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GRAVEYARD 2.0
GRAVEYARD Well, that sucked. But no matter what your death was like—whether it was something peaceful or traumatic, you'll find yourself waking in a completely white room on the floor. Small and empty, there isn't anything else there besides an open door to walk through. But before you do that, you'll probably notice that whatever injuries you may have had, including whatever may have been the death blow, are now gone. That's exciting. Stepping out of the room, it seems that you're in a large... house? with three different floors. Everything from floor, ceiling to furniture is completely white, except for the drawings that are plastered to the walls in each room. These are all colorful, drawn in colored pencils and crayon, and resemble a child's drawing. The other notable thing are the windows. While they're present all around the building, looking out of them only shows TV static. Besides that, everything is furnished with the absolute bare minimum of each room. The first floor is all typical common areas one would find in a house. There's a kitchen, living room area, laundry room, dining room, and a main hallway where the stairs are. There are also helpful drawings in these rooms that show the rooms much more lavishly decorated than they actually are. There's a door that appears to be the way to exit the building, it's locked. The second floor consists of nothing but twenty bedrooms. Each room has one queen sized bed, an empty dresser, and an attached bathroom with only a sink, toilet, and shower. Like the first floor, each bedroom has drawn pictures that show it looking much more lavish than it actually does. Thanks for nothing, artist! The third floor only has two rooms. One appears to be a home office with nothing but a desk and two chairs, one behind it and one in front of it. While there's blank pieces of paper and crayons on the desk, the note that was previously there is gone. The other room is much larger, and it's completely empty save for the many drawings lining its walls— in fact, the walls are covered in them, much more than in any other room. On closer inspection, though, it seems like these aren't actually drawings? The papers seem to be showing scenes from the living area. Everything from inside the hotel to the areas beyond the bridge are visible here. However, when curfew hits on Thursday nights, they revert to being normal drawings! Except for the fact that they're all drawings of stick figures being murdered in various ways. Well. At least there's plenty of things to draw with, if you get bored. Also, a handy link to the previous post. |
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But by the time they're inside the Mashin, it's almost become routine. Pedestrian. ]
That's a whole lot of ifs, maybes, and shoulds.
[ What's with the uncertainty? (What's with the sour mood, Hikaru?) ]
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Do you ever just feel like you're having a really weird case of dejavu?
[Not!Steve suggest they still have a job to complete, regardless of their uncertainties or mood. Hikaru nods, a little sheepish.]
Yeah. [She points directly upward.] He's waiting for us, up there.
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Well? What are we waiting for, then? Let's go!
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It... looks like them?]
It's a reflection. [Her voice is even, like she's reliving a dream she's had a thousand times before.] It's been a mirror this entire time. Not the sky.
[Her hands draw close to herself, flames flickering to life before turning to bolts of electricity, white hot and bundling up into a spell between her hands.]
We're gonna need all three of us working together to break this! Be ready! Zagato is waiting right behind this barrier!
[You don't need to tell Steve twice! He's on catsostrophic wind duty. Did I ever say Bucky has water magic? He has water magic. Time to make a hurricane in your hands, Bucky.]
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He forces a veritable torrent of water to pound against the mirror with as much force as he can muster. This feels deeply normal to him now but damn if he isn't going to wish he could appreciate the novelty of this later. ]
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And, between them and that castle, stands a fourth mashin, with a young man at its helm. He addresses them as the Magic Knights, and when Steve asked where the fuck he got another Mashin, Zagato's eyes narrow with a smile.
"I forged it with my own will, all so I could destroy you Magic Knights with my bare hands!!"
They then proceed to get their asses kicked pretty heavily. Final boss and all. Hope you enjoy getting beaten to smithereens, Bucky.]
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Of course, in those cases he's usually just holding out until reinforcements can show up, and he's not so sure those are coming this time. So maybe he's a little shaky getting back up on his feet (or, like, metaphorical feet, I guess, since they're all in giant robots).
But it doesn't matter. Because he's always gonna get back up, and always dish out more, and take more. Bring it the fuck on, Zagato, he's not going down that easy. ]
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Why is Zagato doing this, Steve-who-is-not-steve yells out. The Pillar has to pray for the world or the world will fall apart. Why would Zagato rip something like that away when it would destroy everything, including himself?
Zagato's face draws into something bitter.
The Pillar can only pray for one thing, and one thing alone. But she has no freedom. Why must that be her fate? Why must she live her life chained as your precious Pillar???
His attacks only increase in strength at his fury. If they do not win, if they do not strike him down completely, they will all be wiped out.
Hikaru finds them, as battered and bloodied as she now is, and she grips them by the hands, and her eyes are filled with a pained, horrible regret.]
We have to triumph.
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Is that true? That she's forced to pray and has no pick in what it is?
