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pandora tears

Jun 18, 2011 13:38

Who: Kusanagi, Ragna, Jin, Nami, Adell, Grell, Homura, and Li
What: The final battle.
When: June 18th, early evening.
Where: The eastern part of the forest.
Summary: After dozens of battles, Kusanagi is finally starting to get worn out. As fate would have it, there are a number of fighters in close proximity of each other who stand a chance against ( Read more... )

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GAME OVER (aftermath) oneofsaya June 18 2011, 20:40:59 UTC

[Here lies a dead Kusanagi.

No, but seriously. After all the efforts of everyone today, it was Adell who finally did her in. The explosion of Vulcan Blaze gave her some pretty nasty burns, but in a stroke of luck(?) it had also burned away her filial wings, instantly killing Kusanagi.

All that's left from her is silence. Strangely enough, the Godslayer looks... almost peaceful.

It makes sense.]

vulcanblazer June 19 2011, 06:27:15 UTC

[...It's over. Mu... Noel... she's gone. Adell looks down to her now motionless body. He kneels down, wincing as every muscle in his body cries out in pain. He's covered in both his own blood and Noel's, and at this point, it's impossible to tell which is which ( ... )

mikangirl June 19 2011, 06:52:43 UTC

[Maybe he'll hear her approach. Maybe not. Nami is certainly very quiet, padding soft steps across the wreckage of the clearing to stand a little way behind Adell. She doesn't need to get any closer to know.

She hates Adell a little, right now.

But she also hurts for him. He did what had to be done. Better him than...

...

It'll be a while before she asks. Her voice is very soft. And very flat.]

How badly are you hurt?

vulcanblazer June 19 2011, 07:10:02 UTC

[...He hates himself a little right now too. Before Nami's voice registers in his mind, before he can process the words, or even the tone.

...What if there had been another way? What if what he did was nothing short of barbaric? Regret builds up quickly in those moments, though it settles back down as he looks back at the crown in his hand and back to Noel.

When Kusanagi was alive, there was nothing in those azure eyes except for rage. Pure, seething hatred for everything and everyone; and though he had seen a being of immense power radiate similar feelings before, even they paled in comparison to the fury Mu-12 had. But at the same time, he wondered... were Kusanagi, Mu-12... what Noel wanted? No. It couldn't be.

...And it's a couple of moments before Nami's words are pieced together in his mind. He glances back at her over his shoulder, his face... exhausted, drained... and hurt, more than anything.]

...Pretty messed up.

[He slowly rises back up, the action an obvious difficulty that he tries to mask in his face. ( ... )

mikangirl June 19 2011, 07:22:44 UTC

[She doesn't hesitate, reaching up to touch his back with both hands. Steadying him if he needs it. It's a kind of added support; Nami's functioning on automatic right now. He's badly hurt, they're a long way out of town. It's the only thing she can offer, and it means she can put off talking about this. And Nami still refuses to look at the body on the ground.

She's had a lot of time to master Nala's magic. If she couldn't help Noel, the very least she can do is deal with some of these injuries. She'll heal as much as she can.]

vulcanblazer June 19 2011, 07:32:30 UTC

[The support he'll gratefully accept. As Nala's healing energies wash through him, he can feel his injuries mend and close. But the energy's not going to be enough to fix everything. But it's enough that he can limp back to the village.

Still, he steadies a bit more after she heals him... and he can't help but notice how covered in blood Nami is too.]

Thanks. [He hesitates for a moment.] ...You're not hurt yourself, are you?...

mikangirl June 19 2011, 07:50:10 UTC

No. [She is hurt, a little. But the blood is from old injuries healed hours earlier, at least. Now, Nami is just lightheaded-- earlier loss of blood, and stress, and expending her energy here.

It's nothing she can't deal with, but maybe it excuses why she sounds so disinterested to her own ears. Maybe. She doesn't know. She ought to cry or something, shouldn't she? The anger is there, and so is the hurt, but it feels distant. Like it's on the other side of a glass wall.

Abruptly, she wants to leave. Before people think she doesn't care.]

You'll be okay to get back?

vulcanblazer June 19 2011, 07:57:45 UTC

...Yeah. I'll be fine.

[...

...Nami was here. Had she seen everything? Everything that happened...? If she did...]

What about you?

mikangirl June 19 2011, 08:16:55 UTC

I'm fine. [From disinterested to plainly mechanical, and Nami turns, starting to move away. And that's not enough, she knows that, so she adds one last thing, assuming he's not stopping her.]

Adell. You did what you had to do. She'll be grateful for it.

vulcanblazer June 19 2011, 08:27:29 UTC

...

[Noel might be. But...]

...I'm sorry, Nami.

mikangirl June 19 2011, 08:39:34 UTC

[...ah. No, don't apologise. Don't make this so personal. It makes it real, she can't--

---

--she has to go. Now. Voice a whisper:]

Don't. It's not your fault.

[And she's taking off.]

1/2 vulcanblazer June 19 2011, 08:53:31 UTC

[...She takes off at a dead run. Adell's in no condition to follow her or stop her at the moment. Instead, all he can do is let his expression harden into stone for now.

Whenever he finds out who's responsible for all of this, he's going to make sure justice is brought to them. It's the only thought that gives him solace at this point.

Still holding Mu's crown, his gaze briefly turns down to it again.]

2/2 vulcanblazer June 19 2011, 08:57:10 UTC

[...He holds it with both hands, one hand on each side of the crown.

A harsh, angry grunt claws its way from his throat, and with the last vestiges of his strength, he crushes it into tiny fragments.]

black_onslaught June 19 2011, 21:45:00 UTC

[After Ragna's sure that no one else is nearby, he just collapses to his knees. Sure, he was nearby during most of the entire fight -- even close enough to watch Adell go to work -- but he was keeping to himself. He had worn himself out fighting Kusanagi, and he was pretty much sure that he couldn't fight anymore. His body's screaming and aching was only another indicator of such a truth ( ... )

molinet June 19 2011, 23:48:18 UTC

[For once he's not sure what to think.

Should he be happy? Sad? Disappointed? Angered? Some combination of all of the above or none of them at all?

Jin folds his arms, supporting himself with the trunk of a tree, staring at the dead Murakumo Unit, unable to feel... well, anything. She died at the hands of another when it should have been him (how badly he'd wanted a chance to kill Noel, just slaughter her and paint the streets with her blood ( ... )

black_onslaught June 20 2011, 01:25:31 UTC

[If he were any less of a man, he would break down into depression and/or tears. But he already succumbed to tears once before in recent memory, excluding that incident. And it was in front of his mortal enemy. He refuses to let his emotions get the best of him today, even if he couldn't feel the anger that usually fueled his reactions.

He legitimately felt sad. Jin's thought process is correct in one manner -- this was like watching Saya die. But not only Saya, but Noel herself. He did promise her he would treat her as Noel and not a Murakumo ( ... )

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