[VIDEO/TEXT] ☠ Heartful Cry
Mar. 11th, 2011 11:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nightprince[ FILTERED TO ALL THE TROLLS, EXCEPT GAMZEE, AND MINATO + MINAKO ARISATO ;; UNHACKABLE ]
[ The video feed clicks on, and all that can be seen is a dark alleyway. The SFC is covered in black and blue, and slightly cracked. It was damaged during a scuffle, one he barely got out of alive. All that can be heard are muffled, quiet sobs.
After a few minutes, Ryoji composes himself. His arm had been injured, and it was painful to breathe right now. Around his neck was a deep, red mark, from his own scarf, which was gone (currently on a psychotic killer clown), and he had cuts all over. Everything was bleeding pretty badly, including a hit he got from a club to the skull which broke the skin. Luckily, being as resilient as he is, it hasn't cracked his head open. Still, black blood was coming from him at this point.
Anyone who'd enter the alleyway he'd found himself at would notice a trail of blue and black. He... was afraid, that at any moment, Gamzee would come back to follow him. But he hadn't stuck around when he got ahold of Vriska's body and slipped his scarf to know if he'd chased him; he just got out of there as fast as his human form's legs would carry him. He was too exhausted to even change to his Thanatos form at this point, so he couldn't do anything about it.
Finally, after a little while, the cracked SFC's feed cuts and a text appears: ]
....... i... minato. are you awake?
the rest of you... G-Gamzee-san. hes... hes lost it. hes gone crazy. he attacked me, and... Vriska is... shes...... i dont... think i can... please... be careful.
[ And with that, the message ends. ]
(( OOC: Dated to about nine or so minutes after this log, and these threads, which aren't FINISHED yet, but yeah. Posting this early. Also, yes, please, only Minato is going to find him; so IM or Plurk me if you really want to respond/want in. Akihiko, obviously, can jump in if he wants later, same with Minako, when Ryoji is probably brought back to the dorms... eventually. ))
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[5/5] annnd done :D
Date: 2011-03-12 08:15 am (UTC)Too... late.
[ He was too late. He couldn't save her. ... And with that, he simply clings to his friends, and... cries, somewhat hysterical, because he doesn't know what else to do. ]
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Date: 2011-03-12 08:18 am (UTC)...She is dead. It...is so clear. And his mind flashes back to Naoki's failed attempt to save the dead native of Vatheon; how the spell hadn't worked at all. Not a single effect.
...He doesn't want to give Ryoji false hope. And he doesn't...believe he can save her, not now. He doesn't think that it works the same way in this world.
But...can he truly leave it at that? Without giving it a single try? A breath--he reaches for his Evoker.]
...I'll try.
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Date: 2011-03-12 08:25 am (UTC)He pulls the trigger, and what isn't glass shatters, and Hariti appears, casting Samarecarm.
She disappears silently, and Minato is also silent as nothing happens. Vriska doesn't move.
...He isn't surprised, but that doesn't mean he isn't disappointed at his failure.]
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Date: 2011-03-12 08:26 am (UTC)His arm is still around Ryoji; now he simply brings his head closer, tightening his grip slightly, mindful still of the other's injuries.]
...I'm sorry. I...can't.
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Date: 2011-03-12 08:30 am (UTC)Hoping.
Pleading that it will work. ]
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Date: 2011-03-12 08:33 am (UTC)Of course it doesn't.
He of all people should recognize when the last light of life has left. So he simply clings to Minato, muffled, choked, strained sobs escaping his lips, which are stained with black.
What can be discerned in between is a barely audible noise; ]
... Why?
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Date: 2011-03-12 08:39 am (UTC)And he closes his eyes and takes a deep, silent breath. He has to be strong. For Ryoji. He can do that...surely.
...why. Why why why why why. Why can't he successfully save her?]
...I don't know.
[Why did she have to die? Why did this happen? He doesn't know.
...But there are more pressing concerns, not that he has to force Ryoji to stir for this. After his...failure with Vriska, of course, he pauses, staring down at the silvery Evoker, smeared with black and blue blood already. ...Can he even really help Ryoji? Not as much as he'd like to; sometimes it is...so clear how little he can do.
But what he can do he will. And so, still supporting the other, arm still around Ryoji's shoulder, he lifts the Evoker again, firing without hesitation, calling on Hariti again to cast Diarahan on Ryoji.
He...can only hope it will help even that little bit. That's...all he can really ask.]
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Date: 2011-03-12 08:47 am (UTC)Heh.
Minato... at least he'd tried. Ryoji... manages to let go of his friend, wincing. Gamzee had run into him with his elbow earlier and somehow he'd either really bruised his ribs during the scuffle, or... he'd broken one of them. But the outer wounds were... beginning to stop bleeding, at least.
And he did feel somewhat better, physically. But... none of that was going to help him with the reality of things: Vriska was dead. Gone. For good.
