything is so much more clear and... he can feel Elliot's emotions far too clearly. The worst part is that he knows what's going to happen next. Leo knows what's coming because he's seen the climax of this horrid story before. He'd only managed to remain sane because for him... it was just like a story. Because Elliot was still here and safe and ignorant and he wasn't dead, wasn't even hurt... wasn't even aware. But that was about to change wasn't it. The panic was already rising. Leo didn't want Elliot know all these things. And he didn't want to face Elliot once he did. He was scared. When its over, he's almost afraid to wake up, but it has to happen. His eyes flutter open and he's staring at the ceiling, but Elliot is there, close to him... in the same bed. All he has to do is turn his head and look at him ( ... )

tableowned December 30 2011, 16:06:56 UTC

[Elliot isn't so far gone that he can't hear Leo, no. He hears him quite clearly, as he clutches his nightshirt over his chest and feels the warm blood soak through it. He doesn't know what to do about everything, and that's not the end of it either. He knows there's more, he knows that after so long here in Kannagara, there's more.

His brothers, his mother, his sister... Leo and Oz and... who else is involved in these false memories.

"I can't anything."

--right, Fai. Fai, Fai, Fai-- Shit, damn it, no...

"I want to protect Yuui from harm."

"I can give you that power."

"You must absolutely promise that Yuui will be safe. What do you want in return."

"He will be if you want him to be. It will be in your hands, not anyone else's. I require only your time."

SHIT.]

Leo... It's. It's okay.

[He grits his teeth at another throb of pain, sucks in a sharp breath. He remembers dreams, too, so many dreams. And Leo...

"...you'll just forget."

Leo has known for a long time now, and he's had to carry it all on his own.]

You... I'm sorry

affannoso_anima December 30 2011, 16:15:29 UTC

It's not okay!!

[He wants to hit Elliot for saying such a stupid thing. He wants to... what? What was so clear a second ago becomes unsure. His mind is clouded and confused; going in a million directions.]

Don't say that.

[Leo hates apologies. If they're directed at him, he doesn't know what to do. As if he'd regret anything he'd done for Elliot. No. The things he regrets are the misfortunes he's brought upon Elliot by choosing foolishly and blindly to follow him. He didn't know that it would hurt Elliot this way. No matter what world it was... it was bound to happen. And it all went back to one thing.

It was Leo's fault.

He can't look at Elliot. Even though he's here... even though he's awake. He doesn't know what to do. Isn't it inevitable? Elliot would die if left to him. That's why... he needs... someone... He needs someone to save Elliot, because Elliot is... Elliot is... everything.]

tableowned December 30 2011, 16:30:35 UTC

[Yeah, of course he knew it was a stupid thing to say. It was just the first thing that came to mind, even if he knows things are of course far from okay and won't be okay. At least there won't be any other wounds, but this is... this is quite bad enough.

Not that it matters, because he can't... he'll just die again, won't he? Surely the seal has only progressed further here and... he can't give into Humpty Dumpty, won't. He just needs to... remember everything.]

No, I... have to say it...

[He starts moving, slowly, even as he keeps his eyes shut to keep remembering.

"He used you. He used the children of Fianna House, he used everyone. Do you think your father didn't know anything? Do you think that your death was something he couldn't have foreseen or changed?"

His fatherHe feels so sick ( ... )

affannoso_anima December 30 2011, 16:38:10 UTC

[That's too much. Even for him. Something snaps violently inside of Leo. It's not sadness, but rage that overflows. And he doesn't care if Elliot is injured, he punches him without restraint. Because doesn't Elliot get it?! The weight of dying like this... of dying AGAIN... of dying right in front of someone like Leo... making him feel like there's nothing he can do... It hurts. It hurts so much.

But instead of saying as much, Leo sneers.]

If you have time to be an idiot than you have time to live, you moron.

[And he's saying it to get through to Elliot, but... he's really hiding a great pain of his own. Even though it hurts him...]

If you die, I want nothing more to do with you.

tableowned December 30 2011, 16:50:24 UTC

[--OW WHAT THE HELL.

Does Leo think he doesn't know it hurts?! It doesn't... it doesn't matter it just doesn't matter. Ugh. He feels horrible about it but he... he has to...

If only he had the energy to yell, then he would. But he can only raise his voice. Well, he will as soon as he's done coughing because getting thrown away from the force behind that punch and toppling over wasn't all that nice at all.]

W-what do you suggest I do then?! Wait and see... what happens once the seal completes its lap..?! It's not going to stop! And I-- I refuse to let Humpty Dumpty take my memories again only so I can live! I refuse to... [Deep, shaky breath.] To carry this thing that made me... kill my family inside of me!

[He curls up again, gasps for air after the effort of getting all that out, as he clutches his arms to his chest.]

Leave me all you want, but I... I'm sorry but I... I have to...

nightraysewerat December 30 2011, 17:00:34 UTC

You can't-!

[That's all he can say, as he barrels into the room, catching just the last snippet of the conversation.

He's seen the dream. And while it wasn't the first time he dreamed of Elliot's death, it was the first time that he dreamed it from Elliot's perspective, saw and felt everything just as his brother had. His brother whom he had wanted to badly to support and hadn't been able to, who he hadn't been able to help or save. He hadn't been able to do anything but relay a last message, and then... what he'd done after... dedicating himself in such a way hadn't been for Elliot though.

He hadn't been able to do anything for Elliot ( ... )

affannoso_anima December 30 2011, 17:09:53 UTC

[You have no idea just how much Leo loves you right the instant Vincent. He can't make Elliot listen to him, and he doesn't have the power to save him. But then... he isn't alone. And he's not sure what Vincent is doing... not sure what he's capable of... but he can see that there's something. He doesn't know what the price is. Leo can only be intensely grateful. If he didn't think Elliot would fight it, he might have had time to break down into tears akin to something of relief and happiness. But he can't let his guard down ( ... )

tableowned December 30 2011, 17:26:23 UTC

[Oh, damn it!

Indeed, Elliot isn't about to just sit back and let Vincent do it. Sure, Vincent did say that if he rejects the Chain he'll die, so it doesn't matter if the wound is actually there or not. Maybe it could even be nice to be rid of it, if it wasn't for the fact that he knows Vincent didn't use to have it and he doesn't know how it works or how he got it or what the requirements are or... or anything.

So he doesn't trust it, so he does try to push Vincent away, as he grits his teeth and hisses and protests:]

No, don't, you--!

[And then Leo is holding him down and he swears between his gasps for breath. Damn it, this is tiring! Mmnmjghf why can't they just--]

It's going to end some day, somehow, and I'd rather choose! You're just wasting your effort, let me go!

["I would have supported you."

The warmth of Vincent's embrace... Honestly, he would rather have something like that now, if anything, not attempts to try to save him when... when it's not saving, it's not. Only postponing for an inevitable end ( ... )

affannoso_anima December 31 2011, 18:35:31 UTC

I don't care what you want! You're being a fool.

[He holds Elliot tighter, a frown deeply embedded on his face. It's really guilt. So much guilt.]

It's my fault. I won't let you give up so easily!

[That would only make it hurt more.]

nightraysewerat January 6 2012, 23:06:19 UTC

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