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[video] Fourth Remembrance

[Ryoji switches the feed on with a small smile. He has cheered up significantly after talking to a few people and making a few friends (or at least, people he thinks are friends). He still is nervous about what he has to say, but he tries not to let that show.]

Hi everyone. It's a little late, so I don't know if anyone is still around, but I couldn't wait any longer. So many things have happened lately... which is probably why I haven't had a chance to talk to you all, but...

[He swallows, then takes on a more serious tone. He's determined to help people, though he doesn't know that he's actually doing more harm than good.]

I was in a group of people who went down the elevator again earlier this month. We were looking for a control room and an exit from the tower. It was dangerous, and... most of us didn't make it out alive.

[He feels guilty, not because he was killed, but because others on that team did. He finds a lot of them strange and he isn't sure whether he can trust everyone, but he still blames himself for not being a better leader.

He shakes his head and continues on.]

The point is, I have information. If anyone wants to know anything, just ask.

[He doesn't have any idea that he received this information through working with a group led by the one man who likely caused the most trouble in the tower this month. He may need a bit of enlightening about that.]

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[Ryoji yelps in surprise as his responses are suddenly cut off. He freezes in place, eyes fixed on the sword embedded in the screen. That was close... looks like that one anonymous poster was right about his being targeted. Slowly, he turns around, staring at the Darknut. He's scared, but he'll go Thanatos if he feels threatened more than he is already.]

[He's been awake from that extreme-winter induced hibernation all of about three hours. He was bit fuzzy-headed at first, after having to argue with the sandwich that he'd been left in, though Sephiroth could already feel the numbness melting away from his extremities.

There isn't any way he can know how long he's been out for as well, which leaves the first thing to establish. Sephiroth usually doesn't bother with the terminals in the Dormitory Hallways but he's too impatient to wait for the time it would take him to get to the Library in this particular instance. At first, he thought he had to have been dreaming it. Ryoji, on video feed, about to completely undo the entire reason for his latest death. What cuts deeper -he knew this would happen! If he wasn't so busy trying to take in the details of Ryoji's background to determine his location Sephiroth might have sworn loudly at the monitor. One thing was for sure- Ryoji was in a similar hallway.

As soon as the feed is cut, Sephiroth is away from the terminal and heading in a flash for the stairwell. It was another dormitory floor - it had to be! Sentinel Darknut marked the spot and they aren't hard to miss, so Sephiroth took his time on the approach down the Hallway toward Ryoji.]

[ As soon as he had seen the video feed, Ganondorf had dispatched his monsters throughout the tower to find Ryoji. The King of Evil knew the location of each terminal monitor throughout the tower, that explained why his minions had been that quick to find and interrupt Ryoji.

Moments later, as per usual since he developed that technique, the King of Evil would appear in a Dark Wind, not too far behind Sephiroth as the silver haired man reached Ryoji. To see Sephiroth already here was somewhat of a comfort. Would he have been indisposed or away for some reasons, he knew he could count on the others from the evil alliance to prevent these kind of accidents. After all this time spent surrounded by incompetent people, this was a nice change.

However Ganondorf looked nothing like the person Ryoji had talked to last time. For that matter it may very well be the first time anyone in the tower got to see him that angry. So angry that the emotions itself could be felt in the air around him.

Stupid kid.

Even Richtofen was unable of that level of stupidity. Ganondorf looked at Ryoji with a deadly look but spoke no words just yet. ]

[Of all the light addled things to do. Nesir cursed under her breath when she saw the feed and stormed off to go beat some sense into the idiot.

Because really, what was he thinking? Unless he had turned... But Nesir wasn't entertaining that thought.

What could you even do with traitors in a place where you couldn't die?

She was furious by the time she got there... and she wasn't first.

She broke into a jog, because she didn't want him to be a traitor and if he was just being an idiot then he probably didn't deserve whatever Ganondorf could do to him. After all it was obvious he was untrained.

And an idiot.

She approached by the other direction, effectively completing the surrounding of him.]

[Tohko was watching the whole ordeal from the first dorm floor, and she was just about to reply..when she saw a Darknut cut off the boys feed. She didn't know exactly what was going on, but..she couldn't just leave him be! Especially if he had important information! She finally had the daggers that Waver made her and her lightning ring, so she wasn't going to leave him be.

Quickly, quickly, she ran, her blood turning cold when she saw Sephiroth and Ganondorf near the boy.

Quickly, she concentrated, and a large storm cloud started forming over the group. Tohko was going to cause a lightning storm..with the snap of her fingers bringing the pain.]

Leave him alone! If you don't, I'll electrocute all of you!