... His throat still hurt, from nearly strangling to death. And the marks all remained. But... he could speak a little easier, at least. Breathing was still hard. ]
I... it's all my fault... I couldn't stop him.
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Date: 2011-03-12 08:53 am (UTC)Trying wasn't good enough, and neither was physical healing; Minato is aware of that very well. But it is necessary. Ryoji...Ryoji's health and well-being is far more important than revenge of any sort, and while he is concerned for the safety of the others in Vatheon, he recognizes his limits.
His place is here, right now. He has to have faith in the others to be able to take care of Gamzee. It...is a bitter thought, knowing he can't make Gamzee pay for...for this, but what good does a cycle of revenge do? And regrets...regrets do nothing either.
He recognizes the regrets now and looks at Ryoji sadly.]
...This isn't your fault. There...will always be something we can't stop. You came here to try, but...
[...heh. Nyx is impossible not to think of in this situation, huh? In this situation of death and finality and helplessness. He closes his eyes and takes a breath.]
Do you think she would blame you?
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Date: 2011-03-12 09:00 am (UTC)N... no.
[ ... What has him the most hurt over this... ]
He... he had absolutely no right to decide it was her time.
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Date: 2011-03-12 09:08 am (UTC)No...he didn't. It was not fair.
[...It's isn't fair. None of this is fair. And it can't be changed.
...He will sit out here with you forever if you so please, Ryoji, but he knows that they can't literally stay here. There are injuries to be treated, clothes and hair to be cleaned.
...A scarf--
He reaches out again.]
Ryoji...we shouldn't stay here.
[Of course, the implications of that statement are clear. They shouldn't; he's concerned, yes. About Gamzee and Ryoji's injuries, and staying there will do nothing. At the same time...if Ryoji needs to stay, he will stay as well. It is far from a command.]
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Date: 2011-03-12 09:28 am (UTC)R... right.
[ And slowly, he stumbles up, almost falling over, but catching himself on Minato, using his friend for support. ;; Sorry bff, but he is not in such great shape. ]
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Date: 2011-03-12 05:34 pm (UTC)...He...doesn't want Ryoji to talk, not with that damage done to his neck. At the same time, a walk in silence...would simply allow the other to dwell on things.
So he takes a slow breath. It's not a guarantee but...it's better than nothing, right?]
Are you familiar with Red-kun?
[He clearly isn't really expecting a verbal answer, because he tilts his head to look at the other. No talking, bro. :c]
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Date: 2011-03-12 10:53 pm (UTC)And now he wonders why they'd never really met before. ]
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Date: 2011-03-12 11:17 pm (UTC)Red-kun has been here for nearly nine months, if I recall correctly. And...something he has learned in his time in Vatheon is that--
[Is it wrong of him? To give Ryoji false hope, in the instance that it isn't true? But Red had proof-- ...and he would do anything to bring Ryoji closer to a smile.]
People who have died in this world generally come back to life.
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Date: 2011-03-13 12:15 am (UTC)[ Is... is that true? Can he really believe that? ... They... really need to get out of here faster. There's still sounds of some sort of fighting going on in that carnival, and he wants to help. His face shows it.
But he can't. ]
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Date: 2011-03-13 12:26 am (UTC)[And that is that. Believe what you will, but...he doesn't think Vriska is gone for good.
He just keeps walking away, steps measured, unhurried, even if his expression is perhaps more serious than usual, less relaxed and tighter. But still calm. Always calm. He has to stay calm in this situation.
So he turns his attention to Ryoji.]
Right now, it's more important that we get you home. You know that you won't be able to help in the condition you're in.
[A brief pause and a breath, quiet but not silent.]
After we tend to your injuries, I'll come back and see if I can help at all. Until then, we'll have to have faith that someone will be able to stop him.
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Date: 2011-03-13 12:51 am (UTC)... Don't go in there.
[ It's not so much a request as it is an order. He'll... stop you himself, if you go back, bro. ]
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Date: 2011-03-13 01:01 am (UTC)[2/2]
Date: 2011-03-13 01:04 am (UTC)But he does dip his head, a bit of a nod. He won't go, not unless he's needed. There are more important things for him to tend to right now.]
...Let's go get you cleaned up.
[They're getting much closer to the dorm now; far enough away from the carnival that it can no longer be seen.]
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Date: 2011-03-13 02:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-13 03:11 am (UTC)And then he gets a glass of water and sets it in front of him with a clink.]
...I'll find the first aid kit. Just drink what you can.
[And on his way to find that first aid kit he turns on the stove for the kettle; tea will follow the water. His mind is already sorting through what needs to be done: Ryoji's injuries need to be tended to, the messes need to be cleaned up, Ryoji needs to be cleaned up (and maybe sent to rest), and...Vriska's body. He can't just leave her there in good conscious, but what to do about that?
But first, the first aid kit.
Be right back, Ryoji. :c]
OOC;
Date: 2011-03-13 04:11 am (UTC)