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fionnuisce) wrote2022-08-07 12:14 am
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The Order had some ties to some religions of this realm, did it not? Perhaps that was a reason for him to be among them, but it...
[He paused, feeling a pang of pain in his chest. But he kept speaking, ignoring it.]
From what I have heard of the other Unyielding... he was a madman even among them. One who deemed the erasure of thousands of years of progress to be acceptable...
[He paused, feeling a pang of pain in his chest. But he kept speaking, ignoring it.]
From what I have heard of the other Unyielding... he was a madman even among them. One who deemed the erasure of thousands of years of progress to be acceptable...
I can't speak to his personality or motivations myself. But I can't say that's all that surprising, if even Kiritsugu was afraid of him. Something had to be fucking wrong with him in that case.
...He's definitely dead, right? The last thing any of us need is some Eighth Sacrament lunatic lurking around.
...He's definitely dead, right? The last thing any of us need is some Eighth Sacrament lunatic lurking around.
Takame?
[Waver stood up and took a step closer, reaching out a hand in concern.]
What is it? Are you hurt?
[Waver stood up and took a step closer, reaching out a hand in concern.]
What is it? Are you hurt?
[Once the dust settles, Waver will get a call on his phone. It’s Rose, and she sounds…off.]
[Tired, sad. Her usual curt demeanor is nowhere to be seen.]
Waver, it’s Rose.
[Tired, sad. Her usual curt demeanor is nowhere to be seen.]
Waver, it’s Rose.
My chest... hurts...
[Don't pretend that I'm not here, young dragon.]
Shite... I...
[Why did he have to crave it now, why when Waver was here? He would have liked ignoring this a little longer... but he's suffered from an ambient pain for a few days.]
When... when we fought Kirei I...
[Why must he...]
Waver... there is wine in the cabinet that I need you to...
[Don't pretend that I'm not here, young dragon.]
Shite... I...
[Why did he have to crave it now, why when Waver was here? He would have liked ignoring this a little longer... but he's suffered from an ambient pain for a few days.]
When... when we fought Kirei I...
[Why must he...]
Waver... there is wine in the cabinet that I need you to...
[Waver gave Takame a strange look, but went to the cabinet and poured a glass of wine without questioning how strange that was just yet.]
Here. Take your time and tell me what's going on.
Here. Take your time and tell me what's going on.
[At the very least, Takame didn't chug it down. He just took a light sip as if casually enjoying a glass and that somehow seemed to make the pain subside.
It was strange. Takame could only imagine how ridiculous he looked and just... stayed silent for a long while.
This isn't his preferred drink when he'd like to get so intoxicated he no longer thought about anything but how soft his boyfriend was.
Eventually though, he spoke.]
... When we fought Kotomine. I...
[...]
... I took a lethal blow against him, Waver. I... I should not be alive. He struck straight through my heart, and after that I remembered nothing.
Until... I heard a voice. And then suddenly I'd torn Kotomine's throat out with my own hands.
[He paused again, shaking his head and just looking down at his glass.]
... The only reason I'm alive is because something has possessed me.
It was strange. Takame could only imagine how ridiculous he looked and just... stayed silent for a long while.
This isn't his preferred drink when he'd like to get so intoxicated he no longer thought about anything but how soft his boyfriend was.
Eventually though, he spoke.]
... When we fought Kotomine. I...
[...]
... I took a lethal blow against him, Waver. I... I should not be alive. He struck straight through my heart, and after that I remembered nothing.
Until... I heard a voice. And then suddenly I'd torn Kotomine's throat out with my own hands.
[He paused again, shaking his head and just looking down at his glass.]
... The only reason I'm alive is because something has possessed me.
...Huh?
[Surely he'd heard that wrong, hadn't he?]
You...what?
[Surely he'd heard that wrong, hadn't he?]
You...what?
[Fucking hells... why did he have to out Takame here and now.
His hand and voice started to shake, as if the gravity of the situation has only just started to sink in.]
Kirei Kotomine... killed me. And I only survived -- returned to life -- is because something possessed me.
His hand and voice started to shake, as if the gravity of the situation has only just started to sink in.]
Kirei Kotomine... killed me. And I only survived -- returned to life -- is because something possessed me.
...
[Kotomine was the spectre of a nightmare to him; an abstract concept, made of fearful rumors and secondhand knowledge. But that shocked Waver into a harsh understanding of the unnatural power they had been dealing with while he'd been elsewhere in Asgard with no idea-]
[Without thinking he stepped forward again, arms brought tightly around Takame as if he might just disappear into thin air at any second.]
[Kotomine was the spectre of a nightmare to him; an abstract concept, made of fearful rumors and secondhand knowledge. But that shocked Waver into a harsh understanding of the unnatural power they had been dealing with while he'd been elsewhere in Asgard with no idea-]
[Without thinking he stepped forward again, arms brought tightly around Takame as if he might just disappear into thin air at any second.]
[This was a familiar sight from a year ago, wasn't it? Takame being tortured by people even the Black Order would not allow to be free. He thought he would have preferred death over that experience again.
But in this case he knew death meant failure of his mission. And that hurts just as much.