[Ryoji's backed as far away as he can from everyone, pressed against the terminal as his eyes shift between each angry face. Sephiroth he knew he would see. He'd already been angry with him after Ryoji's drunken taunting, and he'd stated back when they'd done the mission that he didn't want the information to be shared. He thought he'd be able to handle him. He didn't like him anyways.

Ganondorf though... he'd never seen him so furious. Ryoji could feel the air crackle around him from the anger and the pure power Ganondorf was holding in. He didn't know what he'd done wrong, but he was ready to apologize... but wait. Whoever he'd talked to had said they'd threaten him. Maybe they were the people in the wrong here. Maybe he was doing what's right. He glares at all of them, determined.

Yes, he even fixes his gaze on Nesir. He really did care for her, but it seemed like she was on their side more than his. It's sad, but... he can't be friends with someone who supports this.

He's about to speak when he spots Tohko, and he panics. He knew now that they would target whoever he cared about, and his face already betrays that obvious concern. He can't let someone, even a stranger, get hurt for him.]

It's alright! I can handle it, just go! They'll attack you if you aren't careful!

Edited 2013-03-24 21:19 (UTC)

[Tohko sighed angrily at the boy, trying to calm down. He should have been using this time to escape, to run away while their attention was focused on someone else. She knew she didn't have any telepathic powers, but in her head, she kept shouting-'Run!'.]

I know that! But you can't handle them either! You can't kill Ganondorf, and Sephiroth is difficult to fight! Get out of there, and we'll escape together!

[And now you made her reveal her whole plan to them. You moron..]

[Well that was sure impressive. By the time Sephiroth was in front of Ryoji there was Ganondorf and Nesir surrounding him as well. To say that he wasn't impressed with the video feed, well, that was nothing compared to the ultimate fury emanating from Ganondorf and the area around him. Well noted for future

He'd just been thinking exactly what to break the heavy atmosphere of glaring eyes with when he heard another voice from behind them. A threatening shout from a resident he'd never expect to hear it from. Sephiroth paused and turned a little towards Tohko as the cloud formed over their heads. Both eyebrows raised though despite her lightning cloud, he still remains unarmed. Despite the displeasure at being proved right - perhaps this situation was salvageable.]

Get out of here Tohko, this doesn't concern you.

[Sephiroth looked briefly between Ganon and Nesir, and then back at Ryoji. He fluidly lessened the anger in his own features, as he looked again over at Tohko.]

No harm is intended.

[ Ganondorf noticed Nesir's presence but said no word, still focused on Ryoji. That was only when Tohko came in and decided to be her usual stupid self that Ganondorf moved his attention to her, her threats having obviously little to no effect on the King of Evil. Instead, Ganondorf just glared coldly and furiously at her. His patience was thin and she would be careful not to push it. ]

You have ten seconds to disappear from our sight.

[ She should consider herself lucky he gave her that chance to get away. Unlike Sephiroth, Ganondorf didn't do as well containing his anger. Though on the bright side, better unleash it on Tohko than unleash it on Ryoji. ]

[Tohko focused one half of her brain to making sure that storm cloud only formed over the people threatening the boy and not over him or the books. It would be a disgrace to her name if the books were hurt, and it would be horrible if the one she was trying to save got hurt. However, as Sephiroth spoke, Tohko kept glaring, and this time, it wasn't a cute glare.

She felt..a little bit like the protagonist of Hard-Boiled Wonderland, trying to keep one half of her brain doing something separate from the other. But this was no time to stay silent.]

And how can I be so sure of that?! How can I be so sure that you're not lying to me right now? Sure..you haven't before. But you might be this time.

[After all..Sephiroth was threatening an innocent boy with his secret lover and Nesir. The situation didn't look good.

However, when she heard Ganondorf speak, Tohko didn't reply. She just snapped her fingers, sending the lightning plummeting down on them.]

Boy, please, run!

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[Nesir raised a dagger to her ear as Tohko appeared and rolled her eyes.] That do be sounding like a perfectly reasonable response to something you do be knowing nothing about Tohko.

[Perfect example of why Nesir hated the light so much.

A hatred that intensified a moment later as she was hit by pain, it was like getting set on fire all over again.

Even as she crumpled to the floor she bit her tongue as to not scream.]

[Ryoji had been ready to yell for her to run with the lightning struck down. He hadn't ever seen Ganondorf this angry before, and he was terrified of what he'd do to people who got in his way.

Unfortunately, the lightning hits soon after, and he's temporarily blinded. He shields his eyes, desperately trying to see where Tohko is, and when he does, he hurries forward, ready to grab her hand and pull her out of her.]

