Prelude to "Walking My Own Path" (locked to two very specific people)
[It's the middle of the night on the Chalice, still at Gucun for the moment. A guest came onboard the vessel today as well, Hana and Mad's grandmother Professor Himesaki. There hasn't exactly been a heartwarming reunion just yet though... instead the woman's been in discussion with Ayame and Maxene... late into the night even
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[When she heard that Professor Himesaki was on board she did everything she could to avoid the old woman, clearly uncomfortable at the prospect of meeting her to the point of exhaustion.]
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[However, someone else had every intent to see her now, slipping into the room she worked in before locking the door behind him... a black miasma beginning to emanate from him.]
So much anger in this one... and with good reason.
[Yes, she was perfect for what was to come.]
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[She has not awoken to the presence of the other person in the room, but on some level - she can feel that off-putting presence.]
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[Of the carnage that followed and the red-stained Blanc, looming over her.]
She tried to kill you. She had every intent to and everyone just let it happen.
You know this is true.
[The voice echoes in her ears even as the screams begin to fill the air. Those of the dying, those just as they're killed... even those of a little girl crying and begging for it all to stop. And before long those screams are accompanied by the most sadistic of laughs. Laughs that grow ever more gleeful with every life extinguished.]
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Stop....
[She wanted to shut her eyes, but she couldn't - she was dreaming after all... all she could do was dig her nails into her hands and do her best to look away - but she was surrounded by death and carnage.]
Stop it...
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[At Mad's words, Blanc responds by swinging its arm sideways into a Merry-Go-Round, causing it to begin rolling out of control.]
The machine is too powerful, too resistant to containment. It will kill and kill and kill, and there is nothing anyone can do to stop that.
But...
[The man smiled as he moved over Mad's sleeping body.]
There is one thing someone, perhaps even you, could do.
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W.. what? What do I have to do?
[Stop the Blanc. Destroy it. Stop the nightmares. Don't have to see it reaching for her again to crush.kill.rend.tear-]
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[The machine suddenly paused, turning to Mad before kneeling down.]
Its power is too great to stop. To great to even contain. The best anyone can hope to do is to simply... direct it. Turn it against the monsters who created it in the first place.
Which would you rather be, Nadeshiko? The one about to be killed, or the one doing the killing?
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A..accept...
[To grab the reins... of the thing that... maybe-...]
-SNAP-
[There was a dissonant chord. A string breaking mid-note, a screeching record. A scream cut short. Somehow, the dreamscape seemed to crack around them.]
Not my name...
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It is the name you were born with... the name you walked away from because you could not change this pivotal moment.
But you can now!
[Yes. Time for a graceful recovery.]
You can use this weapon on those that would see you harmed, Nadeshiko! Take back the identity that was robbed of you!
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[At this a resounding series of cracks tore through the air as a look of utter rage bloomed across Mad's face. Fairy Park, Blanc itself and the ground under them was utterly devastated and torn apart by the sheer and utter rage of the of the person dreaming.]
My. Name.isn't...
[That one look Graf. That pure and utter fury you have awoken. Look at it very deeply and realize that YOU DUN GOOFED.]
My name... isn't.... NADESHIKO!!!!
[She snaps awake... and sees Graf close by. She had no idea who he was, or why he was here. But there was only one answer for that.]
GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!
[PUNCH TO THE NUTS!]
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[The next he's suddenly gritting his teeth and stumbling back. Low blow, Mad. Very low blow. Also very effective.]
You... bitch...
[Graf's anger is starting to get the better of him as he raises his cane up before swinging it down to crash into Mad's body.]
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-3 3 3- -STANDING BY-
I got no idea WHO the fuck you are you girly ass dickbag-
-Complete-
But you shouldn'tve bothered!!
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Oh, I already accomplished one thing onboard this ship. Failing with you... is regrettable but it doesn't render this entire visit moo-
[The door behind him is then suddenly blown open. And standing there is Ayame, the professor, Dan, and two armed guards... one with a breaching hammer and the other with a rifle aimed at Graf. And immediately a fury can be seen building up in Mad's grandmother.]
GRAF!
[It hadn't taken long for Dan to suddenly realize something was wrong following Mad's punch. Graf might've distorted the camera feeds to cover his entrance into the ship... but once his focus was shattered and his cover was blown it hadn't taken the AI long to mobilize people for a quick response.]
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[Mad backs off at the sudden Door explosion. And the sight of the Professor sent an unbidden chill through her. Even if most of her face was covered, she still had a look that was edging towards anxiousness. Her hand was at her Axel Blaster but she had yet to draw it.]
Wha-
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After everything that's happened to my granddaughter because of my own mistakes, Graf... do you think I'll let you just get away with this?
[Graf, in the meantime just begins backing up very slowly. Cautiously. Occasionally limping because of that surprise blow to the family jewels.]
... Professor... do you really think think that this vessel, no... this room can contain ( ... )
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