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[notayoungkitten]

Characters: AU3 Revolver Ocelot, Neal Cassidy, and YOU
Setting: Around the tower
Format: Starting action
Summary: Event catch-all
Warnings: trauma, possible character death


Revolver Ocelot

[The whispers in her ear didn't stop. It was maddening. Horrible. Liquid's voice was the loudest one. Demanding to tell him why she had let him die. It was her fault that the world was in ruin. Had she not ruined his plans, had she not set him up to fall, he would have succeeded.

The shadow child using his voice stood in her way, staring her down. Ocelot couldn't speak. There was nothing to say.

In the months since she had arrived, she had come to deeply, deeply regret the murder of her own son. But there was nothing she could do. Nothing. But there were other voices, too. Solidus too spoke to her. You called me son, he said, angrily. Accusingly. And yet you left me behind! You said that we would destroy the Patriots! You liar! You'll never know what happened! What should have happened!

In the silence, the old woman collapsed to her knees, hugging herself, fighting to hold back tears she didn't know she could still shed.]



Neal Cassidy

[Emma was following him everywhere. It was fate's way of telling him just how badly he had screwed up. Telling him how she had been abandoned by him once again. That he was a coward. How she could see the family resemblance. He deserved every bit of it. Emma has a right to be angry.

He never wanted to leave her again. But here? Now? He hadn't had a choice. If she could somehow be here too, if Henry could be here... he would have been happier. Worst of all, though, was the shadow on his opposite side.

Henry.

The small boy that he barely knew, wondering aloud in a small, sad voice, if he ever should have looked for his father to begin with.]

Comments

16th August Ocelot

[culbutiri]

[Nesir rushed to her side as she saw her fall] Ocelot? [Someone else you pretend to care for, girl? Nesir frowned when she saw the tear glittering eyes] Your face do be almost leaking

[Or are you going soft on us? Your betrayal deeper than we even thought?]

[notayoungkitten]

[She wipes the tears from her eyes. A keen eye will notice how pointless it is. The damage is already done. Her collar has already dimmed.]

It's nothing. I.. I'll be fine.

I've dealt with worse.

[It's a poor lie, but it strengthens her resolve for the moment at least.]

[culbutiri]

We have all been dealing with worse, it do no be meaning these things do no be being stupid. [She shooed the shadows away, noticing her faded collar, Nesir's was faded too, a very pale yellow]

[notayoungkitten]

Of course.

[It's no good. there are still tears in her eyes. What a useless mother you are. Leaving me to die. It's your fault!]

We must... we must persevere. This must be another trick. Another mean's to break us.

[She can't admit that it's working.]

[culbutiri]

Of course it do be, everything do be being to break us. [That's because you deserve to be broken girl] Come on do no be listening to them.

[notayoungkitten]

[She nods, hands moving to her side, trying to look stronger than she feels.]

I will not. But you can't, either.

[culbutiri]

I do be trying.

[And failing, as you do be usually doing, except when it do be coming down to betraying others]

[notayoungkitten]

[Liquid is still hissing in her ear as she regards Nesir softly.]

Be strong. We'll make it through this.

[culbutiri]

[She wrapped her arms around her legs, sat down next to Occelot] It do be being hard [The shadows laughed at her]

[notayoungkitten]

[He sons are taking turns, yelling at her about how she betrayed them. And now a third has shown up with ADAM's voice, also calling her a traitor for leaving her behind.]

We... we must make it through.

[She slides further to the ground, arms wrapping tightly around herself.]

[culbutiri]

[Nesir blinked at her and at her lightened collar. Giving up little one? About time you accepted your failings Slowly, as if she were afraid that Occelot might bite her she reached out to touch her shoulder]

[notayoungkitten]

[She looks to Nesir somewhat sadly. Fortunately, she doesn't reach out to touch at the girl, instead eventually looking passed her at the collection of shadows.]

I'm sorry.

[culbutiri]

You do no be having nothing to be being sorry for. [She keeps her hand on her shoulder awkwardly]

[notayoungkitten]

[Finally, she puts a hand to Nesir's hand, gently.]

I wish I could protect you.

[culbutiri]

You do no be needing to be doing so, it do be being okay.

[notayoungkitten]

[A sad nod. What can she do? She has to do something, it's the only way for her to continue on. For her to not feel like she has completely failed her sons.]

There must be something we can do.

[culbutiri]

We can be. We can be surviving and no be letting this be getting to us, or we do be falling into their trap again.

[notayoungkitten]

I agree.

[Will she succeed? She doesn't even know.]

We must not show weakness. If we do, we... things will only get worse for us.

[culbutiri]

She stood up and reached down to help Occelot to stand. "Then we will be showing no weakness. Be standing up."

[notayoungkitten]

She nodded, accepting the help as she stood. She couldn't look at the grinning shadows, and she was trying her best to ignore the anger that was being directed towards her. "You are right, of course."

What could she do? Being defeated by shadows pretending to be her sons was not something that she could let herself do.

[culbutiri]

"Be leaving her alone." She hissed at the shadows as they got to their feet. "I do often be being right. Do you be wanting to be talking about what they did be saying?"