towerofanimus | Glamour Failure

[Meiling calms herself at her hand being taken and squeezed, She's found someone and things would be figured out..hopefully with less death or Admins involved. If her face could be seen, she would have a bit of a smile on her face.]

I was starting to fear I would not be able to find anyone like this.

[She will listen carefully and give a bit of a sigh.]

But if that's true...how does this all work though? I'm not sure I understand how they can...Okay..the soul thing I can..

[Putting a hand over the part where her soul resides as if it would hide it from view]

But the rest....I don't know either.

He stopped after they're close enough to talk.

"Fairly alright."

Which meant Minato had his internal freakout, but chose to prioritise properly. Since Yu was here, he found it easy to assume his roommate have the same thing happened to him.

"I can't hear them. You?"

The voices.

[Well that told her a lot. This was not going to be fun trying to find everyone.]

...I haven't tried yet...but if you can't..

[But she would try!..Which all that happened as her standing there for a moment, doing nothing. After that moment of nothing, there is a slight growl of frustration. Not meaning to do that but..]

No..nothing. They've really taken everything from us all...But what does this all mean?

Neither do I. [Ion sighs and pushes himself upright. He can't be broken--not now. Not around Taiki. He had others to think about. The idea of focusing on his problems...it felt selfish.

There was only one choice: and that was to find the strength he didn't possess. Too much was at stake to do otherwise. Ion could and would keep a composed face, no matter how thin it stretched him by doing so.] Perhaps we can find out. I know I'd certainly like to.

[He frowns.] Though...it might be just as wise to stay where we are and wait this out. Or, at least wait until morning. It could be dangerous.

[Diarmuid drops an arm around his brother's shoulders to keep him close by so that he can keep his voice as quiet as possible. Even though any cameras or other equipment usually used to spy on them is probably just as inoperable as everything else, there are things that Diarmuid just won't take a chance with.]

They were microchips. Dax left them for us to use. I know where some were placed since I placed several of them so I could tell that is where the sounds were coming from. I don't know how, but they must have done this.

And yes, it was the Resistance. I was asked to help by someone I trusted and so I helped.

[For good or ill, he is not sure yet, but...]

*Er...oh, he's seen those horns!*

Gam...Gamzee?

*Enoch sounds a little out of breath. But the troll seemed from his body language that he had something in mind. He wants to know what, if anyone has found anything out.*

I am not fond of unnecessary bloodshed..but this is a new foe for me as well. Whether that will prove advantageous or not is something we shall see later on, I think.

[ ... Link remains where they're at--after all, they came in here hearing Edgeworth, so they're gonna look around to try to find him. ]

Listen, I can explain what is going on. I was one of the people responsible for revealing the truth here. Please, speak to me. I know this is hard to take in, but... we must not give in.

[ Please listen to reason... ]

[Ion wasn't, and had never been, particularly opposed to public displays of affection, and the expression of it through physical contact. What was a hug between friends, after all? That didn't mean, however, that he was particularly used to it. Ion was, after all, the Fon Master. Even those closest to him tended to keep a respectful distance, whether or not he particularly wanted it.

It startled him when Jonouchi so boldly drew him into a hug. But it...it was nice. After a second, he relaxed. To be so quickly and unconditionally accepted...to be equal to another. Not to be considered above or less-than-human, as he had been at times.

Ion couldn't explain exactly how it made him feel. Not in words that he knew, anyway. But it was a comfort and a distraction, and he wasn't sure whether it inspired tears or a smile. In any case...Jonouchi was a good person. And unlike Luke, it looked like he didn't have nearly as much trouble expressing it. For this, Ion was glad. People wouldn't put him down like the redhead so often was by comparison.]

Well...hm...

[Ion thinks of Anise--then Luke, Tear, Asch. He smiles despite himself, though it's completely without humor. Not that he could look very humorous in this state, regardless.]

I think they should be okay...I mean, they know how to handle themselves.

[And they aren't as useless as I am he finds himself thinking.]

I'm just unsure of how to proceed now. What do you think? What would you rather do?

[It wasn't like Ion was going to be sleeping anytime soon, after all. Not with his bed looking like a life support machine.]

[Kariya would have done anything, when he was young, to be freed of the Matou magic, those circuits his family wanted so much, which were the only thing about him that mattered to them. He would have been glad to be without them. Now, they're finally gone. It only took coming to a place like this for that to happen.]

That's what I think, too. I know what it's like to be alone. I don't want anyone else to go through that. It really can help--even something that seems small. We'll do our best. We have to try. They shouldn't have to cry alone.

