i will storm the gates of hell

[vasavishakti]

Characters: karna & you. yeah, you.
Setting: room 1-12, then wherever you wanna run into him, idc.
Format: again, i write in action spam because i'm lazy, but feel free to respond in either.
Summary: this is probably gonna be terrible.
Warnings: none yet, unless you count the traumatized hindu deity.

[ he can't believe what he's reading. his world is gone? his entire world? it's not possible. not yet, not now, and certainly not like this. karna understands what he is, of course, but why does that make him worthy of saving? he served in life, he served in death-- if anyone should have been protected, should have been spared, it should have been his master.

he can't.. think about this right now. he can't focus on how empty he feels. ten years he'd been connected to his master, knowing one another body and mind and soul. ten years their bond had existed, and now-- and now--

he wants to scream. it's like a limb is missing, ripped away and bleeding, and it's all he can do to breathe, to move. he's not ready. he'd known he'd lose him eventually, but he'd thought-- he'd thought he'd have years, not like this. they were supposed to have a lifetime together.

he doesn't have the presence of mind to banish his armor for something less conspicuous. all he can think of is how desperately he needs to get away. he leaves the letters on his bed, stumbling away, all but fleeing the room as the void inside him shrieks its loss. he has no idea where he's going, only that he has to keep walking. he needs to walk until he finds the end of-- of whatever this is.

this is fate, surely, but it's a fate that he was woefully unprepared for. ]

Comments

[puppy_lancer]

Huh. You're open with your identity.

[He's feeling just a little more relaxed. Always better to be around someone honest.]

Maybe it was in your world. It was still going on in mine.

[vasavishakti]

I have no reason not to be.

[ for a moment, the second part makes no sense. but then, karna's been a member of the tower for a decade, so it doesn't take long to connect the pieces. some kind of second magic, then..? ]

I see. [ to some degree, at least. ] Is it true? Our worlds.

[puppy_lancer]

...As far as I can tell.

[His tone is completely solemn.]

[vasavishakti]

[ his knees feel weak, suddenly. it's true. it's true, and his master is dead. ]

.. I see. [ a careful breath through his nose. ] You have not introduced yourself.

[puppy_lancer]

Lancer of the Fifth Holy Grail War. Though seeing how there's no Holy Grail and no War here, I'm more of a free agent.

[vasavishakti]

[ lancer. this is the lancer who would have been summoned, then, perhaps. ]

I, too, was once Lancer-class. Well met, then.

[puppy_lancer]

You too? That makes three of us.

[vasavishakti]

[ a startled blink. ] There is a third..?

[puppy_lancer]

Yeah, my brother Diarmuid. He used to be the Lancer of the Fourth War.

[vasavishakti]

The Fourth--? [ a different lancer had been summoned in some version of the world..? ] I am-- curious about him. My war was the Fourth.

[puppy_lancer]

[He blinks in surprise.]

Woah, really? Where was it fought?

[vasavishakti]

The city was called Fuyuki, in Japan. My Master was a boy by the name of Waver Velvet, though he is of course a man now.

[ he finally thinks to banish his armor for the suit he tends to wear in the tower, gloved hands brushing his jacket down absently. ]

[puppy_lancer]

[He sputters.]

No way! Waver? Short kid with black hair cut like this?

[He runs his hands down the side of his face.]

That Waver?

[vasavishakti]

[ he nods, expression a little uncertain at the reaction. ]

Yes. Though he's quite tall now, and he's grown his hair out.

[puppy_lancer]

So you know him as an adult too?

[Saves Lancer the trouble of explaining Waver's change in appearance, at least.]

He's here right now, you know. Well, a version of him is.