[Sephiroth kept eye-contact with Tohko, pretty much feeling Ganon's threat at his other side. He wasn't lying so why didn't she just accept that? He's never had anything personally against Tohko ~~apart from her humanity maybe~~ but he now might well have reason to.

The lightning shot down around them, catching Sephiroth hard in the back of the shoulder armor but quickly crackling down to the ground. He'd taken much more voltage before all in one go and his recent Husk-hunting tendencies are only teaching him how to deal with the feeling easier.

Though it's knocked him forward a step it was just as well, he was just in time to see Ryoji attempt to hurry out of the corner they had put him in. He instantly banishes a swoon and reaches out to grab at and lift Ryoji off the ground. If he missed, he'd just extend the motion via telekinesis. Whatever it felt like Ganondorf might be about to unleash, it may well be advantageous for both of them to be witness.]

Be still. [He warned firmly at Ryoji, in the meantime.]

[ It was everyone's guess if the attack had affected him. If anything it had affected his mood and made it worse. Ganondorf charged a large energy ball in his right hand for a couple seconds before sending it right to Tohko when it reached its maximum potential-- At first this would look as if Tohko was being electrified but before long an intense light would cover the corridor. Seconds later the result of the attack would be obvious: she was now little more than a statue, whatever expression she had on her face when the attack hit her frozen in cold stone.

The girl effectively dead, it could have been over here and now, but before long the Evil King summoned a etheral long blade, apparently made of light; however as he was wielding it the sword was surrounded by what could be likened to a malevolent and red aura. Within a split second he would have Tohko's head cut, the stone falling onto the ground and exploding into dust. Before long her entire body would vacillate and crash onto the ground as well, breaking into dusts and smaller fragments of stone.

With this done Ganondorf then turned back to Ryoji and the others. ]

Now we can talk.

[ He was still wielding his sword in his right hand. At least, Ganondorf was looking and sounding calmer as well as satisfied now that he got to send Tohko to her fate. Even though no less threatening. ]

Sir, please, run! Don't make my sacrifice in vain!

[Before Tohko could complete that sentence, she was hit with Ganon's energy ball, and screamed like a banshee. It was horrible, and the pain was excruciating..but after the large blast of light, she was dead, a statue now, her hand out to the boy she had tried to save, and the angry glare on her face carved perfectly. She had finally fallen victim to the fate that Lancer had mercy killed her in order to make sure she avoided it.]

[Unfortunately for everyone, Nesir was still alive and she watched Tohko die with a satisfied... if agony laced smile.

Every part of her hurts, her skin is blistered and breathing is hard. She's not getting up unless someone drags her to her feet.] Look... what you did be doing Ryoji... [Attracting heroes and sending them to their deaths, stupid of him, they would only use it as evidence against the darkness.]

[Ryoji thrashes about in Sephiroth's grip as soon as he registers that he's not moving any closer to Tohko, trying to kick him or punch him with flailing limbs. He's so panicked he doesn't even consider switching forms, and that's probably his most tragic mistake.

His eyes widen when he sees Ganon prepare the spell, and he writhes about even more.]

No! Ganondorf! S-Sephiroth! Nesir, please! Don't!

[His desperate pleas don't reach any of them, but he keeps crying out and begging, screaming, promising he'd do anything-

Until Tohko is tranformed. Then suddenly, all his protests stop, and he just watches, almost a morbid curiosity on his face. He is Death, after all. He'd be lured to something like this, as much as he hates the fact that it's happening, that it has to happen.

He slowly slides out of Sephiroth's grip, crumpling to a position on his hands and knees. All the while he keeps staring, and it seems like he doesn't register Nesir's words, but he does, he can hear them so crystal clear, because he'd been telling himself those same words as soon as he saw the statue. Look what you did, Ryoji. It's all his fault. Her death was his fault. Every death was his fault. He tried to help, but in the end he caused nothing but pain...

He ducks his head down, violently spasming as he vomits up whatever is left in his system, and after that, he's still heaving, trying to purge all the darkness from his system, all the guilt, all the betrayal, all the memories.]

[He'd figured Ganondorf as powerful, in fact that unspoken respect he had for the troll king was based largely on that hunch, but until now Sephiroth hadn't had the opportunity to witness any of what Ganondorf was capable of. Even Sephiroth had had to shut eyes against the intense light let off from that power.

It was brutal indeed, though perhaps not quite so personal as Sephiroth would kill someone. For killing, he had to be directly involved - to savor the victory, vengeance or for whatever reason it had been necessary. His eyes focused on the pile of stone-debris left on the floor in Tohko's wake, the retrievals would be on their way soon, no doubt. However pointless that death had been, they could now get back to the issue at hand.

