Arisato Ryoji (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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towerofanimus2012-04-17 03:38 am
thanabro) wrote in towerofanimus2012-04-17 03:38 am
[Light and Dark] [Open]
Characters: Ryoji and OPEN!
Setting: Floor Six (The Forest), Floor Twenty Two (The Art Gallery)
Format: Action
Summary: Ryoji's taken it upon himself to explore a bit - and maybe get a little practice in.
Warning: Possible violence (depending who tags him/how threads go), gore, mentions of death.
[Upon reaching this floor, Ryoji seeks out a good place to practice with Thanatos. This forest seems like an alright place, and he heads away from the staircase a bit so no one passing through will get hit. Still, from the staircase one might hear crashing as he fires a few Megidola spells off, as well as practicing with Tempest Slash.]
[Anyone going to investigate might find him casting a healing spell to recover the spent energy on his physical attacks, or just sitting against a tree. Those who are familiar with such things will note that he doesn't have an Evoker on him.]
[Ryoji's always considered himself a fan of art - in various different forms, but art galleries are always peaceful, right?]
[And so he finds himself on this floor, walking around the gallery a little, looking at the paintings of strange locales.]
[And suddenly the paintings aren't so nice anymore. The whole place seems darker, and many of the paintings are now of people dying in gruesome ways - torture, organs ripped out, clawing at their own faces. As he backs away and tries to find where he came from, he turns to see a painting of Minato and Minako dead in front of the Nyx Avatar.]
… That's wrong. We… we defeated it.
[He makes another turn, trying to figure out how to get back to the staircase, and runs into another painting - this one of himself as the Avatar, face a rotting corpse and the city below him, dark and dead.]
No - ! Stop it! I -
[He runs through the gallery, desperately trying to find an exit.]
Setting: Floor Six (The Forest), Floor Twenty Two (The Art Gallery)
Format: Action
Summary: Ryoji's taken it upon himself to explore a bit - and maybe get a little practice in.
Warning: Possible violence (depending who tags him/how threads go), gore, mentions of death.
[Upon reaching this floor, Ryoji seeks out a good place to practice with Thanatos. This forest seems like an alright place, and he heads away from the staircase a bit so no one passing through will get hit. Still, from the staircase one might hear crashing as he fires a few Megidola spells off, as well as practicing with Tempest Slash.]
[Anyone going to investigate might find him casting a healing spell to recover the spent energy on his physical attacks, or just sitting against a tree. Those who are familiar with such things will note that he doesn't have an Evoker on him.]
[Ryoji's always considered himself a fan of art - in various different forms, but art galleries are always peaceful, right?]
[And so he finds himself on this floor, walking around the gallery a little, looking at the paintings of strange locales.]
[And suddenly the paintings aren't so nice anymore. The whole place seems darker, and many of the paintings are now of people dying in gruesome ways - torture, organs ripped out, clawing at their own faces. As he backs away and tries to find where he came from, he turns to see a painting of Minato and Minako dead in front of the Nyx Avatar.]
… That's wrong. We… we defeated it.
[He makes another turn, trying to figure out how to get back to the staircase, and runs into another painting - this one of himself as the Avatar, face a rotting corpse and the city below him, dark and dead.]
No - ! Stop it! I -
[He runs through the gallery, desperately trying to find an exit.]
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[He leans against her a little, blinking tears out of his eyes.]
... Torture. Death. You and Minato, dead in front of the Avatar. Me as the Avatar.
When... I was turning into that thing... I'd never been more scared in my life. I didn't want to hurt you, but... I couldn't stop it...
[His voice is strained, as he tries not to burst into tears at the memory.]
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[She holds him against her tightly.]
I know. I know you didn't. You love us too much to ever want to hurt us on purpose.
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[he takes a deep breath before just turning and pulling her into a hug.]
It's gone. I'm gone, too. I don't have to worry about that anymore.
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You're not gone. You're here right now. So of course it's going to affect you. You don't have to be strong all the time. I'm here for you.
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[She should know what he means by that.]
But... I'm trying. I have to be strong. I got so tired of not being able to do anything...
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All we can do is focus on the here and now. And here? You can make a difference. You have a choice here to protect what you want to. And to do what you want.
You are strong. You don't have to be all the time, like I said, but you are.
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... Thanks, Minako. I... that means a lot, coming from you.
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Anytime, Ryoji.
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I'm glad that you're here with me.
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You aren't ever alone, okay? I mean, you have three siblings right now between me, Minato, and Minami!
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