If I'm not mistaken I've murdered you twice before my dear

[animusmods]

Characters: any
Setting: all around the Tower; please specify the date and location in your subject header!
Format: any/party-style
Summary: A second general mingle log for characters to encounter monsters.
Warnings: PG-13; please include any more detailed warnings in your threads if necessary.

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[justabignobody]

[Rising back to his feet Riku turns to Shion, his face still blank and almost totally unreadable.]

This is neither the time nor place to fight me, nor is this a fight you stand any chance to win. Stand down, Shion.

[That will be the last warning he's getting.]

[savedbyasong]

[Shion shook with anger, unable to control the rage, the need to destroy Riku, to destroy himself. To hurt everything that hurt Xion, to burn down the world in grief.

Despite the fact she would be back. It didn't matter. He was beyond standing down.] I can't... [A pained whisper before he threw himself at Riku again]

[justabignobody]

[Riku can sense the coiling of the Darkness in the room, can taste the bitter burn of uncontrolled rage in the back of his throat - he had warned Shion of that, hadn't he? - can see the openings other leaves him in his charge and for all that he doesn't want this fight, he has no qualms to work with what he is given.

He goes low again, but this time he is going for a swipe of his leg to trip Shion and send him to the ground a second time. If it works, the moment Shion tries to get back on his feet again, he'll find himself facing the tip of a Keyblade.

Riku has warned him. He is done playing.]

[savedbyasong]

[Shion crashed to the floor again, and turned to get up, pausing as he saw the keyblade. His eyes glinted dangerously again and he tried to roll, lashing out with his feet to try and trip Riku up.]

[justabignobody]

[It's not going to end well at this rate, Riku knows, and if Shion doesn't stay down soon, he will have to injure him more seriously than a few scraps from falling into the sand.

Riku closes his eyes and presses his lips together as he takes a step back to dodge Shion's attack, thinking. There is one more option left to explore before it comes to the worst and Riku really hopes this at least will work as he swings his Keyblade to cast his magic.]

Sleep!

[Never before has he been this glad that Terra has insisted on teaching him status magic.]

[savedbyasong]

[Shion tried to get up again, but before he could do so the magic hit him and he fell back to the sand, the anger leaving his face as his eyes closed and he slept.]

[justabignobody]

[Riku sighs in relieve as his shoulders slump a little and he dismisses Way to the Dawn. Between Xion's death and this 'fight', the night has left him feeling utterly drained - to a point where he doesn't even want to make a stand against the monsters anymore.

It's pointless, all of it is, because right now they are dancing to Ruana's tune and Riku is just so sick of all of it. He's never missed home more than he does now, never longed more for the feeling of sand beneath his shoes and the sound of waves breaking ashore surrounding him this much and this floor can't make up for it either, because non of what's here is real.

He just stands there for a moment, starring down at Shion, for the first time in a long while truly feeling the cracks and fractures the tower has left on him before he exhales sharply, determined to pull himself together.

Focus on the living.

The sleep spell is going to wear off soon, he knows, but while h could just slip away now in that knowledge, he refuses to risk Shion being found by a monster now - however slim that chance may be. Right now there are only bad and worse choices though, because taking Shion into a Dark Corridor is risky too given the current condition of his heart and after a moment Riku just decides to sit down behind Shion and wait for him to stir. The moment he awakens, he will be gone.]