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savedbyasong ([personal profile] savedbyasong) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2013-04-11 02:54 pm

Keeping a clear head

Characters: Shion and open
Setting: Mailroom, graveyard, forest
Format: either!
Summary: Elena is gone, Shion slips further down the not okay scale and breaks a little bit more
Warnings: beserkness


[Mailroom]

Shion,

If you are getting this, then I am no longer in the Tower. I wish I could have remained to continue to train you and Xion, but it appears the Admins had other things in mind.

You have a strength in you that you should be proud of, and with Reno's training you will be able to defend those you love and care about. You are a Turk and you have been trained by the best. Remember to always keep calm, keep a clear head, and you will go far.

To be honest, I wasn't sure if Reno made a good decision in making you a Rookie. I'm glad to see that I was very wrong. Be good to Xion and watch over her for me. You two are partners, you can and should rely on one another during times of trouble and crisis.

I am very proud to have known you.

~Elena


Shion stood reading the letter, twice, three times, six times until the words were seared into his mind. Elena was gone... She couldn't be gone, it just wasn't possible. He refused to believe it, but had to make sure, and so he slipped the note into his pocket and made his way to the graveyard.

[Graveyard] So it was true, of course it was true. Elena wouldn't have sent such a thing as a joke, though he had hoped it was some kind of cruel trick. Tears came to his eyes but he swallowed hard.

"How can I protect them." He asked her grave. Reno, Rat, Safu, his mum... All people he loved and cared about, far out of his reach. How could he protect any of his friends... Even the one's already here. How could he protect them from cruelty worse than any he had seen in West Town, from people more powerful than gods.

He shook his head and turned away. "I've already failed."

[Forest] Keep calm, keep a clear head. Shion gathered food silently, picking out mushrooms and berries. More than enough for him and Xion, there were others that would need food too. He had to keep going, he touched his Turk pin. Even if it was hopeless he owed Reno that much. He couldn't give up.

As he searched for food anger rose in him, they had taken another of his friends, sent them to be alone in a world devoid of life. Another soul they had just given up on. "If you're going to imprison us, then at least keep us here." He spoke to the air and kicked a tree. His anger finding form as his hands balled into fists and he punched the bark.

His fists were soon bloody but he didn't stop, there was no one to hurt for hurting his friends but himself, and the trees but he couldn't stop the anger, it swirled around him and he was powerless to stop it.
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[personal profile] evokingfool 2013-04-22 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
"I assume you know how to fight." In this tower, learning self-defence and finding teachers shouldn't be difficult. It's a matter of time and practice.
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[personal profile] evokingfool 2013-04-24 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Reno...he's one of the instructors, isn't he?" Most likely one of the combat instructors in the tower.
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[personal profile] evokingfool 2013-04-26 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)
So it's another departure. "He must be a good instructor."
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[personal profile] evokingfool 2013-04-28 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
"Enough to fight off the monsters by yourself?" Which was important. The other important thing was fighting off fellow residents, if it comes to it.
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[personal profile] evokingfool 2013-05-01 08:09 am (UTC)(link)
"As long you get to live." No matter how many times they die, Minato feels like they're taking death too lightly.