<Growls in frustration then smooths my hands down my outfit and straightens my spine, looking you square in the eye>
You cannot help me. Please don’t stand in my way anymore…
<Growls in frustration then smooths my hands down my outfit and straightens my spine, looking you square in the eye>
You cannot help me. Please don’t stand in my way anymore…
Do not underestimate me, Ventus. You dare to presume I would allow myself to be overpowered… I could have had Kage, I could have brought him back here for Lucifer. Now I have sustained an injury to my throat that I cannot ~
Do not underestimate me, Ventus. You dare to presume I would allow myself to be overpowered… I could have had Kage, I could have brought him back here for Lucifer. Now I have sustained an injury to my throat that I cannot ~
I am doomed now…
I am doomed now…
What did you do that for? If you had just let me talk to him more, I could have convinced him to come with me…
<I knew I was kidding myself, but how was I ~
What did you do that for? If you had just let me talk to him more, I could have convinced him to come with me…
<I knew I was kidding myself, but how was I ~
Kage… how could you do this to me?
Kage… how could you do this to me?
Ven…
His name whispered in my mind like a sigh of relief. Ven had been a constant presence for a while now, somehow always there to defuse any situation that might put me in harms way. And now he was ~ @soundless-sinner.bsky.social
Ven…
His name whispered in my mind like a sigh of relief. Ven had been a constant presence for a while now, somehow always there to defuse any situation that might put me in harms way. And now he was ~ @soundless-sinner.bsky.social
It’s me… your Mumma… please. I… I’m sorry… I have been locked away for so long, I just didn’t think to ask…
It’s me… your Mumma… please. I… I’m sorry… I have been locked away for so long, I just didn’t think to ask…
K-Kage…? What is the meaning of this?
<My voice rises and I scramble to think~
K-Kage…? What is the meaning of this?
<My voice rises and I scramble to think~
<If I couldn’t convince you not to go back for Mammon, I was done for and all of this will be for nothing. I could not risk Mammon seeing me. He would sense Lucifer on me in an instant>
<If I couldn’t convince you not to go back for Mammon, I was done for and all of this will be for nothing. I could not risk Mammon seeing me. He would sense Lucifer on me in an instant>
Come, you can see the betrayal for yourself…
<At the mention of Mammon, I freeze, slowly shaking my head, my voice a little louder than I’d planned>
No! No… that won’t be necessary, I… I can tell if ~
Come, you can see the betrayal for yourself…
<At the mention of Mammon, I freeze, slowly shaking my head, my voice a little louder than I’d planned>
No! No… that won’t be necessary, I… I can tell if ~
<My voice rises with each word, panic brewing in my stomach and I tug at your hand, pulling you along>
Come… I’ll show you where he kept me. You can see for yourself…
<My voice rises with each word, panic brewing in my stomach and I tug at your hand, pulling you along>
Come… I’ll show you where he kept me. You can see for yourself…
Don’t you see? Shiki is not the uncle you think he is. He kept me from ~
Don’t you see? Shiki is not the uncle you think he is. He kept me from ~
<While I was here, I figured o may as well plant a few seeds of doubt~
<While I was here, I figured o may as well plant a few seeds of doubt~
It’s really me. I’m here, my little ice cherub
<Your questions have my mind spinning, searching for an explanation that would make sense, a wicked thought coming to me in an instant>
Shiki has hidden me all this time. When Isamu ~
It’s really me. I’m here, my little ice cherub
<Your questions have my mind spinning, searching for an explanation that would make sense, a wicked thought coming to me in an instant>
Shiki has hidden me all this time. When Isamu ~
<Perhaps you were trying to trick me? Find out if I really was who I claimed to be>
<Perhaps you were trying to trick me? Find out if I really was who I claimed to be>
What do you mean? Neither of you ~
What do you mean? Neither of you ~
I know you must be confused, I am too… but it’s me. Kage… please…?
<Reaches out a hand to you, stopping short of touching you, wanting you to come to me instead>
I know you must be confused, I am too… but it’s me. Kage… please…?
<Reaches out a hand to you, stopping short of touching you, wanting you to come to me instead>