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Where are you

[ O h? ]

tower off the storehouse

im coming

[And indeed, here comes Ken. He's not got his spear, bag, or Evoker with him... in fact, he looks pretty awful. There's black lines all over his skin, and he looks too skinny, even for his usual thin self. It's clear he's been fighting it off as best he can, but considering the fact he can't really hear Dike anymore... he's at the end of it. He doesn't want this anymore. He doesn't want to hurt people like he did the last time he got sick.]

... Hey.

[ And Zaveid is there - sitting precariously off the edge of the stairs because he's the wind, he has no reason to fear heights.

There's a low whistle from him when he spots Ken. ]

Well, that answers that. You look like shit, kid.

[ ... Despite his words, his tone is low and even. Yeah, he knows what he offered- ]

[He tries to laugh, but it comes out more like a wheeze.]

Last time... I got sick... I hurt people. I don't... want to do that again. I... I asked Minako to... make sure I didn't... but I don't think she can... do it.

[He doesn't want to put her through it. He can't.]

And this thing definitely runs the risk of that. [ Low, even, eyes flicking off to the side in memory. Yeah... ]

It's old news to me, this sort of thing. [ Killing people he knows as they're monsters, and, possibly, being hated for doing it. ]

Want something to eat? Unless you're thinking of me, which case I'll pass.

[ Last snack, Ken? ]

... I -

[It's hard to say it, but... it needs to be said.]

I'm sorry. For... for making you do this. Even if you offered.

[He draws himself up a bit, a thin smile on his lips.]

I don't think I'd be... able to eat anything.

[ Zaveid goes still and just.. looks at Ken for a moment. And maybe he looks a lot older than a first glance, or a little less human than he pretends. ]

You really don't need to be. I should be thanking you, for coming to me. Makes it easier for everyone, that way.

[ He hops down to Ken's level, landing with a clack of his shoes and not much more weight than that. Wind seraphim. ]

I'm kinda known for doing this, home. Saving people by ending them. [ And it hurts, sometimes, when its kids, but, well. Better him than someone who can't handle it.

.... On the topic, though= ]

While you're still human, then?

... It must be awful.

[It's not that he hasn't done awful things, himself. They made sense in the situation, but still...]

[There are some things that don't leave you.]

... Yes. As human as this counts as.

[ "It must be awful"....

... He doesn't have a reply to that. Yes? He doesn't like it. No, because the thought of them continuing so called living and hurting people they might have once cared about- ]

Never that fun to get the stink eye before I even open my mouth, you're right.

[ Zaveid is used to it. Maybe that's what this not-answer means. He's used to it and its part of who he is now. ]

Again, you're not tryin' to chew on me, so you're pretty much human in my book. [ ... Small reassurances? Maybe that's not the right word. Oh well.

... Does Ken want to get comfy somewhere before Zaveid pulls the trigger or should he just go for it.

... Damn, he's going to need to get more bullets... ]

[That draws out a wheezy chuckle, and Ken nods. He leans against the wall and slides down, letting his legs fall flat and exposing his chest. He's not sure how Zaveid is going to do this, but... well. Better to give him a clear shot.]

I'll... come back.

[He was told, he was assured that people came back. He's pretty certain he will, but... he has to come back. He's not going to leave Minako on her own.]

Go ahead.

The kids who died on me the first day came back. [ Zaveid shrugs, arms wide, and as they fall he draws Seigfreid. ]

Don't see why me killing 'em will make a difference to Ozuma.

[ And.. that's all there is to it. Ken's okay with it, because maybe they're all fools, but. Aim, safety, fire that blast of green. Sitting against the wall might be better for Ken, because now he won't skid and slam into it, but, well, still a chance of cracking his head anyway.

And maybe an odd tearing sensation - if this had better precision, he might have been able to get the darkness out of Ken without taking his life with it, but. That's not how Seigfreid works on its own. ]

[It's sharp and painful, and his head does smash against the wall, but it's fine. The pain just mixes with everything else.]

[He can feel a tear and pull, and there's the brief murmur of his Persona's presence in his mind again. It's a huge relief to be able to hear her, and the corners of Ken's mouth turn up into a small smile as he can feel the life leaving him.]

