[ 02 ] video ~ dated to after evening sirens

[theosen]

[ The sun has finally set, and when the video opens, its to the pitch black gloom of a decaying city from a rooftop in Sector One. Monsters rove the streets in packs, each more grotesque than the last, and it seems as though the one recording them is only all too fascinated with their destructive capabilities.

Finally, a voice like age-old gravel addresses the scene below, a dark silhouette only just now made visible as he perches on the edge of a rooftop. ]

The world unwinds again.

[ He gestures with a clawed hand, his tone only growing darker the longer than he speaks. ]

Forever lending itself to chaos and destruction, not even the souls of the damned have a say in what manner they are to exist.

Humanity's struggle against the tide of time is pointless, a meaningless effort that bears only the light of death, the inevitable end of a once untainted world. As worthless as they are destructive, their existence is but a cancer.

[ A dark shape drops down suddenly, attempting to latch onto the speaker. Jerking about, his eyes glowing a blistering white, he all but tears the Death Squid off him, its body ripped to shreds by a powerful unseen force.

Turning his gaze towards the NV, there's an almost mad sort of gleam there, a fury that will not abate. ]

You have twenty-four hours before I raze this city to the ground.

Fight me, if you dare.

[ He vanishes then, and the feed cuts off. ]


[ ooc: Another for the 7DS Plot, Proxy One has been hit with Wrath. Obviously, he won't actually get to destroy the city (Alucard will stop him, I think), but if you want to encounter a wrathful Proxy? Just be warned, he won't be playing nice. ]

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[theosen]

So?

What will you do?

[awakenings]

[The answer to that should be obvious.]

I'll fight you.

[theosen]

[ She can't see it, but he's grinning from ear to ear. ]

You'll have to wait your turn.

[awakenings]

[That other will be fighting him first. She isn't sure they'll succeed.]

I won't let you kill the people who go against you. I hope you know that.

[theosen]

It's not your choice to make.

[awakenings]

Bullshit.

[theosen]

You cannot save them all.

[awakenings]

Like hell I can't, you bastard!

[theosen]

[ He laughs softly. ]

Re-l Mayer.

Surely you can see how futile all this is.

Even if you save one, there always be one you miss.

Statistics don't favor your side.

1/2

[awakenings]

[He's wrong. She can still do this. She can fight, she can help people. There's still a chance.

He's wrong. He's wrong, he's wrong, he's wrong--]

[awakenings]

[No. He's right and she knows it.

But that changes very little. She's not giving up.]

I don't care. I won't stop.

[theosen]

[ Oh, Re-l. You amuse him so. ]

Then I'll expect to see you soon.

[awakenings]

[Asshole.]

You will.

action; ihopethisisok

[theosen]

[ True to his word, it is sometime in the early hours of the morning that he finally makes himself known.

If she has been searching for him, so much the better.

Standing atop a high tower, he won't be so difficult to find. ]

action; totally fine!

[awakenings]

[No, he won't be, and neither should she. But she comes anyway, and she does so once Alucard is gone. She's kept an eye on their fight, waited to see which pulse would win out...and neither one of them died. She's grateful. But she's still not certain he is back in his right mind.

(For that matter, she's not sure if she's in such a good state either.)

Re-l uses another building to get herself close enough before she hops the last few jumps towards the tower, though she keeps her distance.]

Calm yet?

action; o9

[theosen]

[ He is.

The thrill of battle and exertion has taken the edge of the depths of his wrath. Now he feels...curiously sated, with a smidgen of discontent.

Not with the fight -- it was far better than even he could have anticipated. It's more what prompted it that has him perplexed.

He spares her a brief glance. ]

Enough.

[ As much as the two of them tore into each other, there's a decidedly lack of visible damage. ]

action;

[awakenings]

[Healing works wonders, thankfully.

She looks him over, carefully picking her way up the tower to finally come closer, though she's wary of his - and her - need for space from each other.]

And you're not going to destroy anything now? Or anyone?

action;

[theosen]

[ The need for space, indeed.

He barely even acknowledges her presence, focused on something distant perhaps only he can see. ]

Perhaps.

[ He gives no straight answer, but there's no bite behind his statement. He sees no reason to continue on a path of destruction. ]