[EVENT] LUCERNE ATTACK

[soul_mods]

Characters: OPEN to Lucerne agents and the agents coming in from Liechtenstein
Location: Lucerne, Switzerland
Rating: PG
Time: December 20
Description: Shibusen Lucerne gets attacked and its agents attempt to defend it. Event Summary Here

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[Closed] Roy and Lady

[lady_may_cry]

[Shit had gotten bad in a hurry. It was sometimes hard to see anything through the dust and debris in the air from everything going on, and the base was literally being overrun by kishin.

They were everywhere, and it was easier to hear them coming than see them in the commotion.

They'd been cut off from the others in the chaos, and as they cut down a weak kishin egg that got into their way, they continued heading up toward higher ground. They would be more efficient at longer range.]

They certainly aren't fucking around, now are they?

[The words came out harshly, her tone grating. She could feel something clawing at the back of her mind, interfering with her thoughts. It...was bothersome.]

[thewarisover]

I think the disturbing thing about it is that they are, and we might not be able to keep up.

[He was, it seemed, getting used to dealing with the madness wavelength. Battle helped him focus, as did having a Weapon.

As such, he could feel that something was... different now, with Lady. They had been fine at the start, but as things had progressed...

They needed to hold out. The only other option could get them both killed.]

[lady_may_cry]

Ugh, now why'd you have to go and put it that way.

[Lady had encountered true madness wavelength only once, and at the time she'd been so focused on finding Dante and yelling at his partner that it hadn't effected her too badly.

This, though, felt stronger, more condensed. It pulsed in the back of her head, buzzing like a huge fly between her ears. It felt like her skin was crawling, even in Weapon form, like something had gotten inside of her and was digging its way around.]

[thewarisover]

Mincing words isn't something I'm good at.

[There's a wry note there, just to ease the blow of the statement. He was in control. Roy Mustang almost always was.]

[lady_may_cry]

Yeah, but I'm the pessimistic one. When you do it, it's depressing.

[She's trying not to get too serious, here, but it's hard with all the explosions and that itch digging into her mind. Her wavelength gives a creepy little shudder, but she reigns it in, tries to hide it.

They didn't have time for her issues. Not now.]

[thewarisover]

I prefer the term 'realist'.

[Oh, hold on a sec: blasting a kishin right in the mouth. Say aaaaah, you freak.]

[lady_may_cry]

[She manages to stay stable enough to fire off that shot, and the creature's head practically explodes at the impact.

However, she makes a stifled noise a few seconds later, trying to muffle the sound. Her image, reflected on the surface of the Weapon, is clearly shuddering, her head hanging a bit, her shoulders shaking.

Is she laughing? Crying? Scared? It's hard to tell.]

[thewarisover]

[Either way, it's alarming.]

What's wrong?

[Good thing he's made it to a much more quiet corner than the one they were in a few minutes back...]

[lady_may_cry]

[She hears his voice, but it sounds far away, muffled somehow. The buzzing it too loud, filling up her mind, and she feels distantly cold, freezing.]

There's blood everywhere. Where is it coming from?

[She can see it, on the ground, pooling around her feet, even though she knows somewhere in the back of her mind that she shouldn't have feet at all. Wasn't she fighting something? Isn't there something she's supposed to be doing?

Why was it so dark?]

[thewarisover]

[If the hallucinations started up, this could get bad.]

Lady. Shift out. Now.

[Been a while since he's given orders this terse.]

[lady_may_cry]

Shut up! Just leave me alone! I can get there in time! Before she-!

[She's shifting out all right, collapsing onto the ground, scuffing up her knees as she pushes herself back up to her feet raggedly, and then tenses her legs as if she's about to take off running.]

[thewarisover]

[And he's reaching out to snag her arm. He's a lot stronger than he looks.]

Snap out of it.

[lady_may_cry]

[So is she, and now she's angry, her eyes wild and damp with tears as she turns back and tries to wrench her arm violently from his grip.]

Let go of me!

[She glances back over her shoulder, as if staring at something that isn't there.]

She's not dead, yet! I can still save her!

[thewarisover]

[That only makes him reach out to grab her shoulders. It's not too hard to fight her off for the moment.]

Whoever she is, she isn't here right now. You're seeing things!

[He's going to try and keep her gaze on him, pull her out of this somehow.]

[lady_may_cry]

[She sharply inhales, as if his fingers are burning her through the fabric of her shirt. Her eyes flick from side to side, trying to avoid his gaze, when really it's that she's looking for the source of his voice, but can't quite seem to find him.

Then suddenly those eyes slam shut, her head dips a bit, and she lets out a low scream, which turns into something closer to a sob.]

It hurts! Roy, make it stop!

[That's an improvement, right? Except that now it feels like every scar on her body, and there are a lot of them, has split open all at once. That shit hurts.]

[thewarisover]

[...Yeah, no kidding. Still, when it comes to situations like this, panic is the LAST thing Roy ever does.

No time to think or consider any of that silly shit about propriety and distance. He pulls her in, hugging her close, holding her head against his shoulder. When he speaks, he keeps his voice calm and steady.]

I'm here. None of that's real. It can't hurt you.

[It's a moment like this where he realizes just how young his partner is.]