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kaisou2025-03-05 03:18 pm
centralfiction) wrote in kaisou2025-03-05 03:18 pm
■■; when greek meets greek
WHO: Ragna and the Network
WHERE: Gemini
WHEN: March 6th
WHAT: The preamble to Ragna's possession plot
WARNINGS: Depictions of violence, glitch effects, language. I'll add more as they come up.
[It's abrupt. Or perhaps it was a long time coming.]
♪ RIOT
[The video feed turns on, a brief glimpse of a panicked, struggling Ragna with some sort of corruption running up the right side of his face before the floor seemed to be thrown to the ground camera first. From below the view is worse. Magic is flowing uncontrollably from the now opened regulator on his right hand. With his left, he threw something else, something purple, far out of sight before holding onto his right wrist as if it would accomplish anything.]
Stop!! STOP–! YOU DON'T KNOW… WHAT YOU'RE DOING–!!
[Then... another voice came from his mouth. It was his... mixed with that of a young woman. As if they were speaking at the same time, as if they were two halves of one whole.]
You don't understand!! You don't! They're coming! I saw them!! They're coming to destroy this place!! DESTROY IT ALL–! IT'S ALL VENTI'S FAULT! IT HAS TO BE, HE WOULDN'T SAY WHAT HE WAS DOING! IT'S ALL HIS FAULT!!
[Ragna's voice broke through, barely, though it was more of a pained scream as if he was being set on fire inside and out.]
AOKO—! NO–! You... can't—!
[He faded, he couldn't hold this whirlwind of power back any longer. He was already exhausted. He was already struggling to keep it controlled… even his body... could only take so much.
Ragna looked down at his phone and for just a split second...
His expression was desperate and before the two voices converged again, he mouthed one word silently.
"Help."]
Restriction number 666 released...
[The visual became harder to make out through bolts of power shorting the phone in and out.]
Dimensional interf̵e̸r̶e̶n̷c̷e̴ f̵i̷e̷l̶d̷ deployed.
[The sound began cutting out, the power swelled close to reaching its peak.]
B̵l̷a̷z̷B̵l̴u̸e̸... a̸c̷t̷i̵v̶a̸t̵e̴.
[The rest... is near impossible to make out. A loud burst like an explosion going off followed, the last of whatever was said was inaudible.
And the feed was cut off.]
[[ ooc: There will be no responses from Ragna going forward. Use this to react as you want to what just happened. See this thread for the lead up to how this happened and where it is. Main event will go up this Friday! ]]
WHERE: Gemini
WHEN: March 6th
WHAT: The preamble to Ragna's possession plot
WARNINGS: Depictions of violence, glitch effects, language. I'll add more as they come up.
[It's abrupt. Or perhaps it was a long time coming.]
♪ RIOT
[The video feed turns on, a brief glimpse of a panicked, struggling Ragna with some sort of corruption running up the right side of his face before the floor seemed to be thrown to the ground camera first. From below the view is worse. Magic is flowing uncontrollably from the now opened regulator on his right hand. With his left, he threw something else, something purple, far out of sight before holding onto his right wrist as if it would accomplish anything.]
Stop!! STOP–! YOU DON'T KNOW… WHAT YOU'RE DOING–!!
[Then... another voice came from his mouth. It was his... mixed with that of a young woman. As if they were speaking at the same time, as if they were two halves of one whole.]
You don't understand!! You don't! They're coming! I saw them!! They're coming to destroy this place!! DESTROY IT ALL–! IT'S ALL VENTI'S FAULT! IT HAS TO BE, HE WOULDN'T SAY WHAT HE WAS DOING! IT'S ALL HIS FAULT!!
[Ragna's voice broke through, barely, though it was more of a pained scream as if he was being set on fire inside and out.]
AOKO—! NO–! You... can't—!
[He faded, he couldn't hold this whirlwind of power back any longer. He was already exhausted. He was already struggling to keep it controlled… even his body... could only take so much.
Ragna looked down at his phone and for just a split second...
His expression was desperate and before the two voices converged again, he mouthed one word silently.
"Help."]
Restriction number 666 released...
[The visual became harder to make out through bolts of power shorting the phone in and out.]
Dimensional interf̵e̸r̶e̶n̷c̷e̴ f̵i̷e̷l̶d̷ deployed.
[The sound began cutting out, the power swelled close to reaching its peak.]
