And he finds it in Maruki's gaze. Resolute. Fearless. A far cry from the man cowering from an ant in the marketplace, worried about a knife in his direction.
His jaw aches
from the will of Maruki Takuto.
The blood staunches against his chest - his body sewing itself back together, everything else falling apart. Cooper crawls up his throat, into his mouth - over teeth, tongue, coating the insides of his cheeks. Eigaon misses the healing tentacle completely - the jolt from a fist against skull makes his vision swim.
Riot Gunmisses - targeting tree, ground and earth instead of the man two feet from him, the tentacles writhing around him.]Oh yeah? I decide the reason.
[
Mocking.
Bitter.
Lost and
Found by a man who sees
Every part of him and for the first time
Akechi sees him.
Subdued for a moment. Breaking free the next. Loki-
Appears. Vanishes. Flickers back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and a shining, shining sword glowsglowsglowsglows behind him, but-
CW: VIOLENCE!!!!!!!!! of all kinds
His
sole
purpose
seek
the truth
And he finds it in Maruki's gaze. Resolute. Fearless. A far cry from the man cowering from an ant in the marketplace, worried about a knife in his direction.
His jaw aches
from the will of Maruki Takuto.The blood staunches against his chest - his body sewing itself back together, everything else falling apart. Cooper crawls up his throat, into his mouth - over teeth, tongue, coating the insides of his cheeks. Eigaon misses the healing tentacle completely - the jolt from a fist against skull makes his vision swim.
Riot Gun misses - targeting tree, ground and earth instead of the man two feet from him, the tentacles writhing around him.]Oh yeah? I decide the reason.
[
Mocking.
Bitter.
Lost and
Found by a man who sees
Every part of him and for the first timeAkechi sees him.
Subdued for a moment. Breaking free the next. Loki-Appears. Vanishes. Flickers back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and a shining, shining sword glowsglowsglowsglows behind him, but-
Blood spit from his mouth. Mind
scrambling
running
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Whether you live or die - none of it means SHIT TO ME!
[Loki hovers - ever watchful, ever present, ever a true guardian in a world full of rot and-
Akechi lunges for the man, intent to grappling him right to the ground.]