You find yourself in a wide-open throne room that appears to have no ceilings. There are columns that thrust up and disappear from view, swallowed up by a soft blue sky that is crowned with a wide circle directly overhead by a dark ring. If you look up, you can see what appears to be an endless void.
Before you are hundreds of steps, so white that they glow faintly in the ambient light, and there is a throne at the very top. A man sits on that throne, looking down at you. His expression is flat, his lip curled in just the beginning of a sneer.
Goetia. Another long story. Put simply, a sentient curse inhabiting the body of a wise and powerful king-- also the guy currently running around in Ritsuka's body.
His sneer deepens, but he does not move as they ascend the stairs. One of the benefits of being the King of this place seems to be that he does not have to worry about all of these hellish, hellish stairs.
"Indeed. I have no interest in your scolding, O Universal Genius."
"Are you?" He tilts his head, his sneer shifting into a smirk. "And if I refuse? I have laid claim to this land, and there is none who would otherwise defy me. Why should I hand the Master of Chaldea over so easily?"
[He is almost ecstatic to be experiencing void after endless hatred and blood. This is downright peaceful.
He will finally release Chandelure, to help lead them up the stairs, and to react to any threats. Hand-holding is too important for him to be able to respond to threats adequately.]
Edited (i meant a different word than what i typed) Date: 2022-09-06 01:26 am (UTC)
Well. There's no apparent threats her, but when the man's eyes glance over Ingo, he does smile. And it's not a nice smile, all sharp teeth, but it might be vaguely familiar. It looks like it fits his face better than the last time he saw it.
[He is tired, and possibly still stained in blood?? But he feels safe to feel emotions again, even if that emotion is irritation, and keeps diligently going up the stairs.]
He laughs, a low and unfriendly sound. Everything about him appears to be much more at ease now, in this body, rather than when he was borrowing Ritsuka's.
[Kaine bursts through, panting, exhausted by the deluge of regret and terror and blood-- he puts Minato down to catch his breath. Only after a moment of wheezing does he look up to see the grand figure on the throne.]
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Date: 2022-09-06 01:05 am (UTC)You find yourself in a wide-open throne room that appears to have no ceilings. There are columns that thrust up and disappear from view, swallowed up by a soft blue sky that is crowned with a wide circle directly overhead by a dark ring. If you look up, you can see what appears to be an endless void.
Before you are hundreds of steps, so white that they glow faintly in the ambient light, and there is a throne at the very top. A man sits on that throne, looking down at you. His expression is flat, his lip curled in just the beginning of a sneer.
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Date: 2022-09-06 01:17 am (UTC)Your face is going to freeze like that. I know, you don't care.
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Date: 2022-09-06 01:20 am (UTC)Who is that?
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Date: 2022-09-06 01:35 am (UTC)"Indeed. I have no interest in your scolding, O Universal Genius."
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Date: 2022-09-06 01:40 am (UTC)And I have no interest in chit-chatting right now. I'm here to take back my student.
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Date: 2022-09-06 01:26 am (UTC)He will finally release Chandelure, to help lead them up the stairs, and to react to any threats. Hand-holding is too important for him to be able to respond to threats adequately.]
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Date: 2022-09-06 01:46 am (UTC)[He is tired, and possibly still stained in blood?? But he feels safe to feel emotions again, even if that emotion is irritation, and keeps diligently going up the stairs.]
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Date: 2022-09-06 02:17 am (UTC)"So you do remember! I had wondered."
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Date: 2022-09-06 02:42 am (UTC)[ he says, probably right in front of him.
whatever. ]
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Date: 2022-09-11 10:37 pm (UTC)Mother... ☠️☠️☠️☠️...... who is this now??
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Date: 2022-09-11 10:39 pm (UTC)Minato just reaches out to rest a hand on Kaine's shoulder gratefully, before he turns his gaze up to the man.]
... Goetia-san.
That's Ritsuka's possession... I'm pretty sure.
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Date: 2022-09-11 10:52 pm (UTC)I'll let you do the talking, then.
[ALSO IM TIRED]
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Date: 2022-09-11 10:54 pm (UTC)... Okay. I'll do my best.
[ ... BUT FIRST THERE ARE 5000 STAIRS. TIME TO CLIMB. ]
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Date: 2022-09-15 12:08 am (UTC)[inclines her head in greeting]
I see a resemblance, now that I know to look for it.
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