[For a year, the long, hard year of his training, he had been all but abandoned by the world--alone and in pain, and so lonely. So afraid, with no one to comfort him. No one should have to deal with that kind of fear and loneliness, not even for a little while. He'll do what he can to make sure that doesn't happen.

When Diarmuid puts a hand on his shoulder and calls him a knight, he feels proud, but also a little embarrassed. He would object, say he's not a knight at all, but why can't he be? If only for a little while. He used to dream of things like knights and heroes, even though he'd never really turned out to be one.]

It's an honor to serve beside you.

This one was a blue one, masculine with an outline that suggested well developed muscle. The only noteworthy thing about him was that there seemed to be an irregularity in the catsuit at his hip, if Arturia's eyes would fall there.

"Saber?"

Which one was it, though? Was it the one he'd had tension with before, or the one who had gone with them into Dax's area?

It's funny, isn't it? We look so different, but it all still feels the same.

[He hugs her for a moment longer before finally stepping away.]

Use that to show people that not everything has changed. Sometimes touch is the only way to make people understand.

[Diarmuid tilts his head at her as he often does when he smiles.]

As are you. You were one of the people I was looking for. I think I will be okay, but if I believe I am starting to slip, I will make sure to find someone to help level me out again. You and a lot of other people went to a lot of work to straighten me out. I'm not going to let that go to waste.

Edited (Wrong Icon! X.x) 2013-06-05 08:44 (UTC)

Yes, no one should be alone.

[Diarmuid gives Kariya's shoulder another squeeze before letting his hand fall away.]

I will leave this area in your care. If you need any help, feel free to come and find me. I know it will be harder than usual, but I will be on the dorm floors doing my best to help everyone I can.

Be well. We will speak again soon.

[He bows his head to Kariya and then disappears down the hallway.]

..Everyone? Even the bad people? Yotsuba looked a little puzzled as she tried to put this together.

"Even if we work with the bad people? And who are we working for?"

Enoch had been through a lot so far. But he was going around trying to comfort people, at least, and when he saw a child's small frame, he looked down at him. The look of pain and doubt was hard to see on the film that was his face. But every child that was like this...it was in part because of him. So he had to help him, if he needed help.

"Are you all right, little one?"

It was really nice on the right! But it was nice on the left too! And don't break your promise, okay? Daddy says that's bad to do!

[As she spoke about breaking promises, her gaze got as harsh as it could for a five year old before she smiled and returned to normal again to answer Kariya's question.]

When Daddy puts his boxers on his head, he becomes Boxerman and messes up things! Yotsuba always has to correct him!

[Which was good, since Yotsuba was pretty calm now that she had someone else to talk to and reassure her.]

Darres...that's not what I mean...

[ Sobbed between his words. She couldn't accept this. What the hell is wrong with these worlds? They never cease to try to break her and destroy everything she held dear. Wasn't it enough that she was a fake? What the hell was she not that she wasn't even a clone, a clone that she had learned to accept?! ]

....

[ Ishtar cried harder as she clung to him. That's right, Darres was here. He'll make everything better, and she could be selfish again and spoiled. She wouldn't have to fend for herself and protect herself from danger....but no that's not possible. She couldn't abandon all she was now because Darres was here. He was her moral support and her strength. He should be there to motivate her to be stronger, so for once, she could protect himself. She didn't spend almost five years in misery for nothing! ]

...Do you mean that...do you really...mean that...Darres?

I think so..I keep hearing that these Administrators..like to hurt us..but that things usually go back..to how they were. So..it should be..fine.

You're Romeo in a frame thing.

That's true. Don't worry though. I'm sure that we'll be able to fix this. However..if it's going to be fixed, it would probably be getter if we just got the power systems working and left off the glamour.

[While this speech is cute and adorable, Saki, it has missed the mark, unfortunately. In fact, it does the opposite of what you intended and makes Edgeworth snap.]

Save the corny speeches, Miss Asami! Follow your heart? Let the light guide you? All that silly twaddle will do a fine job in uncovering the truth if one cannot tell the difference between perceived and objective reality in this miserable place!

Well, now you have. Are you done?

How do we know this isn't the illusion?

Because the whole power went out before this.

Yup.

[ Just that short answer. As if her actions have been normal all this time.. but at least she recognizes the voice, that helps a lot in identifying this person. ]

I didn't know it was you either. It's like a game of "guess the person". They must have felt like letting us play..

Glamour Failure

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I will be very slow for a little while and sorry I'm so late as it is!

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He is a big doofus really

Canonblind but assuming that the two would sound identical?

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/laaate

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I am so sorry Saki. ;_; He doesn't mean to be horrible.

Re: It's fine he can handle it.

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