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Claudia Hortensia Kotomine [AU: Master] ([personal profile] sicharia) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2013-12-23 05:07 pm

lights out

Characters: Anyone not running supplies or helping with the Jason situation!
Setting: The infirmary (and anywhere else, potentially)
Format: Any
Summary: For Part 3 of the Into The Abyss event. The lights are out and Jason is coming, and not everyone can play the hero...
Warnings: Standard event warnings; label your own threads

[Well, you've gotta pass the time somehow.]

[personal profile] god_damned 2013-12-26 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
My Assassin had no single form or voice.

[ He hesitates a moment, debating, before he continues: ]

Is there anything I can do for you?

[personal profile] god_damned 2013-12-27 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ He does not argue; it would be pointless to start a discussion over this once more. However, now he wonders... ]

Claudia. Did you ask Assassin to defend me?

[personal profile] god_damned 2013-12-27 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
It was unnecessary of you to ask. [ But he does not sound chiding or upset; simply honest. ] Your Servant should stay with you.

But I cannot override your commands as her Master.
unhealing: (twinkling and sparkling)

[personal profile] unhealing 2013-12-27 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
Of course. I need her protection much more than you do. [Her tone is a little dry as she says that.] I doubt she would give priority to you even if I told her. I just asked her to keep you in mind as well, that's all.
glassceiling: <user name=curtainfire> (pic#6937651)

[personal profile] glassceiling 2013-12-28 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Assassin, bundled in the corner with her bed sheet, hears a few snatches of the conversation. Now, she walks over, her sheet trailing behind her.]

Claudia is telling the truth. I would give priority to her. But as she is my friend and my partner, I will obey her wishes.

...And if she wishes for you to be safe, I will protect you.

[personal profile] god_damned 2013-12-29 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ Kirei is surprised to hear Assassin's voice -- and how she shows herself is not the way he expects. ]

I see. [ Spoken after a small pause. ] Although it seems beyond your power to do so at the moment.
unhealing: (i've done my time)

[personal profile] unhealing 2014-01-15 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
It's only temporary.

[Claudia is quick to cut in—almost defensively so. Of course, she can't say that for certain, but if nothing else, she's sure Assassin will revert to normal if killed.]

[...But that's a callous, fatalistic thought, so she doesn't dwell on it.]


We just have to make do like this for now.
glassceiling: <user name=curtainfire> (pic#6937691)

[personal profile] glassceiling 2014-01-15 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I am sure...that it will be temporary.

[Assassin's voice wavers a little. It has to be temporary. She doesn't even want to imagine the alternative.]

I am sorry to have to trouble you like this, Claudia.

But, Kirei, I will protect her even in this state. It is my duty.

[personal profile] god_damned 2014-01-15 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
You are well-intentioned, but I am unconvinced.

[ Assassin's bundled form does not exactly build confidence. ]

Perhaps I should stay, until Assassin recovers.
unhealing: (brittle strands become threads)

[personal profile] unhealing 2014-01-15 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
...If you choose to do so, I won't tell you to do otherwise. But you don't need to go out of your way for me, Kirei.

[As capable as she knows him to be, she doesn't encourage him to stay with her. This is a purposeful move on her part, but it isn't because of the desires Kirei has confessed to her; she simply doesn't want Assassin to feel worse for her current state than she already does.]
glassceiling: <user name=curtainfire> (pic#6937691)

[personal profile] glassceiling 2014-01-16 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Assassin frowns and tightens her grip around her sheet. Kirei's comments make her feel her current weakness keenly.]

If it will not be too much trouble, then yes, please stay. I am very glad that there will be someone here to help protect Claudia if I cannot do so.

[She certainly doesn't sound glad, what with the way her voice is getting strained and how she's biting her lip.]

[personal profile] god_damned 2014-01-16 10:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's amusing him, and he knows it shouldn't.

Assassin's weakness and her obvious discomfort are one thing, but it's worse (better?) that her emotions also fall prey. She frets over her Master and her ability to protect her. She doubts herself and feels guilt, and his lips want to turn upward.

He resists that and merely nods.
]

I will stay then, until Assassin recovers.

[ A pause, and then: ]

Assuming she does.
unhealing: (i'm afraid i'll never get to heaven)

[personal profile] unhealing 2014-01-16 11:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Claudia's lips purse together, and when she speaks next, her tone is more curt than she intends.]

Thank you, Kirei. We appreciate it. [Then, more sharply:] It's only temporary.

[When she addresses Assassin next, her voice is considerably softer.]

Assassin, I need to make sure this doesn't need any adjustments so far. Would you mind? Ah, and of course it wouldn't be proper for Kirei to see you in such a state, so... Kirei, would you mind?
glassceiling: (pic#6684711)

[personal profile] glassceiling 2014-01-16 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[Assassin relaxes slightly as she hears Claudia's words. At the same time, a small blush starts appearing on her face as she realizes she might have to remove her sheet.]

Yes, Kirei, please look away. I do not wish to scare you.

[personal profile] god_damned 2014-01-16 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He does not miss Claudia's sharper tone. It should discourage him, but in fact, that treacherous amusement only spreads.

The request is not strange, considering Assassin's concealment. If Heroic Spirits are particular of their identity, their secrecy is no shock.
]

I am not certain you could frighten me -- but I will do as you ask.

[ Kirei bows his head, then turns away. ]
unhealing: (i steal your breath)

[personal profile] unhealing 2014-01-16 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Claudia considers telling him to stand elsewhere, so that she can speak to Assassin candidly, but for the time being, she'll let it go. There will be other opportunities to speak to them both.]

[So, instead, she smiles at Assassin, moving her pilfered sewing kit aside so that she can stand with the half-completed cloak.]


All right, then, Assassin! You'll drop the sheet, and I'll wrap this around you as quick as I can when you do. Okay?
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[personal profile] glassceiling 2014-01-20 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Assassin focuses on Claudia, doing her best not to feel awkward with changing in front of someone else, especially a man.]

Alright. Then, are you ready, Claudia?

[She takes a deep breath and drops her sheet, trusting Claudia to move fast.]

[personal profile] god_damned 2014-01-21 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It is almost tempting to turn, but Kirei stays where he is.

He wonders -- what spirit is it that Claudia summoned, whose very body is a horror? He tries to think, yet nothing obvious comes to his memory.

He doubts Claudia would appreciate it if he asked. She is already short with him - perhaps she is seeing more of him now, than she did before.
]