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RE: I'll bring you further roses, but it does you no good - Remi - 11-17-2018 Thus far Loren was the only one who knew that Remi was in love, but if ever there was someone to understand just how difficult a thing like that would be for the alchemist, it would be his mother. He expected happy surprise, bliss and perhaps laughter. But such a casual dismissal? Remi shivered slightly and drew the woman all the closer to himself for it. Won’t need it? Better things? But what could be better than love? Hadn’t she always been the one to tell him that? The mention of meeting someone made the alchemist tilt his head curiously, the naive and willingness of his gaze spilling out across his features and transforming his expression into something boyish and lost. [say]”but who–“[/say] He asked. And as she answered, Remi had to immediately stifle the urge to drop her as the sickly sounding word wiggled into his ear. [say]”Who-“[/say] He demanded, though it was unclear if he meant who was she, or who the name she’d whispered referred to. Struggling in earnest now, Remi tried to back up. It felt like moving through a dream, or swimming against a current. With wide and frightened eyes, the alchemist’s arms shook slightly as his energy was sapped away by his efforts to take a few simple steps backwards. [say] “Mother...” [/say] He whispered, swallowing hard. [say] “Your voice...how....”[/say] Blinking stupidly, realizing too late, his lip quivered. [say] “Mother how are you here? “[/say] RE: I'll bring you further roses, but it does you no good - Ludo - 11-17-2018
RE: I'll bring you further roses, but it does you no good - Remi - 11-17-2018 As her hands tightened around him, Remi’s panic increased. No longer did she feel like a frail thing, but like something biding its time and sinking something into him. no wait. Not sinking sank [say] “No..you were dead but...how can you be here if....Am I–“[/say] He meant to ask if he was dead; if that’s what all of this was. But her words halted the question in his throat and made his mouth suddenly go impossibly dry. [say] “Mother I–“[/say] He began hastily, licking at his lips and struggling backwards in earnest now. Remi pulled his head back as if wanting to get space between them to regard the woman in his arms properly, but of course that would mean risking dropping her. [say] “I do not feel alone. I have–“ [/say] So many faces flashed before his eyes. Vai. Loren. Ianto. Martha. Delphine. Isla. Ashetta. Ronin. He wasn’t alone, and though he might have felt at times isolated, he had never been alone. In his times of need there had always been someone. [say] “Nn-n—no–“[/say] The word tried to stutter through his lips, but something else did as well. A growl. It was a sound unlike anything Remi had ever made before, but as the woman in his arms tried to close the latch to the cage she was forcing him into, something primal in him seemed to awaken. Something which had never before seen the light of day. RE: I'll bring you further roses, but it does you no good - Ludo - 11-17-2018
RE: I'll bring you further roses, but it does you no good - Remi - 11-17-2018 Blinking, her hand against his cheek both soothing and disgusting, he faultered. [say] “I...I just wanted a walk. To see what the lands were like. “ [/say] He stammered, sounding just like a boy trying to explain what appeared to be a misdeed. [say] “I followed...” [/say] Swallowing, Remi’s mind frantically tried to think up an answer. He’d followed because she was his mother. But she was dead; long dead. And he hadn’t even questioned it. [say] “Because I love you. “[/say] He whispered, unfailingly uttering the truth. [say] “Nn—n-“[/say] He tried again, the muscles in his back and legs straining to remain upright despite the depths of the muck and mire cementing him in place. What was he doing indeed. Blinking sharply, Remi’s pale eyes suddenly were tinged with gold and his pupils changed slightly. Though they did not resemble the amber avian eyes that he was used to. No. These were much more predatory and distinctively feline. Pulling back his lips, large glistening white teeth appeared; sharp and pointed. [say] “You are not–“ [/say] Remi tried to say, his lips moving around his teeth awkwardly. [say] “You are not her.” [/say] He growled finally, eyes fully becoming a harsh gold as the fingernails on his hands grew into claws and his lip rose in a snarl. RE: I'll bring you further roses, but it does you no good - Ludo - 11-17-2018
