towerofanimus | Infighting Week Three

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Infighting Week Three

Characters: any character participating in the Infighting event
Setting: pods, week three of the event
Format: any
Summary: All week three Infighting event threads should go in here, to keep things organized.
Warnings: horror, trauma, experiment results, impossible geometry, cabin fever

[Week Three Information]
[Week Two]
[Week One]
Dax's Pod
Riki's Pod
Jason's Pod
End of Week Three

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[It was no big deal. After all, if it helped someone, then he didn't mind it at all. In fact, he's even open to suggestions if Luke had any from what was available in the media room. Probably listened to it at some point or another, anyway.

'No idea why that came to mind.' It just did. Must be an internal iTunes shuffle...? Nah. Now that was just plain silly.

... It isn't long before the next one starts. It's deceptively cheerful, despite the lyrics.

'Withered flowers forget what they wept for day after day. Withered flowers blossom. In the stream of tears, they still think of the cause. Turning misery into meaningfulness, changing day after day. Turning misery into meaningfulness, changing day after day.'

'Your affection... Your affection... Taking pride from fear. Past will tell you when to make yourself a hero. Your affection... Your affection... Your affection... Past will tell you when to make yourself a hero']

[Wow... that, really is cheerful. He's going to have to find this guy again and ask him where he learned so many songs. Assuming they make it through all this in one piece that is... and assuming they return them to their original state.]

[...they are going to do that, right?]

[The thought that Luke might end up stuck like this for the rest of his life twists his stomach, and he finds himself curling up again.]

[Years and years of band and having a celebrity for a girlfriend would do that to a person. He can't read minds of anyone but the Personas present in the souls of others here, but he can see that sad look clear as day. It's dull, but he still feels the pain of empathy somewhere in the midst of the void of his fragmented soul...

It's quiet at first, but next one starts and steadily grows louder... It lacks in lyrics, but it encompasses the emotions of everyone there; forlorn, emotionless, maybe even scared... but there's a fierce determination prevalent in there. He's heard it so many times in band practice that it's affected what he hears while fighting in the other world. The trumpet and bass are most prevalent, because that's the chords and notes he knows the best.

He hasn't given up, and he's lost so much of himself that he didn't know who he was for a while after that. What he did know?

'Hang in there.' It was small, like a little girl's voice crying out... a memory. 'I'll be a good girl...'

'Get it together, dammit!' Another voice... and it probably sounds a lot like Luke's own, in a way. '-you know what else I see? You've forgotten just who the hell you are. No matter how bad it gets for them, no matter what hell they go through, they'll look to you for support.'

'Even if it seems impossible, even if we're stuck like this for a long time... We have to keep moving no matter what.' Yu's eyes close for a moment, burying his uncertainty and grief deep down into the black hole his lack of possibilities created. The others were hurting far, far worse... and all he could do was attempt to be there for them as much as he could.

Even without his Personas, he could feel his Arcana shifting to Strength.

'We can't see the ending to this part of our lives...but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Don't give up like I almost did.' Twice, now. Once here, and once back home when he was quite literally at death's door. Yet here he sits, still alive. They wouldn't forgive him for anything less.]

Never more will I be alone even in the darkness
I will find it, that precious thing I lost
Never more, because I’m sure your voice will guide me

[...note to self: A singer, yu probably not is.]

[It was a lot for Luke to process, because with the words came the emotions attached to them. It felt familiar; it felt like everything his friends were trying to tell him at home, but he just wouldn't listen to them.]

[...actually, he was a major ass to them.]

[After a moment, he hesitantly opened his mouth, speaking very carefully, though his words came out very soft as a result.]

We'll... get out. We'll make it... to the end... so we can see everyone... right?

[Yu was no saint, either... That much was proven in just the first week. Though the quiet question stops the music in his head for a brief moment, almost straining to hear.

Considering the fact the other voices he could hear were muted aside from his teams', it was easier.]

Yes. [He answers it both mentally and out loud. 'No matter what, we'll get out of this. We made it through the labyrinth.']

[Luke felt himself crying at the reassurance. He was scared, but hearing someone else say it, even if it was in his head, gave him some hope. He was crying, but he was happy at the same time.]

Th-thank... you.

[Luke isn't the only one who is scared, but Yu learned a long time ago that being afraid and acting on it rashly like a caged animal would get oneself nowhere.

'Anytime.' Yu gives him a genuine smile, nodding. If he could pass on a sense of hope even when he felt so hollow inside, then... it's worth it. 'I'm Yu Narukami.']

[It took Luke a moment to realize that "you" was the kid's name. Who the heck name's their kid "You" anyway? Weird, but he didn't want to waste his voice saying as much.]

L-Luke fon Fabre.

[He didn't bother with his title. "Ambassador of Peace" seemed pretty pointless in the face of all this.]

[The King and Queen of Irony that were his parents, that's who. But no, really, it made sense in his country and language. Darn you, universal translator.

'I'd say 'nice to meet you,' but considering where we are...' There's a sense of a humorless laugh in there, even as the monsters draw closer to his cell... ''Let's survive and meet again outside this hell' is more accurate.']

[> Despite Yu's words, you feel a strange sense of parental concern from the kid...]

[Luke smiled sadly, agreeing with that. They had to make it out of here... he wasn't going to die, he was damn sure of that. He was going to live, even if he was stuck like this, and as soon as he got out of here, he was going to do his best to find a way out of this horrible Tower, and take everyone with him.]

[That's what an Ambassador was really supposed to do, right? Help people?]

Y-yes. Let's.

[If he could say something about it, no one else was going to after what happened to England-san. The guilt for his actions, even if it wasn't fully him, would weigh on him heavily for a long time. But he'd survive... for all of them. Maybe after that, he'd find a way to help restore their worlds if they were truly gone... find a way out of this godforsaken tower.

That's what a representative of Hope does, right? Reach out to others and carry the burdens they can't?

'It's a promise.']

[Luke blinked at that; promise, hunh? Carefully, he extended his arm as far as he could through the bars, extending his pinky out to Yu.]

Pr-promise.

[Yes, a promise. Yu does likewise. It's a stretch, but they both barely manage to reach each other. ...There might have been a rather morbid Japanese saying about needles in eyes muttered under his breath, too.]

[Good thing Luke couldn't hear that; pinky swears were not that morbid on Auldrant! His smile turned a bit happier as they hooked fingers, before he let go, giving his arm a rest.]

[Too bad they were in Nippon. They did indeed like to keep their promises, and that was just another deterrent from breaking them. He does likewise once they hooked fingers, chuckling to himself despite the pain.

It's kind of funny how he kept making friends in situations like these...]

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Infighting Week Three

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Luke and Brosuki need to meet now.

Yes, good. :>

<3 God this CR. ;_;

<3 It is beautiful and only our feels hurt. ;_;

Exactly. <3

<3

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