Striking the same place twice

[caressthedarkness]

1. (Right after Dance of Death)

Thank you, everyone...

If not for your encouragement, I would not have managed to perform the summoning completely.

[She does frown harder, though.]

I know this might seem like I am asking too much of the situation, but I only wish I could have done it sooner, without anyone being placed in harm's way...

So, I apologize as well...and I will visit Willis to tell him this as soon as I'm allowed to.

[Granted, she has no idea what kind of state the guy is in...]

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2. (Semi-locked - Frontdated by about half a day or so.)



[Some time later - while most, if not all the combatants, have already left the combat zone, Seta returns to examine something she sensed after defeating the golden dragon Kijin, Ilnaha, earlier.

She comes back to the exact spot where the enemy was slain...and finds a distortion in space that is hovering just above the ground. One that others might not be able to see: the soul of a deceased Kijin, defiant even without a physical form.

From the distortion, Seta hears the words that the dragon had uttered shortly before her death...including the fact that she recognized her Craft, Rebellion, which made no sense...]

"What was it...that you were trying to say...?"

[Instinctively, she raises a hand up to reach for it...and much to her surprise, the distortion transforms into a ball of light, about the size of a baseball, and floats toward...no, into her palm!]

"...!"

[The next thing Seta realizes is that she's holding a large, pole-axe like weapon with an over-sized blade, made of what looks like crystallized lightning.

Ilnahas echoes vanish, and while Seta's initially very, very confused, she does eventually try to get a feel for what she has in hand - twirling it in place like a staff, sweeping strikes against the air, and finally, rapidly stabbing with it, like one would with a rapier, all while minding her surroundings. To any onlookers, it's almost like she's been using the weapon her entire life.

And then, while still unsure of what just happened, she places the weapon on her back as if it was a giant sword, where it simply vanishes with a burst of electricity.

...This is definitely something she'll have to ask the Foundation about later.]

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((OOC: I will most likely be slow on tags due to the slowatus mentioned on OOC. Please bear with me, and thanks in advance.))

Comments

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[herodrawing]

Miss Seta!

You are capable of some quite amazing things, aren't you.

[caressthedarkness]

Thank you...but, it is not all that amazing where I am from...

Most Gloster agents can form and control their own Craft skillfully. Those who cannot...make up for it by mastering the partially manifested states. Being able to do neither, I was lucky to have managed to maintain RB for that long.

[herodrawing]

It looks pretty amazing from my perspective. Others from your organisation are even stronger? That's good but it doesn't mean what you can do doesn't count.

[caressthedarkness]

I understand...

However, this mission has taught me something.

[herodrawing]

Yes? What did it teach you?

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[ugyuuya]

[After Seta finishes her broadcast Stella clears her throat softly from behind her.]

Are you sure you're alright Seta? I know that the mission was hard on you but you really did well. Though if you ever try to pull a stunt like what you did when you jumped from the TSF and charged that dragon on foot alone I'm going to throttle you, am I understood?

[She pauses momentarily for an answer before putting the girl into an embrace.]

Don't feel too bad about Willis though, he made his own choices and apparently knew that he would be able to make it out alive even in a scenario as risky as that. I think he'd be more appreciative of a good "thank you" rather than an apology. As for his current state Yuuya managed to get one of the medics to cough up that he's hurt but recovering remarkably well.

I think with all of these miraculous survival moments he's about to snap and make people start outing any unusual powers of that nature. It seems that only by good fortune and unusual traits that we didn't lose anyone in the three missions we've flown thus far and it's harder on him than the rest of us.

[caressthedarkness]

[She nods to let Stella know that she's as fine as she can ever be.]

I can understand that sentiment. Knowing this beforehand spares many from the agony and shock.

Still, Willis' resilience is something unusual even to me. The toughest agents in the Foundation would find it difficult to be able to take injuries that severe...

[Of course, she sounds very glad that this is actually the case.]

[ugyuuya]

I'm sure Yuuya will find something, It's been a bit of a mess all around for the past little while and we're due for a break somewhere or another. I'm just glad that nobodies had anything permanently maiming or crippling occur.

Just remember what I said about that "Thank You" and I'm sure everything will turn out fine.

[caressthedarkness]

I...will most definitely remember.

[ugyuuya]

Good, so in the meantime since I doubt they'll let you see Willis right off the bat and we're going to use Yuuya's stubbornness to our advantage now would you like something to eat? I'm famished and I'm sure whatever happened out there probably took a bit out of you. Want to make sure you're in top form when you get to see Willis don't we?

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[genericbiggerbrother]

"Hey kid." A battered looking Yancy says, leaning against a wall. "There ain't no need to apologize: you did good out there."

[caressthedarkness]

T...Thank you...Ranger Beckett.

But...are you sure you should be moving in that condition...?

[genericbiggerbrother]

"I'll be fine." Yancy says, waving it off. "I'll go soak in a hot tub somewhere."

His face grows gray. "Gipsy Danger took a lot more damage than usual; the General's really gonna lose it..."

[caressthedarkness]

I believe I do share part of the responsibility for that...

Is it at least repairable...?

[genericbiggerbrother]

"Oh yeah!" Yancy says. "Don't worry about that."

His voice trails off. "That Kijin dragon lady thing...was quite possibly the most evil being I've ever met. But why? Why was she such a cold bastard?"

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[way_of_vengeance]

You know, you apologize an awful lot.

[caressthedarkness]

It is a habit.

[She sighs before she goes on.]

I do tend to fail a lot in my lessons, and as punishment, Madame would teach me how to beg for her forgiveness.

[way_of_vengeance]

Now I wonder who that reminds me of...


Sayo, you had better not be implying those vulgar implications of yours again...

[caressthedarkness]

[Nod. Whether it doesn't bother her or if she just believed Sayo is hard to tell.]

I see. Does this mean...you have a student as well?

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[abugslife]

[A Heph is on the edge of the area. How did she appear here? Well, actually she was returning to the base after her official meeting, but does Seta know that?]

That was interesting. What did you just do?

1/2

[caressthedarkness]

[Having not expected anyone to be here, Seta almost trips over from surprise.]

G-General...!

2/2

[caressthedarkness]

[Once she regains her footing though, she looks thoughtful.]

...It appears that the weapon...was what remained of the Kijin's soul.

I have never been able to do this with the souls of lower class Kijin, so far. This is the first time I have even seen such a thing happen, and I am just as perplexed as you are...

[abugslife]

I see. Are you saying the dragon we fought was a lower class Kijin? I wonder how overwhelmingly powerful the higher class ones are, then.

[caressthedarkness]

[She kind of flails at this.]

No...! I mean, that is to say...I have only been fighting lower class Kijin so far...and I have never been able to do this with their souls...

That one...was definitely a higher class opponent.

[abugslife]

Do all Kijin have the ability to transform the souls of their fallen brethren into weapons?