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[ How did it come to all this?
In the end, Mizuki's clothes are caked in sweat and blood. The metallic smell almost makes her want to puke, which makes this difficult, yet she keeps her voice even anyway as she speaks into the charm. Words appear with startling accuracy, thank fuck (she would not have done well having to repeat it).
She hasn't slept. It's dark. Is Vi even awake? Who knows. Who cares. ]
Hey. Sorry I didn't come home
In the end, Mizuki's clothes are caked in sweat and blood. The metallic smell almost makes her want to puke, which makes this difficult, yet she keeps her voice even anyway as she speaks into the charm. Words appear with startling accuracy, thank fuck (she would not have done well having to repeat it).
She hasn't slept. It's dark. Is Vi even awake? Who knows. Who cares. ]
Hey. Sorry I didn't come home
[Vi had told Mizuki once or twice probably that she's not her babysitter or anything so she doesn't have to keep her updated when she's not home or whatever. but still, sometimes she gets kind of jittery, more or less because that guy is hanging around and always ends up after her.
she's outside, sitting against the building when she gets the text (not that she really sleeps a whole lot anyway), and puffs out before answering.]
just make sure you get back before the hangover hits from the party.
[it's sarcasm, because she definitely knows Mizuki's not been out partying.]
she's outside, sitting against the building when she gets the text (not that she really sleeps a whole lot anyway), and puffs out before answering.]
just make sure you get back before the hangover hits from the party.
[it's sarcasm, because she definitely knows Mizuki's not been out partying.]
[ Not terribly surprising that she doesn't, given how naturally tight-lipped Mizuki is about home. She doesn't reply after that; doesn't see the reason to.
So whenever Vi makes her way over to the farm, she will find Mizuki casually sitting atop a fence that makes up a small enclosure for the larger animals, mostly the grass grazers. Mizuki's braids are in poor shape, so Vi may catch her undoing them. There's a brush in her mouth for when she's done, and a blanket that's been draped around her like a cloak.
...A "cloak" which naturally slides off her, as if in slow motion, before falling to the ground. Because of course it does. ]
So whenever Vi makes her way over to the farm, she will find Mizuki casually sitting atop a fence that makes up a small enclosure for the larger animals, mostly the grass grazers. Mizuki's braids are in poor shape, so Vi may catch her undoing them. There's a brush in her mouth for when she's done, and a blanket that's been draped around her like a cloak.
...A "cloak" which naturally slides off her, as if in slow motion, before falling to the ground. Because of course it does. ]
[ 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. ]
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. ]
I might've gone too far.
I might've gone too far.
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. ]
One of them was dead.
And he was there.
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.
[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.]
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... ]
He was branded, too.
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.
It didn't, 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. ]
[ 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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