How do I keep myself from fallin' apart when I ain't never felt part of a whole?
There is only one left, and with her claws in its scales, even its renewed struggles are mere death throes. Her chest heaves with adrenaline as she sinks her serrated teeth into it, a vengeful goddess taking her pound of flesh. She can tell the end is near. The others have dispatched their own foes, victorious in their unity, but Hotaru will kill this one personally so that she might feel she has avenged her own fragile mind.
That is when Noah's command comes over the bond, and he will feel the immediate, animalistic disaccord that flares like wildfire from her side. This is her kill, and he means to take it? To rob her of her vengeance and justice? The harmony and trust she normally holds in their bond is vacant in this moment, and there is only indignation and rage as she considers refusing him. Except she can tell he is immovable, implacable, and with her eyes shut tight there is little she can do to stand in his way lest she risk injuring herself in the process.
Dropping the lamplighter she rolls out of the way, too-sharp nails digging into dirt and muck to slow herself as she stands on aching knees and swallows biles and acid alike. I had it! she spits venomously in the bond at large, more animal than woman still as her hands shake at her sides, betraying her fractured state of mind even as her eyes remain shut tight, listening hard to determine if Noah has dispatched the last lamplighter or if she can intervene. In the meantime she lets her magic begin to mend and correct all the damage that had yet transpired, needing to do something.
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Ru drops her lamplighter and rolls away and begins to heal herself.
That is when Noah's command comes over the bond, and he will feel the immediate, animalistic disaccord that flares like wildfire from her side. This is her kill, and he means to take it? To rob her of her vengeance and justice? The harmony and trust she normally holds in their bond is vacant in this moment, and there is only indignation and rage as she considers refusing him. Except she can tell he is immovable, implacable, and with her eyes shut tight there is little she can do to stand in his way lest she risk injuring herself in the process.
Dropping the lamplighter she rolls out of the way, too-sharp nails digging into dirt and muck to slow herself as she stands on aching knees and swallows biles and acid alike. I had it! she spits venomously in the bond at large, more animal than woman still as her hands shake at her sides, betraying her fractured state of mind even as her eyes remain shut tight, listening hard to determine if Noah has dispatched the last lamplighter or if she can intervene. In the meantime she lets her magic begin to mend and correct all the damage that had yet transpired, needing to do something.
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Ru drops her lamplighter and rolls away and begins to heal herself.
HOTARU
