video; un: blade

[unreachableside]

WHO: Blade and you
WHERE: The network
WHEN: A day or two before the Zodiac mid-month post
WHAT: *INCOHERENT POMSKY YELLING*
WARNINGS: Talk of blood, death, and violence. Teresa is a content warning on her own should her crimes be brought up (incest, slavery).

[video;]

[This is the second time Blade has appeared on the network looking unhinged, but this time he's covered in blood, which is definitely not an improvement. He wears mostly black but the blood stains are still dark and damp, all over his torso, though there's no wounds (?). Blood has also smeared against one cheek as if he were hugging a corpse, because for a few minutes that's exactly what he was doing.

His candle-flame eyes glow with unbridled fury. He's all fangs and fire. The background looks... wooden? Maybe the inside of a boat cabin but who cares honestly.]

She killed him. She killed him!

Do you understand?

Teresa killed Dan Heng. He couldn't even fight back. She stabbed him again and again until he died, and then she kept stabbing.

[He snarls.]

Do you understand?

He came back, but he isn't fine. You're never the same after dying. [Blade knows that better than anyone.]

She has to die. I don't care if she's Black Order. She'll pay. I'll end her. I'll end her worthless life!

Do you hear me, witch? I'll strip your flesh piece by piece, and then—

I'll burn your bones until not even ashes remain!

[He shuts the feed off violently.]

Comments

text | UN: Arachne

[adtendo]

[Kafka is doing this over text, because she might risk having an emotion otherwise. It's fine. She's fine. Don't worry about it.]

Where are you? I'm coming to you.

Voice: un: MrColdFeet

[anyprice]

...He died?

[ there's an... odd tone to Sampo's voice. Sure, he and Dan Heng had their differences (those differences being that sampo screwed around on Dan Heng and Co. in a past life) but hearing that he'd died is... not what he wants to hear.

'He came back' also makes The Laughter echo in the back of his head like a headache. ]

I knew the Black Order were a bunch of insane cultists, but I didn't. Think they'd outright--

...

Hey, buddy. Blade. Calm down. This--this sort of message is gonna' get their attention in a bad way. You're gonna' put yourself in danger too, you know?? Once they get their sights on someone they don't stooooop, you know?

...

Buddy? Are you even here anymore?

...

Oh, no.

text;

[unreachableside]

ship

[Believe it or not this is better texting than usual when he's like this.]

Not Here

[whiteshroud]

[ That... wasn't part of the plan.

Fuck.]

un: kesitakame

[hoshikiri]

[She killed Dan Heng.

She killed Dan Heng.

She killed one of Takame's students. Even if he fucking came back... even if he did...

Takame's response is eerily quiet. He swore he would stay out of this, he needed to keep Ei and Yusuke safe... but this. No, hells with quiet. He still was but the growl in his words was frightening to anyone with sense.]

... If you do not reach her first I will strike her down myself.

voice | un: chaosraccoon

[actnormal]

What?! Who--what--what happened?!

[adtendo]

[It's enough, and she's grateful for a response. For a moment, she expected that she would need to go over the entirety of Kaisou herself. And she would, she would raze the city to the ground if she needed to.]

[A part of her wants to go after Teresa directly. But no, no. Blade comes first. Revenge comes later. If Teresa had ever prayed for a miracle, she better pray that someone else gets to her before Kafka does.]

[She finds Blade on the ship, and she puts her nice, new jacket over him. She doesn't care about the blood. She just wants him to know that she's here.]

un: fortuneclovers

[medicgunner]

[There's the sound of a phone falling to the ground, some kind of choked shouting only the latter of which can be made out:]

What the fuck... What the fuck... What the FUCK?! HOW COULD SHE?! HOW??

voice | UN: Thorn

[poisontippedcure]

[Rose's response comes after the fact, via voice. There's a part of her that wants to offer to go there now, to help, but she promised Veldora she'd be careful.]

[At the very least, she knows she was right to worry.]

Please let me know if you need anything. She's a vile woman, and you're right.

[Rose doesn't often encourage murder, but.]

Keep yourself safe, too. But if you do get hurt in the process, call me.

Voice | UN: jalbarea PRIVATE

[noblerise]

[For fuck's sake—]

Stand down, Blade.

[His tone is as firm and calm as cold steel, but there's a shared anger underneath it as well. He's angry at Teresa. Most of all, he's absolutely goddamn furious at the higher ups for sending her in the first place.]