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Here comes the Zagato train, though. Either they attack, or they die, and Zagato does not seem in the mood to talk any further.]
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If he has to fight to survive, though, then so be it. If what Zagato's saying is true, then even if they defeat him, Vezda will personally make sure that this Pillar gets a proper happy ending. ]
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It is very hard to block magical explosions, unfortunately. They are dying. They will die, under this man's sword, without action.
The desire to survive overtakes everything else. The three of them join together, a spiral of light cast against Zagato, which tears him apart at the seams.
From deep within his bones, Bucky feels he could very well hear a little girl screaming in agony. But it's there and gone, and all that's left behind is Zagato's sword.]
We've done it.
[Hikaru is subdued, taking note of the sword, no pride in her words. But she still tries to shoot the others a smile.]
Let's go find her, Vezda-san. Let's go find Princess Emeraude. She'll be waiting for us in the castle.
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He nods to Hikaru and sets off for the castle. ]
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Princess Emeraude...
[The woman nods. Not!Steve sounds confused. No, they'd seen visions of Emeraude before now, as a little girl, not like this. She simply shakes her head.
I am Emeraude of Cefiro.]
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Emeraude... I...
...
We did as we were asked. Guru Clef and Presea, they helped us awaken the Mashin to come find you, to free you and save this land.
[...Zagato?
It sounds like a question, but she turns to Bucky as though she expects him to answer it.
Did you find Zagato?]
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He faces her expectant expression and just...nods. He's not one to sugarcoat things. ]
Gone. Defeated.
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Hikaru's hands tighten at her sides as she flinches away.. Not!Steve looks towards Bucky. This doesn't look good.
You... are the ones who killed Zagato?
There's the start of tears from her otherwise stony face, before the ground around them knocks them back with a shockwave of force, sending them all flying.
YOU KILLED MY BELOVED ZAGATO??
I HATE YOU!
The castle floor starts to give out as a fifth mashin arises from seemingly nowhere, a white mannequin like face with the beast of a horse. Not that they can see it all that well right this second, because, you know, the floor is completely being destroyed, as is the rest of the castle.
Help??]
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She went willingly with Zagato--or this was her plan and he helped--or this was mutually planned, between lovers.
He has no idea how to fix this. He thinks, maybe he can't. All he can think about now is defending himself, even if it means going on the offense against the very person they came here to save. ]
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His sword... Magic Knights... I'll kill you with his very sword!
Anyway, you think Zagato was a hard fight? Hahaha. You are fighting God herself now. If you're gonna find a way through to the Pillar, you might want to think fast.]
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Sorry, our bad?
We thought he needed to be killed?
Even if it's accurate, it's going to be cold comfort. Killing someone you care about and saying "oopsie" is only going to make things worse. So he tries for a different angle as he's barely able to defend himself. ]
We were trying to ensure you had your freedom!
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For a moment, her image flickers to that of a little girl, the princess halting like a machine with a short, before continuing her pursuit. She is descending on Steve.]
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He races for him and dives in front of him, ready to take whatever hit the princess has ready for him. ]
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I will make you suffer, Magic Knights! I will not let you die easily!! I loathe you!!!
Once again, the image flickers to the little girl. Bucky can faintly hear another voice, a younger voice, calling out beyond the screams of the angered woman in front of them.
The air before her implodes, first in, then rapidly blasting outwards. Wow y'all are lucky to be inside robots, you are all bleeding a lot as it is!! Anyway, looks like team magic knight is blasting off again, by that I mean they all eat dirt.]
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When he forces himself back up, though, he thinks back to that attack just now, beyond the pain of it. ]
There's a little girl in there... [ he almost asks Hikaru what to do next, since she knows Emeraude better than he does, but like. clearly not, if she blundered into this mess just as badly as he did.
There's a little girl past the...righteously painful anger and he has no idea what to say to her. He's never been good at the talking part of these things, but...he's got to try, right? ]
Hey, kid! If you're scared, you don't have to be anymore!
[ IS THIS ANYTHING????? ]
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Steve scrambles to try and heal Bucky's shoulder, even as all three of them hear a voice - not in their ears, but from deep with their souls, very young and hard to place for a direction.
Magic Knights.
It is not my fear that drives me.
Considering Hikaru is now the target of the next attack and Bucky is Bleeding Everywhere, Steve gets to be the one to ask the obvious question out loud. Where are you, kid? Are you still locked up? Just say the word and they'll come find you.
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No. This is me, in the Mashin.
I am the foolish woman who chose to ignore her duty, and make a selfish choice.
Hikaru is already in tears as she barely counters Emeraude's blade, only to be knocked flying into a cliffside, blowing the wind out of her.]
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He can, however, keep talking! ]
Did you choose to take on that duty in the first place, though?
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