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Tweak says, "i substitute one of my own"

Razzy/Danielle 'Dani' Phantom (copyofaphantom) wrote in sabra_la_tau,
@ 2010-07-17 23:43:00

Entry tags:

!days 140-149, danielle 'dani' phantom, edward elric, jace beleren, {{{leonard 'bones' mccoy}}}, {{{mitani wataru}}, {{{taiki}}}, {{{toboe}}}

Who: ANYONE
Where: Along one of those high ridges around the Lacanis dorms.
When: Day 149, morning
What: Experimenting.

[And there's a tiny standing on one of those high altitude ridges, right at the edge, looking down. Though...something might be odd.

That's certainly Lacerta's green. But the maid outfit has the colors switched for their usual tiny. Not to mention the white hair. Or green eyes. Skin is kind of darker or maybe that's just the slight glow around her making her look darker? And what's that little logo on the apron? Weird.

Of course, that might not be a concern as she JUMPS OFF THE RIDGE. And no, that is NOT a safe falling height.]

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	clap_your_hands 2010-07-19 03:12 am UTC (link)
	That must've been hard for all of you... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_mind_group 2010-07-19 03:16 am UTC (link)
	nods We went north every few days to hunt them. They're smart, pack hunters; most teams are afraid of them. But we didn't have another choice that we could accept, so Lightning contained his hunger and we managed to barely keep him from starving to death. Then Storyteller ran a game. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	clap_your_hands 2010-07-19 03:25 am UTC (link)
	is listening quietly at this point (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blue_mind_group
2010-07-19 03:32 am UTC (link)

She altered some players' minds, and gave them the ability to transform into a form more suited for battle, and forced them to subsist on sentient flesh. As you can imagine, it was a bit familiar. But it seems that of the people changed, only Orion managed to resist completely, though some other teams turned on their fellow 'wolves' rather than kill innocents.

And some of them didn't, and we were the ones they killed. Canis was the only team who had no players left due solely to the 'wolves'. And Mitani was one of the players. Hollow killed him, out of mercy, in a way; another team had determined that he would die and her knife was kinder than their teeth. At the time, though, I was pretty angry.

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	clap_your_hands 2010-07-19 03:45 am UTC (link)
	Mm. I can understand that... I don't have any teammates who are younger than me, but it worries me that there's kids around here, and it's bad enough watching something happen to the ones who aren't on my team... Most people would be angry over that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blue_mind_group
2010-07-19 03:50 am UTC (link)

*nods* And after the last game...it was hard not to see it as the same thing happening again, you know? Maybe it's not fair or worthy, but it wasn't something I can deny feeling.

I didn't take vengeance or anything, though I probably scared her a little. Geddoe came to me afterward, and...well. I told him that after two killing games where Delphinus had hit Canis without provocation, the alliance he was proposing looked less and less attractive. So he gave me his personal word that it wouldn't happen again; that he'd stop it if he had to.

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	clap_your_hands 2010-07-19 05:17 am UTC (link)
	...Was he able to? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blue_mind_group
2010-07-19 05:24 am UTC (link)

The situation never came up. But even making the offer...I took his word, and refused offers of reparation, and kept the teammates that were angry from doing anything rash.

Someone's probably already told you about Trickster's game, how some of us denied him any pleasure in torturing the people he chose. After that, Canis got memories. And Lightning...

...he went mad from his. Completely berserk, with nothing in his mind but hunger. Jim Kirk was standing near him, and tried to use some kind of hand-to-hand technique...he lost an arm, and it was only the fact that Masamune and I were right there that saved his life. We held Lightning for a few moments, but he broke free, and his war form is fast -- he outdistanced us and lost us in the tunnels.

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	clap_your_hands 2010-07-19 05:30 am UTC (link)
	I... haven't actually heard about that game, but that can wait for another time. That's... shakes his head I've heard some of what happened after that, but I'd still like to hear your side of it... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blue_mind_group
2010-07-19 05:43 am UTC (link)

I'll tell you later; it's a happier story, at least to an extent.

*nods, clearly remembering, and not happily*

We split up, looking for him, trying to track him down. There was a winner's ceremony at the time, and I went there to head him off for a bit, but thank heaven, he didn't hear the call. We caught up with him near your dorms...but we were just barely too late, and he'd taken Geddoe down.