RE: I'll bring you further roses, but it does you no good - Remi - 11-17-2018 Her pained expression stunned him for a moment, and the primal snarl fell off his face. [say] “You wouldn’t...”[/say] His teeth clicked together. [say] “She would never ask that of me.” [/say] His mother would never ask him to die. She was anything but selfish. It was she who was his foundation for selflessness. His hands shook around her, claws extending. [say] “I will not die here.” [/say] Remi roared; though it wasn’t Remi. Not really. It was something trapped and feral. Something wild that would not be caged nor left to sink into this sweet and consuming darkness. With a roar that quickly transformed him, the arms that had been holding her twisted and straightened; hands becoming paws, joints realigning themselves. Staggering slightly on four paws now, the lion issued a deep and throaty growl. Only he didn’t run. Lions did not run. Lions attacked. [say]YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER[/say] He thought with furious intensity, the hurt and upset at having the preciousness of the woman he loved most fouled and used in such a way only adding to the frenetic passion and fury that this new animal form was feeding off of. Despite the muck around, Remi tried to lunge forward, claws extended, aiming for her throat. RE: I'll bring you further roses, but it does you no good - Ludo - 11-17-2018
RE: I'll bring you further roses, but it does you no good - Remi - 11-17-2018 Claws sank easily into flesh and the mind that was not quite Remi’s practically swooooned at the sensation. She was like clay beneath his strength, and as blood coated his paws, Remi could feel his powerful jaws opening to close around her throat even as she tried to speak. Blood flooded his mouth, metallic and warm. Senses that were heightened with bloodlust sang brightly in his head, blurring his vision and shutting down every one of his instincts save for the need to kill. To devour. To be free. Leaning back, Remi watched through the beast’s eyes as pale hands reached up through the mud as if it were water instead of a cement and honey mixture from hell. And that’s when he saw it. The face of his father. A sound louder than anything the alchemist had ever made rumbled from deep in his belly, expelled through his lips with such furiousity that blood and saliva coated the quickly receiving face of his dead mother cradled in the arms of his father. Remi couldn’t remember the last time he even saw them touching, actually. Crashing downwards, Remi tried to evicerate the face of Enuccio with little success. Blood roared in his ears. Panting with a breath heavy with the taste of his mother, the lion slogged his way backwards, dexteriously moving towards more solid ground. RE: I'll bring you further roses, but it does you no good - Ludo - 11-17-2018
RE: I'll bring you further roses, but it does you no good - Remi - 11-17-2018 The lion heard, but did not react. Somewhere deep inside however, Remi did stir. His mind was as mired and coated as his body was, but slowly it did rouse at the sound of Ludo’s voice. Staring up the lion snarled, but the amber bled away to green and after a moment Remi knelt on the ground. Blood coated him even in this body, and rather than the proud and ferocious look that the lion had possessed only moments ago, Remi trembled and looked forlornly despondent. His mother had died again and he had killed her Looking up, his shoulders shivering slightly as he leaned back on his heels and wrapped his arms around himself, Remi tried to get a measure of the thing in the tree above. Everything Vai had said about deities was completely lost on him. He should have thought of Frey, but didn’t. He could only see that mask and hear the dissonant melody of its voice. RE: I'll bring you further roses, but it does you no good - Ludo - 11-17-2018
RE: I'll bring you further roses, but it does you no good - Remi - 11-17-2018 The words felt like a catapult of grief, a pandemonium of reinforced terror. He had killed her (she was already dead) and even now he could taste her blood on his tongue The ethereal movement of the being's garment was the least of Remi's concerns, and only vaguely did he even notice the movement at all. The mask was brilliant in its blemish-free sheen, and although Remi's gaze rose shakily to try and gaze into the being's eyes, it quickly dropped again and his mind replayed the scene of seconds ago. Shivering, but not from the cold, Remi's gaze bore into the ground even as Ludo shifted and spoke. Claws appeared in the earth, digging deep into the soil. Tilting his head as if fighting some internal battle, Remi stifled a cry. [say] "Was she.." [/say] He gasped through lips that were far too dry even as tears spilled down his blood-stained cheeks. [say] "Was she ever real?" [/say] He didn't care about the being's name (he would later though). Its [say] "I deserve nothing other than death for what I have done." [/say] Remi said finally with a surprising amount of resolve. Slowly his pale sea-glass green eyes rose to stare in the horrifically blank canvas of the mask. RE: I'll bring you further roses, but it does you no good - Ludo - 11-17-2018
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