Ryoji was watched, at his feet, through lowered eyelids. He wouldn't say anything further to him just yet, Ganondorf could have that pleasure. But at the very least he would want some form of apology from the boy. Then Sephiroth noticed Nesir, whom he hadn't even noticed hit the floor before. Someone was going to have to do something about her blistering, at the very least. Mental note made, though why did she have to be so human...wasn't she supposed to be stronger than that?]

[ With all that done, he looked around quickly and noticed Nesir's predicament and Ryoji's state-- As expected Sephiroth was himself. Ganondorf waved at the Darknut for it to help Nesir get back up, the armored creature extending a hand to help her get up, sometimes monsters could be useful. He then turned back his attention to Ryoji. ]

What was that? Divulging information on the network?

[ On the network where the administrators could see it. Admittedly Ruana knew, but if Riki and Jason could be kept in the dark as to what they did, it was better. Where Zelda and her pathetic friends could see it. That was much more annoying.

As he said that Ganondorf quickly turned to the terminal before looking back at Ryoji. Ganondorf didn't pay any more attention to what remained of Tohko and as far as he was concerned, it was as if Tohko had never been on this floor in the first place.

This kind of behavior was quite simply not acceptable. ]

[owowowowow Nesir bites her tongue harder as she lets herself be pulled to her feet. She wont show pain in front of Ganondorf or Sephiroth though and she grasps out at the emptiness, letting the pain be barricaded out.

She stared down at Ryoji, wrinkling her nose. She didn't talk though.]

[Ryoji wipes his mouth with the back of his hand, still choking on vomit and sobs, though he has to look up when Ganondorf speaks. He's still angry, that much is obvious, so Ryoji feels he has to look up so he doesn't disobey, doesn't do something else that's wrong. All the beliefs that these people aren't to be trusted... they've been pushed back with pure fear, and Ryoji will do anything as long as he doesn't cause more deaths.]

I-I'm so sorry, I didn't mean... I was just trying to help, I'm sorry...

Edited 2013-03-25 07:06 (UTC)

[Sephiroth looks around again, from Ryoji to Nesir - across to Ganondorf again trying to decide if the kid is worth another chance or not. He'd had his suspicions right before they'd descended down the elevator that this might happen but hadn't made a point of it. That made this issue feel like it was deserving of a punishment in it's own right.

There is nothing worse than being proved right when it's someone elses plan. He didn't want to judge Ganon's choice in people but found his mind sliding that way regardless. What makes it worse, the kid had had the nerve to laugh (and cause others to) in his face.

Was this enough vengeance? Sephiroth pulls his arms forward into being folded across his chest and just observes - for now.]

[ At this point the question wasn't even to give the kid a second chance or not, at least for Ganondorf. Back in Hyrule? The kid would be about to be killed and made an example of. Unfortunately here death was little more than a slap on the wrist. They had to put up with him, no matter how stupid he had proven to be. Ganon stood by the reasons that led him to select the kid back then, eve though he couldn't help but feel he had truly misjudged the situation. ]

I never want to hear apologizes from you again, is that clear? Being sorry is naught but a sign of weakness.

[ Translated in Ganondorf's language, Ryoji's apologizes are accepted for this time, but next time Ganondorf won't be anywhere as kind. With that said Ganondorf went silent, leaving Nesir and Sephiroth to speak at their will if they had anything to say.

The easy way out would be to do to the kid what he had once done to Reno. However it was a bit early for such extreme measures and seeing his reaction, there was room to buy his silence. Threatening to kill more people, threatening to curse his loved ones-- Options were plentiful, but before anything he would see if Sephiroth and Nesir had better ways to buy the kid's silence. ]

[Naoya stepped out from behind the group, where he'd been watching. Red eyes were leveled at Ryoji, a smirk on his lips.]

While your attempt to spread information was... admirable, it was still foolish. Information like that needs to be controlled carefully, so that people don't run off and do something extremely stupid with it.

[There was something about Ryoji... he'd have to see if he could talk to him one on one later.]

You see what your foolishness has done already. I trust that this is enough to show you why you should not do it in the future.

[Nesir turned to look at Naoya but then winced, that was a mistake. Pain rippled at the edge of the emptiness, which was the only thing keeping her upright.

Still she turned back to Ryoji, her eyes blank] It... did be stupid, what did you be thinking? [It was actually a real question, she wanted to know if he was a traitor or an idiot. The latter was forgivable at least.

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