Once he was...finished...he changed back. Didn't remember a thing, other than that some of the hunger had abated. We called the appropriate Judge, of course, and the three of us there paid the price ourselves. Zero...he went a little crazy himself, I think; Link had to pull him off Lightning. He's never since stopped hating us.

One of the black team took him away after that. The next thing we knew, he was in the Pillar.

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	clap_your_hands 2010-07-19 05:54 am UTC (link)
	You called the Judge right away? Surgeon, right? Sorry to make you remember all this... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_mind_group 2010-07-19 05:59 am UTC (link)
	nods It's fine. You should know, and I'm grateful you're listening to me about it. We called him as soon as we got there and realized there was no hope of ordinary revival...which was basically as soon as we arrived. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	clap_your_hands 2010-07-19 06:04 am UTC (link)
	...I don't know if it's important, but if you don't mind telling me, what was the price you paid? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_mind_group 2010-07-19 06:06 am UTC (link)
	He takes vitality as his price...for me, that manifested as weakness and muscle cramps, bad enough I couldn't walk for a day or two. Masamune lost his hearing, and the joints of Bones' hands swelled until he couldn't use them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	clap_your_hands 2010-07-19 06:10 am UTC (link)
	thinking for a second That would have crippled your whole team, wouldn't it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_mind_group 2010-07-19 06:20 am UTC (link)
	nods Mitani and Poppy had to hunt for us. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	clap_your_hands 2010-07-19 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	That's a high price... but then, a life is a valuable thing, too. You knew the cost when you called, though, or at least an idea of how high it would be, didn't you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_mind_group 2010-07-19 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	We knew it would be high, and were prepared to pay it, whatever it ended up being. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	clap_your_hands 2010-07-19 10:42 pm UTC (link)
	nod There was something that Shiki mentioned when she told me about this... Geddoe didn't when I talked to him. I'd like to know what you know about it, if anything. And I'm sorry to keep making you remember things like this... she said Geddoe was the second person Lightning ate. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blue_mind_group
2010-07-20 12:59 am UTC (link)

...he's the only one who knows that for sure. The circumstances look bad for him, but he kept it hidden from everyone, even us. Honestly, he probably did it, but the first thing any of us heard of it was when someone accused him of it...let me explain the circumstances.

When Geddoe woke back up, I made him the same offer he made me after Storyteller's game. He accepted, and more than that, he wanted to make the negotiation a big public event, so that people could see things being worked out between us. It...didn't work out like he'd hoped. A few people started applauding when I told Link and Geddoe that Lightning was gone to the Pillar, and when people confronted them, they made that accusation to justify themselves.

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	clap_your_hands 2010-07-20 01:11 am UTC (link)
	that CLEARLY does not sit well with him. AT ALL They... they clapped? That's horrible! I understand being upset... but to celebrate that... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blue_mind_group
2010-07-20 01:15 am UTC (link)

*nods, looking tired and a little sick.*

Those people in particular had cherished a massive grudge against my team, apparently. Still do. Unfortunately, it's hard to deny the accusation they brought; like I said, the only one who knows for certain was Lightning. Not even the victim remembers what happened clearly, as far as I understand, but the circumstantial evidence is pretty damning.

Anyway, it's sort of irrelevant, now that he's gone.

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clap_your_hands
2010-07-20 01:26 am UTC (link)

*looks down, clenching his fists for a moment*

...The only reason I asked was because Shiki brought it up. I needed to know...

*exhales*

There's no one I'd wish that fate on. I don't remember any of it, and I'm glad. Starting over from nothing, with all my memories taken again... it's a fair price for having those ones taken, too. I'm sorry you didn't have the chance to try to help Lightning, that he's there instead...

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	blue_mind_group 2010-07-20 01:29 am UTC (link)
	rests a hand on your non-metal shoulder, gentle Aah. Thanks, Ed. I'm sorry I had to bring it up. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	clap_your_hands 2010-07-20 01:40 am UTC (link)
	tenses just slightly, then relaxes into the gesture S'okay... These are things I should probably know about anyway... sighs That does answer a lot of the questions I still had. And now I know your side, too... I'm sure there are people who would tell me you're lying about your motivations, but... (Reply to this) (Parent)