B̵l̷a̷z̷B̵l̴u̸e̸... a̸c̷t̷i̵v̶a̸t̵e̴.
[The rest... is near impossible to make out. A loud burst like an explosion going off followed, the last of whatever was said was inaudible.
And the feed was cut off.]
[[ ooc: There will be no responses from Ragna going forward. Use this to react as you want to what just happened. See this thread for the lead up to how this happened and where it is. Main event will go up this Friday! ]]
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Blade likes reverse melt teams. In this essay I will--] If anyone could figure out how to double the capacity, it's him.[He's so damn proud of Varian!!!!]
Not offhand. Nothing worth bringing into an energy-sucking black hole, at least.
... If you're relatively close while I'm using my Vision, I'll take those hits for you.
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[ the kid is gonna be a star in the inventing world when he gets older, he's sure of it. ]
Energy-sucking black hole sounds... a whole lot not good. But it sounds like Venti has some sort of work-around for that.
I'm a close-combat fighter, so sticking close won't be a problem.
Just don't get too hurt.
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[Literally or figuratively.]
I won't. Venti can tell when I'm in trouble, and he needs to stay outside. Still, we should definitely bring someone with healing magic. I don't want to test the limits of my regeneration, and there's always a chance that my powers could get suppressed. [There are reasons for that, but he won't get into it. He doesn't want to muddy the waters with more mentions of divinity and demons.]
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[ the god keeps dm'ing him nice things and dogs are weak to praise. ]
I wouldn't volunteer to put her in danger, but if she's willing to go, I might be able to have Furina come along with us. She's a good healer, and doesn't have to be up in the danger zone with us in order to do it.
...
Having powers suppressed at a critical time would be worrisome. Let's hope it doesn't come to that.
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[That makes all the difference, in his opinion.]
That would help, but only if she wants to put herself at risk.
I'm connected to Venti so it might protect us from something like that. It also paints a target on my back, but I accepted that trade-off a while ago.
If it gets to be too dangerous, I'll recommend splitting up so you can escape with Ragna while I hold the enemy off.
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[ that aside... ]
I'll see if she's willing. If she doesn't want to, I'm sure we could find someone else with healing powers willing to help us.
...
And I will.
I carried you out of a place like that before. I'll do it again.
So long as you promise you'll try to make it out alive after me.
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[He really wouldn't be surprised if his reckless healer friends jumped face first into this anyway, but he can make do without them if he must.]
[A dark chuckle.] I appreciate that, even now.
I promise I'll follow. I have quite a few things to live for. [...] Honestly, the fury of my partners is more terrifying to me than any god or demon.
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And good. That you have things to live for, I mean. When we first met, you were so flippant about this sort of thing. So it's good to see you've become more solid in your place in this world.
It's good to see.
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[Even Blade has a moment where he feels abashed... Wriothesley's right. He's always been kind of flippant about his own health but Blade does it differently now, because he knows his limits, and he knows the consequences involve more than just himself.]
I have several people to thank for that, and you are one of them.
[Hahah.]
Outside of that, I also have someone that I need to find. I don't know where she is or if she still carries the name I remember, but it's one of the few wrongs from my past that I can make right.
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...Someone you have to find. Do you have a name for her? I'm assuming you mean she'll be one day reincarnated in this world. Or she'll show up, whisked away like myself?
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Bailu. [Bailu... isn't the same as Baiheng, just like he isn't the same as Yingxing. He's a little more, a little different.] She is—... hmm. It's complicated. She's... something like a distant daughter. By the time I discovered her name and status it was too late for me to help her, and I was deep in madness.
... I would like to rectify that in this life, even if it takes the rest of my years.
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Bailu.
I won't forget the name. While I doubt I'll find her before you, there's always the chance.
...Family is. Something I don't quite understand, given my upbringing.
But I think I can understand wanting to right a wrong, and doing anything possible to see it done.
Well then.
With that sort of motivation behind you, guess I don't have to scold you to make sure to keep your head on your shoulders, then. That's reassuring.
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[Not as a dad but just like... a guardian. Wriothesley seems like the type who could be trusted to guide kids, though Bailu's a little more than a 'kid', despite how she looks...]
I thought I was going mad when I remembered it all, but that's a story for later.
... We'll drag Ragna back home even if he's kicking and screaming. We'll rewrite the ending to this story just like we rewrote mine.