dream broadcast. yeah.
You have lived in the village your whole life. There were never very many people in it, but your family has been here for nearly as long as the town itself. It's not very large at all, either, but it's been relatively safe, at least until the recent whispers of creeping monsters drawing closer each night.
Yoma, they say in hushed tones as you head ( Read more... )
Yoma, they say in hushed tones as you head ( Read more... )
[Nevermind the carnage. That's a normal thing for little girls to see, isn't it?]
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...I think it's me, little one.
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[And here is some intense self-debate on whether or not she should explain this.]
Yachiru. Do you remember when Priscilla's hair changed?
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Did you change, too? Like that?
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Any of us could.
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If we don't use our yoki we can keep it at bay, but I couldn't say for how long. We're not especially long-lived at home. Here...
[Anything could happen. Anything. How would any of them begin to know?]
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Scilly called it a monster. Is that the same for everybody like you, too?
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[Kill each other first? She's like, eight. Not exactly a child that needs to be shielded like normal, but still, Teresa can't quite bring herself to tell her everything right now.]
...take certain measures to prevent it. But those things would take us out of the fight if we did them, and we're no use if we can't fight.
It is the monster within all of us, though. The part of us that gives us our power, but if we can't control it, it will consume us.
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