Here Waver was, though, holding him tight and Takame holding on just as tightly as the realization that he could never see his brother again really started to hit him. All this time later, he still could not cry and only let out shaking, swear filled breaths with dry eyes and a desire to not be seen by anyone.
He should have carried this burden alone... he should have...
After staying like that for a long moment. He forced himself to speak.]
... Dionysis. That is who possesses me now.
But in this case he knew death meant failure of his mission. And that hurts just as much.
Here Waver was, though, holding him tight and Takame holding on just as tightly as the realization that he could never see his brother again really started to hit him. All this time later, he still could not cry and only let out shaking, swear filled breaths with dry eyes and a desire to not be seen by anyone.
He should have carried this burden alone... he should have...
After staying like that for a long moment. He forced himself to speak.]
... Dionysis. That is who possesses me now.
...are you sure you're not hurt?
[The rest could wait. Takame himself was the priority right now. Waver didn't dare move or let go, speaking as calmly as he could manage.]
Is there anything I can do to help?
[The rest could wait. Takame himself was the priority right now. Waver didn't dare move or let go, speaking as calmly as he could manage.]
Is there anything I can do to help?
Edited 2024-08-19 02:31 (UTC)
I’m——fine.
[Lie.]
Has Takame reached out to you yet?
[Lie.]
Has Takame reached out to you yet?
I'm not hurt any longer. I've been healing much faster ever since that happened to me.
[It's simply Takame's default state of mind, to return to "business" as soon as possible rather than tap into emotions too overwhelming for him. He couldn't help but feel as though he was regressing every time this happened.]
I... I don't know. I am alive... I'm still alive. For the moment... that is all I need to remind myself. I am alive... and the Black Order has been dismantled.
[It's simply Takame's default state of mind, to return to "business" as soon as possible rather than tap into emotions too overwhelming for him. He couldn't help but feel as though he was regressing every time this happened.]
I... I don't know. I am alive... I'm still alive. For the moment... that is all I need to remind myself. I am alive... and the Black Order has been dismantled.
Yes, I think I’d like that.
[She wants to see her brother. She needs to.]
[She wants to see her brother. She needs to.]
Sure. Open a window and I'll be there in a few minutes, alright?
[When Waver shows up, the window will be open. Rose is sitting the living room, with a fresh pot of tea brewed. She doesn’t even like the stuff, but it helps her feel better.]
[She’d been running through what she’d say in her head, over and over. And in the end, all she could manage was:]
I was there.
[She’d been running through what she’d say in her head, over and over. And in the end, all she could manage was:]
I was there.
Edited 2024-08-19 02:42 (UTC)
You did well, I know you did. You always do.
[He pulled back with a shaky sigh, obviously trying to keep himself composed.]
We all survived and they didn't--that's good, even if it's conditional. Is he causing you any problems?
[He pulled back with a shaky sigh, obviously trying to keep himself composed.]
We all survived and they didn't--that's good, even if it's conditional. Is he causing you any problems?
[A phoenix fluttered in through the window before transforming into Waver in a burst of fire and loose feathers. When Rose spoke, he stared for a moment before reacting just the same as he'd done with Takame: stepping forward and pulling her into an abrupt hug.]
...
[But was it enough? Was it ever enough...? They succeeded in their mission, but he still failed. Takame let Waver separate, trying to compose himself as well.]
Not... necessarily. He has cravings for wine and can only have it through me. If I pay him no mind when he does... my chest begins to hurt. And when I was ordered to retreat from the field by Jusis, it began to hurt there as well.
"Indulge and imbibe." That seems to be what he wants.
[There's a long, long pause.]
Waver... I need to ask... that you tell no one what happened to me. [oh my god]
[But was it enough? Was it ever enough...? They succeeded in their mission, but he still failed. Takame let Waver separate, trying to compose himself as well.]
Not... necessarily. He has cravings for wine and can only have it through me. If I pay him no mind when he does... my chest begins to hurt. And when I was ordered to retreat from the field by Jusis, it began to hurt there as well.
"Indulge and imbibe." That seems to be what he wants.
[There's a long, long pause.]
Waver... I need to ask... that you tell no one what happened to me. [oh my god]
[That didn't seem like the worst situation, as far as possessions went. It remained to be seen if it would prove an issue, but for now it sounded controllable.]
...Takame, you have to realize this isn't exactly a secret you can keep easily.
...Takame, you have to realize this isn't exactly a secret you can keep easily.
[Emotionally, Rose isn’t as strong as the other Warriors of Light. She knows this. It’s not a surprise.]
[When Waver hugs her, it takes her almost no time at all to break down. She returns the hug readily, and once she’s able to stop the crying, she speaks:]
I——everything was so quick. By the time I got to him, he was already—-he was already—-
[She’s cut off by her own sobs. It’s too real, still, to say the truth aloud.]
I couldn’t do anything.
[When Waver hugs her, it takes her almost no time at all to break down. She returns the hug readily, and once she’s able to stop the crying, she speaks:]
I——everything was so quick. By the time I got to him, he was already—-he was already—-
[She’s cut off by her own sobs. It’s too real, still, to say the truth aloud.]
I couldn’t do anything.
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