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[caliginous]

VRISKA AND TEREZI ARE GONE.
THEY'VE BEEN GONE FOR A WHILE, I'VE BEEN A LITTLE PREOCCUPIED.
SO THERE YOU GO.
HOPE YOU ALL FEEL FUCKING INFORMED.
HOPE THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR REEKING STENCHPL8ES OF MINDMEAT HAVE BEEN SCRUBBED THOROUGHLY WITH THIS BRAND NEW INFORM8ION.
YOU'RE WELCOME.

HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN HERE I DONT EVEN KNOW ANYMORE.
WITH ALL OF THE TORTURE FAFFERY THAT PERME8S THIS DUNGHEAP, ITS ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP TIME.
ANYWAY.
I WOULD APPRECI8 A CHECK IN.
IF NOT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THAT'S YOUR PREROG8IVE.
ALSO FUCK YOU.
MIGHT JUST BE ME, BUT THIS HELLHOLE IS LOOKING A LOT LESS HORNED AND GREY L8LY.

[Filter-fail to Kanaya Maryam]

IF I HURT YOU, MY BAD I GUESS.
MY SINCERITY SUPPLY IS RUNNING ON EMPTY.
PROBABLY NOT GOING TO REFILL IT ANYTIME SOON.
ITS GETTING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO EVEN ROLL OFF THE SLEEPING SQUARE.
YOU'LL HAVE TO EXCUSE MY UTTER LACK OF FUCKS TO GIVE.
I'M ALSO PRETTY SURE SOMEONE IS HUNTING MY SHAPELY ASS DOWN FOR ALL THE CRAP THAT HAPPENED.
SO THERE'S THAT.

Comments

well, more for Chidori than him tbh

[floreatnoctem]

[Were she anyone else, Chidori might rethink trying to take revenge on a pre-teen alien- especially one so small and skinny. But he's already made any excuses she could think up for him null, from whatever remorse she might have convinced herself he was feeling to any hesitation he might have had in making Minato act the way he had.

The first axe is drawn from her skirts in a swift movement, surprisingly quiet until gravity takes hold of the chain and drags it, heavy and foreboding, toward the ground.]

Sanity is rather relative, at this point, isn't it?

lmfao accurate statement

[caliginous]

[oh god oh god oh god she has an axe, a fucking chain axe, how the hell is he supposed to avoid that. Maybe he'll get lucky and she'll make it quick.

But he keeps backing away, because he's a coward and because he doesn't want to die.]

Probably. Though I can't tell how much of this is the Tower and how much is just your cheerful disposition.

poor karkat

[floreatnoctem]

[Actually, she has two, and the other slides into view with much less ceremony than the other. She cants her head at him, brows rising.]

Oh, none of what I'm doing has to do with the tower.

[One axe goes flying, and she intends to either catch his shoulder with the blade, or bind his arms to his sides with the chain. Perhaps both, if she can manage.]

My disposition, however... [A shrug.] I do what must be done.

no no, he deserves it for being an unmitigated douchebag

[caliginous]

[The one thing Karkat is very good at doing is running away, so he dodges the blade without too much trouble. He's not prepared for the chain attached to it though, and the weight of it sends him straight to the ground, tangled in metal.

He thrashes, kicks, anything he can do to get out of it, short of rolling off the staircase. Immediately he starts to panic, hyperventilating and heart pounding.

He can't put her to sleep, can't control her, can't do anything except shriek in a combination of fury and fear.]

STAY AWAY FROM ME!

[floreatnoctem]

I'm afraid I can't do that.

[She pulls, and the chain tightens around him, and she pauses before turning to walk back toward the floors where her powers are operational. It's a pain, dragging him along behind her, but it will be worth it when she gets closer to someplace where Medea is more than just a quiet, vengeful murmur in the back of her mind.]

I already told you. You won't escape.

[caliginous]

[Ok, so it wasn't going to be slow. Cool. Fantastic. FUCKING GR8.

He's shaking, even as his head bumps against the staircase as she drags him. Karkat's not going to make the dragging easy, if he can help it, continuing to thrash like a fish caught in a fish net, even desperately trying to chew the chain off himself. It earns him a chipped fang or two, but hey, if she kills him now they'll come back fully repaired anyway.]

[floreatnoctem]

Stop that. You'll just make it worse for yourself.

[Really, the last thing he should be doing is making her angrier. They have quite a ways to go, considering how far he got, but at the very least, Chidori isn't dropping him into the floor where it's permanently night. She wants the satisfaction for herself, even if the temptation to throw him into the darkness and reel him in like a fishing lure is greater than it should be. They finally come to the garden, and she hesitates- but the flowers will be alright, if she's careful. She stops and turns to look at him, the other chain dangling from her fingers axe at the ready.]

Where to begin...

[Another shift of her hand into her skirts, and out comes her evoker.]

Ah, I know- Poisma.

[caliginous]

[He eventually gets tired because he's so busy being terrified. When they finally stop moving, he's too dizzy to register that he's faintly aware of her rage -- that his powers are functioning again.

Karkat swallows and notices what's in her hand and freezes again. He's faintly aware of how Personas worked now, after controlling Minato. He couldn't remember how Chidori fought -- he was too busy trying to protect himself at the time.

Taking her rage won't help -- it would only make him furious, and likely it would only be a temporary fix once she figured out what he did. He's not sure if he could focus long enough to put her to sleep or keep her from attacking him.]

[floreatnoctem]

I wouldn't.

[She can feel the faint stir of his mind as Medea appears behind her, towering and releasing the poisonous haze intended for him.]

Medea barely tolerates me. I don't think you want to test her.

[She steps closer as the mist recedes, making sure the chains are tight around him.]

Hmm... how are you with fire?

[caliginous]

Would you just get on with it already?

[He coughs, sputters, wheezes when the mist infects his lungs and that's the moment he decides he's not going down without a fight. Even as Medea towers over him, threatens him with that vengeful stare, he has to fight back somehow. His eyes fall a bit out of focus as he braces himself for recoil while trying to loosen Chidori's grip on the chains.

Fire. This bitch was talking about burning him alive. There were only a few worse things he could think of.]

[floreatnoctem]

[It almost works- Chidori pauses, her own eyes going a little unfocused, grip beginning to slacken- and it might have, had Medea retreated entirely after the first attack. Unfortunately for Karkat, his attempts only make the persona shriek with anger and swipe the dagger it holds in the air above him. Kill Rush is meant to bruise and stagger against smaller enemies- the strike damage against someone Karkat's size is likely far more painful than just a few bruises. Chidori staggers from the unexpectedly violent response, and narrows her eyes at Karkat, irritation evident.]

I did warn you.

[Medea disappears, and Chidori tugs the chains a little tighter in retribution, raising her evoker once again. She doesn't move away though- the fire from this won't hurt her in the least.]

Medea. Agidyne.

[A ring of fire around them, and then everything within it save for Chidori, impassive and condemning, starts to burn.]

[caliginous]

[Karkat staggers, knocked to the ground harshly with ease. He's not really paying attention to whatever it is Chidori is doing, because his head is spinning and he's struggling to shake the chains off so he can stand and run away.

He pants, choking when the chains tighten. Out of the corner of his eye, he sees the fire burst to life and he's immediately terrified. He tries to squirm closer to Chidori, as if that will somehow help him before the floor envelopes itself in fire.

He shrieks in pain, writhing and tossing trying to throw himself anywhere but in the ring of fire. His gray skin blackens, cerulean blood boiling beneath, and its all he can do to just keep screaming until there's nothing left.

Let it be over, just let it be over--]