Characters: OPEN Location: Everywhere Rating: R Time: Between October 2009 to August 2019 Description: What happened between the present time and ten years later?
Having crested a ledge several meters above, Vergil glanced downwards as he detected not so much movement, but the flailing limbs as something closer to beast than human was barreling headlong towards him. Another berserker Kishin, I suppose. It certainly hadn't been the first, but Vergil was torn between disappointment and anticipation. He preferred the souls of Weapons and Meisters, but he often found that Kishin tended to make for more enjoyable fights. They didn't run nor hide; they fought until they were dead or simply incapable of moving, and they possessed much greater stamina and resilience. He could take his time and enjoy this.
First, he had to take control. Gauging the distance between him and the creature and measuring its approximate reach (that tendril of shadow may be able to extend further), Vergil sprang, ran partway along an adjacent cliff wall and dropped down fluidly to a lower ledge, lining himself up with the Kishin. His right hand gripped Cambion tightly and he settled back into an iaido stance, preparing to
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Vergil was momentarily startled as the other Kishin called piteously and embraced him. Big brother? He felt his body tense slightly, a matter of instinct, at the physical contact. His body was frozen in place; katana still held out, but now pointing at thin air well past the clinging creature - no - boy. Despite what it was, its reaction was far too human to be beast, and that vulnerability was nigh incomprehensible to Vergil the man. There was only one time in his own life where he had been so weak, and the memories from back then had been repressed even before he came to this world
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First, he had to take control. Gauging the distance between him and the creature and measuring its approximate reach (that tendril of shadow may be able to extend further), Vergil sprang, ran partway along an adjacent cliff wall and dropped down fluidly to a lower ledge, lining himself up with the Kishin. His right hand gripped Cambion tightly and he settled back into an iaido stance, preparing to ( ... )
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