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Enoch ([personal profile] warriorscribe) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2013-10-03 10:44 pm

Put an End to This False World

Characters: Enoch and wide open
Setting: Graveyard, morning, slightly forward-dated to when the drops in question are processed.
Format: I'm starting in prose but it doesn't matter.
Summary: A small handful of names show up in the graveyard, and they prove there just might be a right way to break.
Warnings: Hostility will be met with violence right now.

Enoch didn't know how he'd let the graveyard's significance die. He didn't know how the names on the headstones had become a blur. He didn't know how he'd become numb to this job that was once so painful. He even missed Yu's headstone until the moment it came into abrupt clarity for no apparent reason. While he wondered how he could have missed it, wished him and his guardian strength, another nearby caught his eye. He could swear his heart stopped for a moment.

He walked swiftly through the row of tombstones, turning for another pass, in disbelief.

Tohko Amano.
Raphael.
Yotsuba Koiwai.

Tohko. She'd been getting on his nerves and Lucifel's both lately, but she only ever meant the best. He'd never finished writing her his story. At least, books did not crumble on the destroyed worlds. She may not need to eat but she could take comfort in her stories.

Raphael. The first person he recognized from home. Someone he'd been able to confide his suspicion in. Trapped on a dead world with a dead God.

Yotsuba. Such a bright light in such a hostile place. Like so many children before her she'd endeared herself to him immediately. It was always easy to talk to her, even with Eleven's screaming in his mind. Having earned a place in Lucifel's heart and spending time with the both of them, it had begun to feel like a family.

He had promised her he would restore the worlds. Now she herself would fall victim to Ruana if he failed too. Someone so young...someone who had begun to feel like family.

For a moment, it seemed to nearly echo a moment from his near future on Earth, where he would encounter Belial. His fists clenched and his shoulders tightened. Anyone who could see the flaming aura at the back of his neck would see it was flaring out. Eleven screamed shrill in his mind, the only sound he could hear.

Until he screamed back.

His voice rose to drown out the one in his mind, a roar that echoed in the solemn floor. He drew another breath, and screamed again, not in fear but in anger. The third scream found words involved.

"RUANA! I WON'T LET YOU HAVE THEM!" Every word he spoke, he shouted over Eleven, his eyes alight with something dangerous. His Arch found itself in his hands, open and raised. It buzzed as he slashed at the air in front of him.

"YOU WON'T TAKE THEM, DO YOU HEAR ME?"
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[personal profile] oathshackledbird 2013-10-18 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Diarmuid follows Enoch's gaze and when his eyes fall on the unit, anger sparks across them for a moment before fading. When he speaks, though, the emotion still tinges his words even if it has vanished from his eyes, "It doesn't matter, I suppose, if he heard or not. It's not like I haven't already mentioned it on the Network. It just wasn't the point of a whole post."

He pauses, letting his voice drop, "I am already doing that. I guess I just was hoping for another method of distribution that might reach more people more quickly. It never sees to go fast enough..."

And that just comes back to the point neither of them seem to be able to escape. Nothing happens fast enough here.
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[personal profile] oathshackledbird 2013-10-18 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
Diarmuid nods, "Point taken. However, if you end up knowing of anyone who needs something real and they don't have the time or ability to hunt themselves, please don't be afraid to ask or point them my way. After all, you were willing to make that sling for my friend. The least I can do is repay the favor to you."
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[personal profile] oathshackledbird 2013-10-19 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
Diarmuid nods and then looks off at the other graves in the yard, "If you will be all right, I think it is long passed time I saw who else I know has been added to this place. I've been avoiding it, but now..." he shakes his head. "I should not avoid learning of their fates just because it hurts. It is an insult to them and the bonds we shared."
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[personal profile] oathshackledbird 2013-10-20 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
Normally, Diarmuid would be glad for the company, but after seeing those graves there is a sick knot in his stomach. Talking to Enoch has made him feel a little better, but he has a feeling that isn't going to last long. If he falls apart again, he would rather not have anyone see it.

He waves to Enoch, starting off toward a nearby set of graves, though he pauses a moment to look back at the man, "Be well. Or as well as possible in this place anyway. If you ever need me, my hands are yours to use."