and when you gaze long into an abyss...

[sageprincess]

Characters: Everyone!
Setting: Everywhere!
Format: Every format!
Summary: General mingle log for the first day of the Into An Abyss event.
Warnings: General Tower warning.

[Freak out, organize, stick your hand into the tear in reality on floor 23, etc.]

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[taintedwhite]

[She lets go of his hand, almost violently, as if she were pushing him away. Then she turns away from him.]

...Because you know me so well, huh?

Ksha~

Well apparently not as good as you thought.

[hemoeroticism]

[ He's going to need to fix that arm, later. Oh well, it's not he isn't used to it. ]

Why wouldn't I know the one I love? ✩

[taintedwhite]

Because your love is twisted.

[There was something bitter to her tone.]

[hemoeroticism]

[ Well, that sounded strange, coming from her. ]

What do you mean?

[taintedwhite]

[Indeed but she's had a lot of time to think.]

A lot of people can love without feeling the need to torture the person they love.

[hemoeroticism]

Is that what you call it? Torture?

[taintedwhite]

I read the definition of torture in a dictionary a little while ago. Torture is the act of deliberately inflicting severe physical or psychological pain and possibly injury to a person, usually to one who is physically restrained or otherwise under the torturer's control or custody and unable to defend against what is being done to them.

...It seems pretty fitting to me, Grandpa.

[hemoeroticism]

It also implies that it was done out of malice. You sure that was my intention? I mean... look at you now. Don't you love that amount of power? ✩

[taintedwhite]

[A long pause. She's about to give him an honest answer and finally decides against it. And just chuckles.]

Ksha~ Who wouldn't like that really?

[No, she doesn't love it. She hates her life.]

[hemoeroticism]

Glad you and I agree. ✩

[taintedwhite]

We do~ We have so much in common after all~

[They're both monsters.]

For example... We love the same games~ Ksha~

[She bites her finger and a ribbon of blood starts spreading and swirling around the tip.]

[hemoeroticism]

Aha, I was wondering when you'd want to do this again... [ Hagire whipped his arms off to the side, splitting the stitches near the forearms. His own blood oozed out, before springing to life. ]

Let me show you again just how much I love you. ✩

[taintedwhite]

I'm feeling... What's the word already? [She clicked her tongue against the rooftop of her mouth in a mock thoughtful manner.] Ah yes, 'merciful'. I'm feeling merciful today.

You can go first.

[hemoeroticism]

But it's boring when you're merciful.

[taintedwhite]

Ksha~ It won't last, don't worry~

Come on, Mockingbird~ Show me what you've got~

[hemoeroticism]

Well, alright then. Let me show you my love. ✩

[ The blood roared to life, forming a myriad of shapes; bladed stars, barbed whips, spheres. He knew that, ultimately, Wretched Egg would win, as she always did. Anything he could do to her would be reversed by her healing powers in a matter of seconds, while all it took from her was one well-placed shot from her Branch of Sin to tear him limb from limb. ]

[taintedwhite]

[Wretched Egg didn't move. She just offered a bright kinda psychotic smile and waited for the blood weapons Hagire had just created to cut through her flesh. It looked as if she couldn't feel pain anymore.]

Your love feels lukewarm~

[hemoeroticism]

[ She didn't move. She didn't dodge. She didn't even try to fight back. With the blood weapons cleaving through her, he didn't launch another volley; he simply watched as she healed herself, and appeared confused afterward. ]

Well? [ He asked. ] Love is a two way street. ✩

[taintedwhite]

Ksha~ Who ever said I loved you back?

[There, Hagire. She's learnt some things hurt more than blows.]

[hemoeroticism]

You... [ No way. This is an attempt to get under his skin. She's trying to psych him out. ] Then maybe I'm not showing enough love. ✩

[taintedwhite]

Maybe~ I guess it's worth a try if you think you're up to it.

[She gives him a blank look. Shiro is an open book, Wretched Egg however has quite the poker face.]

[hemoeroticism]

Well, it won't end the same way it did last time. All of those new Branches of Sin... I loved it. It brought back so many fond, irrational memories. ✩

[ Hagire takes a few steps forward, two Crow Claws already forming on the backs of his wrists. ]

Shall we?

[taintedwhite]

I'm the one waiting, Mockingbird~ Although you know how much I hate being kept waiting~

[hemoeroticism]

Well, it has been a while since we played your favorite game, hasn't it?

[ Fair enough. She's right. The Crow Claw's extend in length. Let's keep things simple to start out with... ]

Love Labyrinth. ✩

[ The blades form large, sweeping arcs of 'sharpened' blood, one crossing over the other in opposite direction, heading straight for the Wretched Egg at waist-level. The idea was to try to get her to jump to avoid it. Of course, there was the fact that Crow Claw didn't have the best range... she could jump backwards, too. Or fly. Wretched Egg is just that powerful. ]

[taintedwhite]

[She chuckles.] Ksha~ That's at least something we have in common~

[At first it seems Wretched Egg is not going to avoid the attack and let it slice through her body, just as she did the previous time. But at the last second she jumps, not backward but high, high enough to avoid the claws. A platform appears under her feet as blood and blue hexagons start swirling around her. She'll wait until Hagire's look meet hers before launching several waves of hexagons straight at him.]