[It doesn't take long, since shock takes over and numbs his mind, sending him into darkness.]

[ ... Y'know what he forgot about.

Didn't the kid have pokemon?

.... oops.

Either way, Zaveid raises the gun in salute, and... ]

[ ... Shit is he supposed to leave the body here. Yuri had vanished into the goop, same with Arthur the first time. Arthur yesterday had been a daemon, he vanished-

... He'll stick around until the body vanishes??

... shit it's been five mintues and nothing's happened.

.... Zaveid crosses over and scoops Ken's body up, then climbs the tower stairs.

Okay uh. Out of sight at least? See how long it takes for bodies to vanish. ]

yeah?

coulda used you a couple of days ago

dunno if im ever gonna be ok with what minako had to do for me..

[ Well shit- ]

Yeah
I heard

I guess I oughta make a standing offer for this kinda stuff then
Not like it's that new to me

I'll uh... take you up on it then. If it ever happens again.

[A weak smile, so tired and tightly drawn. Thank God Zaveid can't see it.]

if it happens again
its up to you
i aint gunna hunt you down

....

unless you turn into a monster and go after people
but if youre gone like that
Its not really you anymore, is it?

[ .... THATS REASSURING, ISN'T IT. ]

[TOTALLY.]

yeah i know if that happens im gone anyway
id never hurt anyone if i had any control over myself

do what you gotta do man i got a lotta power and i dont need it going in to queen bitch's hands

yep
thats it right there

[ You're not you anymore, no one should have to live with what "they" did while they weren't themselves. No one should have to live, shackled to someone who isn't themselves. ]

hahaha yeah i feel ya there

[ ... He'd probably take himself out, to be honest- ]

[Of course he would.]

so

yeah

if it makes you feel any better im on your side with this
even if it pisses other people off
frankly they can fuck right off if they think its okay to let someone like me or anyone else wh has a lot of power to fall to her side without a choice
we get that shit enough as it is with the shadows

[ ... It takes a bit. ]

Thanks kid.

no prob man

Not until they're gone.

not up to me
if they wanna die as themselves
thats their call

So you're not even going to give them a final chance? Really?

[She understands that once they've changed they can't go back. Arthur was enough to see that, but then, they hadn't been killing Arthur- it had been an imp.]

I don't get it
What does a final chance have to do with this
It ain't a choice sweetheart
This isn't something they can decide to not become

Only thing your final chance is for
Is hope they can pull a miracle out of their ass

If they want to die as who they are
Rather than some imp with blood on their mind
I think their choice tops any so called 'chance'

Edited 2017-02-16 04:30 (UTC)

[He can't see it, but her eyes flash dangerously, a few vines pushing their way through a crack in her wall. It's getting worse, and this isn't helping contain anything-]

How.

How is it even possible that you can be this cold when it comes to living????

Edited 2017-02-17 04:35 (UTC)

How hopeless do you have to be to give up so easily?!

[ this takes a couple minutes to come back. Did he type and delete a few? Probably! ]

why is it cold
to let someone chose how to go out

why is it cold
to not want to have them to suffer for the actions that their body made
when it isnt them anymore

why is it hopeless
to look at a quick option that saves everyone pain [ But him, but he's hardened to it now, he can live on with it- ]
rather than let them come back from that
and the wreckage of what wasnt their actions about them

Are you saying you would have preferred Arthur got further than he did?

You wanted to explain to him, if anything had happened to Rona or Gudrun?

That's why I'm all for them choosing their time. How do you think that kid would feel, if he'd hurt them! That's why its fine with me, to kill them while they're still them - I'd rather have actual blood on my hands than have them go from one kind of demon to another!

[his texts might have been delayed, but hers only takes a few seconds after she's read the last one he sent.]

Sooooo... hot angry sex?

[It takes a while- an hour or so tops-- but he does eventually get a response.]

Arthur wasn't Arthur. ARTHUR died with both of us there at his side until the end.

--

I was the blindsided idiot who didn't know what would happen after. You didn't take out Arthur, Zaveid. You took out that demon that consumed him.

[ A few minutes after hers- ]

then what is your problem

if someone sees that fate coming
and doesnt want even the chance of it
doesnt want to be consumed by something

if i am capable of living with that
and thats what they want

why is it a bad thing

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