I understand being vengeful and furious right now, but you cannot leave Dan Heng alone. You will stay there in that cabin as his guard until further notice. Am I understood?

video: UN: trienemybest

[droptheious]

She did what?

[What the absolute hell? Varian's done as asked (for once in his goddamn life) and stayed the absolute hell out of this mess. But this is absolutely not something that anyone can ignore. He sure as hell can't. Blade might look unhinged, but that's his friend and Varian's not gonna be perturbed by it. ]

Damnit.

[He wants to voice caution against revenge. He knows how that only leads to bad places- he knows that EXTREMELY well. But that isn't what Blade needs right now, and frankly? She sounds like she deserves whatever is coming to her. Varian might have made some real strides in getting better but this hits... different. ]

What do you need?

[To make this easier. For Dan Heng. To wipe Teresa off the face of the planet. All of the above.]

un: goldenrose

[twofoldfury]

[... This has gone on long enough. Edward... Diarmuid knew to leave it to him. This could not stand. Dan Heng, even if returned, should never have been a victim of her vile wish.

There's a voice, only slightly familiar to Blade from the Cabin. The veil of fury in his tone was barely contained, but contained nonetheless.]

Are you with Dan Heng now?

un: ragna

[centralfiction]

That fucking bitch... That piece of shit...!

[He sounded as horrified as he did livid. If he came back... that didn't mean what he think it did, did it? Fuck, he hoped not but all he could do right now was lash out as Blade was.]

If that Black Order BITCH thinks she's gonna get out of this fucking town with her life...! [Ragna has killed before. And he damn sure will again. He knows damn well how much Blade loves Dan Heng. He'll rip Teresa apart for both of them.]

not here

[jackdawvision]

[Edward pulls his hood up after watching the video, and flicks out his hidden blade to test it. Slides it back into place.

Time to move.]

voice; un: blade

[unreachableside]

[The response comes like half an hour later. He's quiet, but no less furious.]

I don't care if she's Black Order.

What is another sin to my litany?

un: jingnyan

[pranas]

[ don't mind him cutting in as the voice of calm and reason. ]

We are, yes. Introductions will have to come later, but know I am a friend of both Dan Heng and Blade and am looking after them both.

text: un: TheDuke > Private

[loupmorque]

If you need backup, you know my number.

voice; un: blade

[unreachableside]

[His response comes a few minutes later, and it sounds strained:]

I can't leave. Can't fight. Forbidden.

What a joke.

He couldn't even fight back.

[twofoldfury]

[Comparatively, Diarmuid was much calmer than the rest. If this man was a friend of them both, that is all Diarmuid needed.]

I understand. Was Blade injured at all and are either of them still harmed?

[anyprice]

What I mean is. If you make yourself a target, they're not above sending a clusterbomb instead of a precision strike. There's a reason I spent most of the last 15 years in other spirit realms instead of here, on Earth. They don't know when to quit.

Dan Heng died.

Doubt he'll want to see you die for revenge, you know, pal?

voice, un: jingnyan

[pranas]

[ jing yuan, doing his best to do damage control, responds pretty much immediately: ]

Sam.

He'll be fine, I'm with him. He will have to get through me if he wishes to run off and do something stupid.

Voice | UN: makeitaventi PRIVATE

[venti_late]

[Oh, Barbatos, this is looking so fucking bad. Venti has to immediately make this private and do what he can to help calm Blade down before he got himself killed. While the man is his follower and West Wind, he's also Venti's friend. His mind flashes back to Dvalin, driven made by poison and loneliness and the false words of an Abyss Mage.

He has to believe his words will reach Blade.]

Bladie—Yingxing. Please, I know it's hard and you're upset and angry, and you have every right to be, but you need to take a deep breath. He wouldn't want you to do anything reckless, right?

[hoshikiri]

She is naught worthless coward...

[Takame was moments away from breaking his phone.]

She will not get away with it. You cannot fight... but I've no such restriction.

like a minute later, same account but different person

[stripartist]

This is Yusuke. I've taken Takame's phone from him, so if you need to speak with him please just contact me.

[He will handle his boyfriend.]

> private

[anyprice]

Was wondering why I woke up and Mimi was suddenly on top of me.

And not in your house.

...

I don't know Dan Heng personally. But.
I was acquainted with him in another life. He was in a group with some pretty selfless folk--way different from me.

He doesn't deserve to die for some crazy bitch's fanaticism.