[ Mizuki clicks her tongue and is just about to reach for the darn thing when Vi beats her to it. She appears a little jump, and there is blood caked in, blending with the dirt all over her clothes when she turns to face Vi. ]
Hey.
Not much. I'm here. [ She gestures vaguely into the field before them and what can be seen of the Meadowlands.
Well, it's a start that she didn't just shut Vi out and lose her voice again. ]
[ She doesn't answer right away. Just starts to kick her feet idly, feeling like a kid again when they don't reach the ground. It all comes back to her in flashes, in a blur like her own brain is trying to filter out the worst of it. ]
[ Mizuki just keeps going, and she feels herself free-falling straight toward the point. It feels like a faucet has been turned on, but only just a notch. ]
That mark. That... guy, telling you to use your powers.
I didn't even want it, y'know. I don't need anymore powers. But he just...
I got them, and it's like it was all a blur until I found myself with everyone else. Everyone... Everyone who went missing, from the forest. [ She sucks in a breath, giving herself a pause, but decides to keep the momentum. ] One of them...
[ Honestly, probably more than one, but she clearly means someone specific. ]
[Vi listens, feeling her skin crawl as she thinks about that time. it was a lot for her too, thinking about feeling so helpless as she couldn't control her impulses at all.
it was scary as fuck.
but the mention of him brings a scowl to her face, and she growls low in her throat.]
Of course he was. Did you beat the shit out of him, at least?
[she's... going to guess so maybe, considering how dirty Mizuki is and she doesn't seem harmed.]
[ She's scuffed, like she's been in a fight, but probably nothing on the level of what Vi would've seen on their first meeting. Mizuki shivers. ]
I had to.
I mean, he... he was just going to walk away. His hands, his clothes were... Everything was so clean, but I knew it couldn't be a coincidence to see him standing there.
So when he went to take his knife back from the body, I confronted him.
[ A pause. She doesn't even know if this made a difference in how he acted at all, but... ]
[ Mizuki freezes when Vi states it so plainly. Perhaps she should have just ripped off the band-aid and started with that. It's not as if Vi came off as some saint to abide by the rules, but there was still a part of Mizuki that didn't want to admit it.
There's another part of her that isn't even sure that's really what happened. But in the end, it must have been. ]
It just made it easier for him. For both of us. It's like I could control him. At least, his body. I've never felt anything like that before, even in my Psync sessions.
...And I've never killed. [ No matter what that parchment says. ]
[ She killed a man, Vi. For real this time. Not that Vi ever struck her as someone to lecture her on being a good person. The way she asked her if it was her first might also suggest... that she's also done it.
Still, she watches her expression soften out of bitch mode. ]
[ Mizuki didn't ever think she'd do it, either, she wants to argue. Not even to Saito. She'd always thought she'd been above all that, but apparently not.
...
......She doesn't feel like she can argue, so she's mostly quiet. ]
Doesn't feel good like it's supposed to, though. [ Isn't that always the lesson in those TV shows and books? ] I guess it doesn't matter now.
[ Listen close, and you can almost hear a pout in the protest. This probably isn't the first time she's had to say that to Vi, but it seems to bother her less and less. ]
[ WOW!!! Yeah, they're probably going to verbally argue about this, and how much Mizuki reeks, all the way to the shower. A welcome distraction like a band-aid over the entire chain of events.
She still doesn't have a home here, in any sense of the word that matters to her, but at least she still has somewhere to go. For now, she can't argue with that. ]
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Hey.
[she moves to put the blanket back around Mizuki.]
What's up?
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Hey.
Not much. I'm here. [ She gestures vaguely into the field before them and what can be seen of the Meadowlands.
Well, it's a start that she didn't just shut Vi out and lose her voice again. ]
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You look like you got into something serious. What happened?
[at least she's to the point.]
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I might've gone too far.
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Yeah?
[asking What Happened again felt like she was a parrot.]
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[ Mizuki just keeps going, and she feels herself free-falling straight toward the point. It feels like a faucet has been turned on, but only just a notch. ]
That mark. That... guy, telling you to use your powers.
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Yeah, that was a shitshow. Something happen?
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I got them, and it's like it was all a blur until I found myself with everyone else. Everyone... Everyone who went missing, from the forest. [ She sucks in a breath, giving herself a pause, but decides to keep the momentum. ] One of them...
[ Honestly, probably more than one, but she clearly means someone specific. ]
One of them was dead.
And he was there.
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it was scary as fuck.
but the mention of him brings a scowl to her face, and she growls low in her throat.]
Of course he was. Did you beat the shit out of him, at least?
[she's... going to guess so maybe, considering how dirty Mizuki is and she doesn't seem harmed.]
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I had to.
I mean, he... he was just going to walk away. His hands, his clothes were... Everything was so clean, but I knew it couldn't be a coincidence to see him standing there.
So when he went to take his knife back from the body, I confronted him.
[ A pause. She doesn't even know if this made a difference in how he acted at all, but... ]
He was branded, too.
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Probably didn't matter whether that bastard was branded or not.
[she's just gonna put it out there.]
So you fucked him up. Was that your first time... killing someone?
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[ Mizuki freezes when Vi states it so plainly. Perhaps she should have just ripped off the band-aid and started with that. It's not as if Vi came off as some saint to abide by the rules, but there was still a part of Mizuki that didn't want to admit it.
There's another part of her that isn't even sure that's really what happened. But in the end, it must have been. ]
It just made it easier for him. For both of us. It's like I could control him. At least, his body. I've never felt anything like that before, even in my Psync sessions.
...And I've never killed. [ No matter what that parchment says. ]
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[Vi stays quiet for a minute, thoughtful.]
Yeah, whatever it was that was controlling us was trying to get the worst of us, wasn't it? Wonder if that was the point...
[she's just not too sure.]
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Somehow I broke through it. [ Vi can guess the rest. ]
...That's what happened to that guy. [ Saito had said so, more or less. ]
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she lets out a slow exhale and rearranges her face so that she looks less like a bitch.]
Well... let's get you washed up, okay? Maybe something to eat?
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[ She killed a man, Vi. For real this time. Not that Vi ever struck her as someone to lecture her on being a good person. The way she asked her if it was her first might also suggest... that she's also done it.
Still, she watches her expression soften out of bitch mode. ]
What if I snap at you, too?
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Wouldn't be the first person to do that to me.
[and she doesn't love Jinx any less for being like that, honestly.]
But I can defend myself... and I don't think you'd do it anyway. That bastard had it coming.
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...
......She doesn't feel like she can argue, so she's mostly quiet. ]
Doesn't feel good like it's supposed to, though. [ Isn't that always the lesson in those TV shows and books? ] I guess it doesn't matter now.
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[even though her temper still flares to uncontrollable levels, but it doesn't always feel good.]
But you'll be okay. You're a tough kid.
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[ Listen close, and you can almost hear a pout in the protest. This probably isn't the first time she's had to say that to Vi, but it seems to bother her less and less. ]
Just tough.
finish?
[but at least she's a good one.]
ye! 🎀
She still doesn't have a home here, in any sense of the word that matters to her, but at least she still has somewhere to go. For now, she can't argue with that. ]